- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "conflict": {"value": "2012 (Tracxn, Forbes 2014, ENR 2014, Aaron Mandell LinkedIn Dec 2012) vs 2017 (Reforgers, Loot-drop AI summary)", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waterfx/__4Ry3bg3hk3w15fQzCFO3NKXs6nhKEmKg_vgCI_C8NrU", "https://reforgers.com/startups/waterfx", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1432-waterfx", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-mandell-011175133"]}}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": {"value": "1 at YC/reforgers vs 10 on YCDB (likely stale third-party estimate at S17 demo day era)", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/waterfx", "https://reforgers.com/startups/waterfx", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/waterfx"]}}, {"field": "headquarters_location", "conflict": {"value": "CA/Sonoma vs YCDB erroneous 'California, Usulutan, El Salvador'", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/waterfx", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waterfx/__4Ry3bg3hk3w15fQzCFO3NKXs6nhKEmKg_vgCI_C8NrU", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/waterfx"]}}, {"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "$125K disclosed (Tracxn, YC-backed only) vs 'Unknown' (Reforgers) vs $1.2M cash burned (Loot-drop, not verified funding)", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waterfx/__4Ry3bg3hk3w15fQzCFO3NKXs6nhKEmKg_vgCI_C8NrU/funding-and-investors", "https://reforgers.com/startups/waterfx", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1432-waterfx"]}}, {"field": "shutdown_date", "conflict": {"value": "End 2020 (Loot-drop) vs Jan 2022 (Aaron Mandell LinkedIn WATERFX tenure end) vs 'Event Year 2017' on Reforgers (appears to reference YC batch not shutdown)", "source_urls": ["https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1432-waterfx", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-mandell-011175133", "https://reforgers.com/startups/waterfx"]}}, {"field": "founders_on_yc_profile", "conflict": {"value": "YC lists only Aaron Mandell as active founder; Matthew Stuber widely cited as co-founder elsewhere", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/waterfx", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waterfx/__4Ry3bg3hk3w15fQzCFO3NKXs6nhKEmKg_vgCI_C8NrU", "https://www.xprize.org/people/matthew-stuber-phd"]}}, {"field": "wacomet_relationship", "conflict": {"value": "YC/Reforgers describe Wacomet as formerly WATERFX; Tracxn lists Wacomet Water as separate company founded 2021 in Sarasota with $3M seed — legal continuity unverified", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/waterfx", "https://reforgers.com/startups/waterfx", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wacometwater/__rbUh_qWCglO58_oHtJIRC_svlygbRijlvfs1AziUCF8"]}}, {"field": "pre_yc_funding", "gap": {"value": "No verified institutional rounds before YC 2017 despite operating since ~2012 and state-funded Panoche pilot references", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waterfx/__4Ry3bg3hk3w15fQzCFO3NKXs6nhKEmKg_vgCI_C8NrU/funding-and-investors", "https://www.enr.com/articles/8962-solar-groundwater-treatment-plant-is-hot"]}}, {"field": "crunchbase_profile", "gap": {"value": "Crunchbase URL referenced on YCDB but profile not retrieved in this research pass", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/waterfx"]}}, {"field": "official_website_archive", "gap": {"value": "waterfx.co pages return 404; YCDB archived snapshot dated 2017-09-12 exists but content not fetched", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/waterfx", "http://waterfx.co/about-waterfx/"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://waterfx.co/about-waterfx/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/waterfx", "https://theconversation.com/profiles/matthew-stuber-485976", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/wacometwater/__rbUh_qWCglO58_oHtJIRC_svlygbRijlvfs1AziUCF8", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waterfx/__4Ry3bg3hk3w15fQzCFO3NKXs6nhKEmKg_vgCI_C8NrU", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/waterfx/__4Ry3bg3hk3w15fQzCFO3NKXs6nhKEmKg_vgCI_C8NrU/funding-and-investors", "https://www.enr.com/articles/8962-solar-groundwater-treatment-plant-is-hot", "https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2014/01/07/waterfx-sees-solar-desalination-as-one-way-to-address-the-worlds-water-problem/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-mandell-011175133", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1432-waterfx", "https://www.wacomet.com/", "https://www.xprize.org/people/matthew-stuber-phd", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/waterfx", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/waterfx"]