- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founders", "conflict": "YC lists only Steve Sobel; Tracxn, Sigma Chi, and LinkedIn list three co-founders (Ken/Steve Sobel, Jay Cady).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whirl", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/getwhirl/__S7oF3EaJU1G60NPoExqZFRlcM51I4BzkDbx6nMHJYY8", "https://sigmachirpi.org/2018/02/28/whirl/"]}, {"field": "headquarters", "conflict": "South San Francisco (YC, D&B, LinkedIn) vs Palo Alto (Tracxn, The Company Check).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whirl", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/getwhirl/__S7oF3EaJU1G60NPoExqZFRlcM51I4BzkDbx6nMHJYY8", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/get-whirl/5naz5419807xscccw", "https://www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/whirlinc.-southsanfrancisco-ca-89141873.html"]}, {"field": "founded_year", "conflict": "Reports range 2012 (D&B), 2013 (LinkedIn/Jay Cady profile), and 2014 (YC, Tracxn, Sigma Chi prototype timeline).", "source_urls": ["https://www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/whirlinc.-southsanfrancisco-ca-89141873.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-sobel", "https://nocap.blog/founder/jay-cady/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whirl", "https://sigmachirpi.org/2018/02/28/whirl/"]}, {"field": "funding_total", "conflict": "$120K (Tracxn, The Company Check) vs $0.5M (YCDB) vs unknown (Reforgers). Venture Science investor appears on Tracxn but not The Company Check.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/getwhirl/__S7oF3EaJU1G60NPoExqZFRlcM51I4BzkDbx6nMHJYY8", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/get-whirl/5naz5419807xscccw", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/whirl", "https://reforgers.com/startups/whirl"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "conflict": "YC reports team size 2; D&B reports 3 employees; founding team was 3 people.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whirl", "https://www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/whirlinc.-southsanfrancisco-ca-89141873.html", "https://sigmachirpi.org/2018/02/28/whirl/"]}, {"field": "exit_type", "conflict": "Sigma Chi headline says 'sold Whirl to Visa'; body and LinkedIn clarify Visa acquired patent rights (US9672518), not necessarily the whole company. Acquisition price undisclosed.", "source_urls": ["https://sigmachirpi.org/2018/02/28/whirl/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-sobel"]}, {"field": "shutdown_timing", "conflict": "Reforgers/YCDB mark company closed/dead in 2014; founder accounts describe active operations through late 2016 and Visa deal in 2017.", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/whirl", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/whirl", "https://sigmachirpi.org/2018/02/28/whirl/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-sobel"]}, {"field": "name_collision", "conflict": "Unrelated 'Whirl AI' (enterprise IT, founded 2026, whirlai.com) is a different company and must not be conflated with YC S14 Whirl.", "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/whirl-ai-emerges-from-stealth-to-help-enterprise-it-modernize-business-processes-and-systems-302730096.html", "https://vcnewsdaily.com/whirl-ai/venture-capital-funding/lhmdtbslct"]}, {"field": "website", "gap": "getwhirl.com no longer hosts the product; domain is for sale.", "source_urls": ["http://getwhirl.com"]}, {"field": "dandb_data", "gap": "D&B listing is UNVERIFIED; revenue ($245,977) and 2012 founding date may be stale or inaccurate.", "source_urls": ["https://www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/whirlinc.-southsanfrancisco-ca-89141873.html"]}]]
- source urls
- ["http://getwhirl.com", "https://nocap.blog/founder/jay-cady/", "https://nocap.blog/founder/steve-sobel/", "https://reforgers.com/startups/whirl", "https://sigmachirpi.org/2018/02/28/whirl/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/getwhirl/__S7oF3EaJU1G60NPoExqZFRlcM51I4BzkDbx6nMHJYY8", "https://vcnewsdaily.com/whirl-ai/venture-capital-funding/lhmdtbslct", "https://www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/whirlinc.-southsanfrancisco-ca-89141873.html", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-sobel", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/whirl-ai-emerges-from-stealth-to-help-enterprise-it-modernize-business-processes-and-systems-302730096.html", "https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/get-whirl/5naz5419807xscccw", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/whirl", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whirl"]