- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "total_funding", "conflict": {"value": "Sources report $700K seed (2014) but total raised varies: $800K (YCDB), $945K (LinkedIn), $1.2M (company PR Aug 2016); post-2016 rounds not independently documented", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/06/whyd-seed/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/whyd", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillespoupardin", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/whyd-introduces-first-home-speaker-with-premium-design-high-quality-sound-and-voice-control-300315515.html"]}}, {"field": "whyd.com_domain", "conflict": {"value": "YC and historical press list whyd.com as company site, but domain now hosts unrelated 'WHYD' international news blog (Ezoic); no public record of domain sale found", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whyd", "https://whyd.com/"]}}, {"field": "hq_location", "conflict": {"value": "YCDB lists Paris; YC lists San Francisco; company was French-founded and relocated for YC S16", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/whyd", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whyd", "http://www.themacro.com/articles/2016/08/whyd/"]}}, {"field": "hardware_start_date", "conflict": {"value": "Voicebot.ai states hardware began in 2014; primary sources show social-network phase through 2016 and hardware pivot announced Aug 2016", "source_urls": ["https://voicebot.ai/2019/01/24/smart-speaker-startup-whyd-shifts-focus-to-software/", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/08/music-streaming-social-network-whyd-is-switching-its-focus-to-hardware/", "http://www.themacro.com/articles/2016/08/whyd/"]}}, {"field": "co_founder_departure", "conflict": {"value": "Jie Meng-Gerard quoted as co-founder in Aug 2016 PR; third-party profile lists Whyd tenure ending Jan 2017; no primary-source departure announcement found", "source_urls": ["https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/whyd-introduces-first-home-speaker-with-premium-design-high-quality-sound-and-voice-control-300315515.html", "https://contactout.com/Jie-Meng-Grard-684564"]}}, {"field": "speaker_ship_date", "conflict": {"value": "Macro/Y Combinator article promised Q1 2017 shipping; speaker never launched; cancellation announced Jan 2019", "source_urls": ["http://www.themacro.com/articles/2016/08/whyd/", "https://musically.com/2019/01/21/smart-speaker-startup-whyd-pivots-to-focus-on-software/"]}}, {"field": "formal_shutdown", "gap": {"value": "No primary-source formal shutdown or dissolution announcement found; status inferred from YC 'Inactive', YCDB 'Dead', founder departure Sep 2020, and domain repurposing", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whyd", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/whyd", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillespoupardin"]}}, {"field": "legal_entity_name", "gap": {"value": "No verified French legal entity name (e.g., SAS/SARL) found in reviewed sources", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/06/whyd-seed/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whyd"]}}, {"field": "post_2019_software_traction", "gap": {"value": "Beyond 8tracks Alexa skill launch, no documented customers, revenue, or product shutdown for voice-assistant platform", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/18/whyd-now-helps-companies-create-their-custom-voice-assistant/", "https://voicebot.ai/2019/01/24/smart-speaker-startup-whyd-shifts-focus-to-software/", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whyd"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["http://www.themacro.com/articles/2016/08/whyd/", "https://contactout.com/Jie-Meng-Grard-684564", "https://musically.com/2019/01/21/smart-speaker-startup-whyd-pivots-to-focus-on-software/", "https://openwhyd.org/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/06/whyd-seed/", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/08/music-streaming-social-network-whyd-is-switching-its-focus-to-hardware/", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/18/whyd-announces-its-voice-controlled-connected-speaker-for-299/", "https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/18/whyd-now-helps-companies-create-their-custom-voice-assistant/", "https://voicebot.ai/2019/01/24/smart-speaker-startup-whyd-shifts-focus-to-software/", "https://whyd.com/", "https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillespoupardin", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/whyd-introduces-first-home-speaker-with-premium-design-high-quality-sound-and-voice-control-300315515.html", "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/whyd-the-music-streaming-social-network-becomes-openwhyd-and-gives-keys-to-the-community-300309794.html", "https://www.rudebaguette.com/en/2014/01/700k-whyd-opens-social-record-collection-public/", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/whyd", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/whyd"]