- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "founded_year", "values": ["2013 (YCDB)", "2015 (YC, Forbes, Tracxn, LinkedIn)", "2016 (loot-drop)"], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/xberts", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/xberts", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1460-xberts"]}, {"field": "total_funding_usd", "values": ["$120K (YCDB, LinkedIn)", "$910K (Tracxn, 3 rounds)", ">$1.3M (Silicon Dragon founder bio)", "$120K cash burned (loot-drop)"], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/xberts", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/xberts/__es-rH81nFmj9RyItZfAbCdoHXCnhLlqyD-s1avNvofA", "https://www.silicondragonventures.com/silicon-dragon-awards-2016-pitches-tech-chats-bios/", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1460-xberts"]}, {"field": "employee_count", "values": ["50 (YC team size)", "30 (YCDB)", "15 (Tracxn Apr 2026)", "6 (LinkedIn 2026)"], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/xberts", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/xberts", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/xberts/__es-rH81nFmj9RyItZfAbCdoHXCnhLlqyD-s1avNvofA", "https://uy.linkedin.com/company/xberts"]}, {"field": "headquarters", "values": ["San Francisco (YC, LinkedIn)", "Beijing (Tracxn primary HQ)"], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/xberts", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/xberts/__es-rH81nFmj9RyItZfAbCdoHXCnhLlqyD-s1avNvofA", "https://uy.linkedin.com/company/xberts"]}, {"field": "founders", "values": ["Simon Huang + Steven Huang (YC, Tracxn, Forbes)", "Also Joe Li as co-founder/CTO (FounderTrace, LinkedIn — absent from YC page)"], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/xberts", "https://foundertrace.com/companies/xberts/", "https://linkedin.com/in/zhoulijoe"]}, {"field": "founder_name_mapping", "values": ["Forbes lists Huang Hao + Huang Xiao as twin founders", "Silicon Dragon lists 'Huang (Simon) Xiao' as CEO — possible name conflation"], "source_urls": ["https://www.forbes.com/profile/xberts/", "https://www.silicondragonventures.com/silicon-dragon-awards-2016-pitches-tech-chats-bios/"]}, {"field": "product_description", "values": ["Cross-border hardware marketplace (YC, TechCrunch, Forbes)", "Online deals/shopping community (LinkedIn, Internshala)", "Product testing/review platform for early adopters (loot-drop)"], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/xberts", "https://uy.linkedin.com/company/xberts", "https://internshala.com/company/xberts-1500618222/", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1460-xberts"]}, {"field": "manufacturer_network_size", "values": ["450 manufacturers (TechCrunch Aug 2016)", "1,200 suppliers (Forbes Apr 2017, Silicon Dragon Nov 2016)"], "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/22/y-combinator-demo-day-summer-2016/", "https://www.forbes.com/profile/xberts/", "https://www.silicondragonventures.com/silicon-dragon-awards-2016-pitches-tech-chats-bios/"]}, {"field": "operational_status", "values": ["Inactive/Dead/Deadpooled (YC, YCDB, Tracxn)", "Active/Private (LinkedIn — likely stale)"], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/xberts", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/xberts", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/xberts/__es-rH81nFmj9RyItZfAbCdoHXCnhLlqyD-s1avNvofA", "https://uy.linkedin.com/company/xberts"]}, {"field": "shutdown_date", "values": ["End year 2019 (loot-drop)", "CTO departed Mar 2017", "No authoritative shutdown announcement found"], "source_urls": ["https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1460-xberts", "https://linkedin.com/in/zhoulijoe"]}, {"field": "crunchbase_profile", "values": ["Listed by YCDB but page fetch timed out — data not independently verified"], "source_urls": ["https://www.ycdb.co/company/xberts", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/xberts"]}, {"field": "tracxn_competitor_classification", "values": ["Tracxn ranks Wordpress, Yandex, Koo as top competitors — appears miscategorized vs hardware marketplace peers"], "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/xberts/__es-rH81nFmj9RyItZfAbCdoHXCnhLlqyD-s1avNvofA"]}, {"field": "website_accessibility", "values": ["xberts.com returns 503 as of research date; Wayback archive available via YCDB (Oct 2016 snapshot)"], "source_urls": ["https://www.xberts.com", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/xberts"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://foundertrace.com/companies/xberts/", "https://internshala.com/company/xberts-1500618222/", "https://linkedin.com/in/zhoulijoe", "https://techcrunch.com/2016/08/22/y-combinator-demo-day-summer-2016/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/xberts/__es-rH81nFmj9RyItZfAbCdoHXCnhLlqyD-s1avNvofA", "https://uy.linkedin.com/company/xberts", "https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/xberts", "https://www.forbes.com/profile/xberts/", "https://www.loot-drop.io/startup/1460-xberts", "https://www.producthunt.com/products/xberts", "https://www.silicondragonventures.com/silicon-dragon-awards-2016-pitches-tech-chats-bios/", "https://www.xberts.com", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/xberts", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/xberts"]