- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"topic": {"value": "Operational vs legal entity status", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform", "https://www.company-detail.com/company-zinc-platform-inc-5271729"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC and Reforgers list the startup inactive/shut down, but NY DOS shows ZINC PLATFORM, INC. as ACTIVE (incorporated 2018-01-23).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform", "https://reforgers.com/startups/zinc-platform", "https://www.company-detail.com/company-zinc-platform-inc-5271729"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Employee count", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/zinc-platform"]}, "detail": {"value": "Peak team size reported as 11 (YC/Reforgers) vs 10 (YCDB) vs 1 current on LinkedIn (stale/domain-parking profile).", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/zinc-platform", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/zinc-platform"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Funding total and round structure", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform/financials", "https://reforgers.com/startups/zinc-platform"]}, "detail": {"value": "CB Insights reports $120K across 3 rounds with 9 investors; Reforgers lists total raised as unknown; individual non-YC round amounts and 4+ investor names are paywalled on CB Insights.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform/financials", "https://reforgers.com/startups/zinc-platform"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Funding round dates", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/zinc-platform"]}, "detail": {"value": "CB Insights primary seed dated 2017-03-21 ($120K, YC); LinkedIn lists seed on 2017-08-21 ($120K, YC-led) plus 2016-11-29 seed.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform/financials", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/zinc-platform"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Product focus / pivot", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform"]}, "detail": {"value": "YC/LinkedIn positioning centers on mortgage homeowners insurance; CB Insights describes broader cross-selling platform (pet, product insurance) and questions authenticity of pet-market materials.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Founding vs incorporation year", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform", "https://www.company-detail.com/company-zinc-platform-inc-5271729"]}, "detail": {"value": "Founded reported as 2016 across YC/CB Insights/FounderTrace, but NY foreign corporation filing date is 2018-01-23.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform", "https://www.company-detail.com/company-zinc-platform-inc-5271729"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "CB Insights alive flag", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform"]}, "detail": {"value": "CB Insights company page shows 'Alive' status while YC lists 'Inactive' and Reforgers labels shutdown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform", "https://reforgers.com/startups/zinc-platform"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Name collision with other 'Zinc' companies", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform"]}, "detail": {"value": "Distinct from Zinc (enterprise communications, acquired by ServiceMax 2019) and Roche Diagnostics 'Zinc' HR platform; not verified in primary sources for this entity.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Shutdown date precision", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/zinc-platform", "https://rocketreach.co/sam-li-email_5242902"]}, "detail": {"value": "No primary source gives exact shutdown date; inferred ~2018 from Sam Li tenure (2016–2018) and 2017–2018 enterprise sales timeline; Reforgers event year field shows 2016 (founding year, not shutdown).", "source_urls": ["https://reforgers.com/startups/zinc-platform", "https://rocketreach.co/sam-li-email_5242902", "https://www.nycfounderguide.com/insight/fall-in-love-with-the-pain-point-sam-li-on-the-evolving-world-of-compliance-and-how-to-meet-customers-complex-needs"]}}, {"topic": {"value": "Titan Partners / BoxGroup investor linkage", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform"]}, "detail": {"value": "CB Insights notes Titan Partners and BoxGroup as backers and links Rafael Telahun to Titan Partners cofounding; not independently verified in primary investor disclosures.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform"]}}]]
- source urls
- ["https://foundertrace.com/companies/zinc_platform/", "https://linkedin.com/in/samsli", "https://reforgers.com/startups/zinc-platform", "https://rocketreach.co/sam-li-email_5242902", "https://sa.marketscreener.com/insider/RAFAEL-TELAHUN-A1OEDF/", "https://techcrunch.com/author/sam-li/", "https://www.altaline.com/team", "https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210302005216/en/TA-Associates-Announces-New-Hire-in-Menlo-Park", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zinc-platform/financials", "https://www.company-detail.com/company-zinc-platform-inc-5271729", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/zinc-platform", "https://www.nycfounderguide.com/insight/fall-in-love-with-the-pain-point-sam-li-on-the-evolving-world-of-compliance-and-how-to-meet-customers-complex-needs", "https://www.thoropass.com/authors/sam-li", "https://www.ycdb.co/company/zinc-platform", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zinc-platform"]