- conflicts or gaps
- [[{"field": "funding.total_raised_usd", "conflict": "CB Insights reports $20K total; Tracxn reports undisclosed seed; YC S14 standard deal was $120K for 7%; founder said YC 'essentially just got their money back' on exit.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zip-phone", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/zipphone/__DfM09IlMWRj9LIgAjFiPZeVOOnzrTZTkwpX8ZpW-Wc8", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/the-new-deal", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14577816"]}, {"field": "employees.team_size", "conflict": "YC lists team_size=1; TechCrunch Aug 2014 reports 'two-person company'; Bharti press release calls it 'one-man startup'.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zip-phone", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/05/zip-phone-lets-you-make-free-calls-over-the-internet-without-launching-its-app/", "https://www.bharti.com/press-release-2014-2015-hike-acquires-voice-calling-company-zip.html"]}, {"field": "identity.headquarters", "conflict": "Tracxn lists Atlanta, US; CB Insights lists United States only; YC OSS lists region 'Unspecified'.", "source_urls": ["https://tracxn.com/d/companies/zipphone/__DfM09IlMWRj9LIgAjFiPZeVOOnzrTZTkwpX8ZpW-Wc8", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zip-phone", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2014/zip-phone.json"]}, {"field": "traction_metrics.downloads", "conflict": "Google Play showed 10K–50K installs (Aug 2014); Tracxn cites 75K+ downloads claim (Sep 2014); founder declined to disclose exact user count.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/05/zip-phone-lets-you-make-free-calls-over-the-internet-without-launching-its-app/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/zipphone/__DfM09IlMWRj9LIgAjFiPZeVOOnzrTZTkwpX8ZpW-Wc8"]}, {"field": "exit_status.acquisition_date", "conflict": "Founder HN profile states 'Acquired by Hike Messenger in 2014'; press releases and TechCrunch report Jan 7–8, 2015.", "source_urls": ["https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=awaaz", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/07/hike-zipphone/", "https://www.bharti.com/press-release-2014-2015-hike-acquires-voice-calling-company-zip.html"]}, {"field": "funding.investors", "conflict": "CB Insights lists Hike as an investor (conflating acquirer with pre-acquisition funding); TechCrunch states no outside funding beyond YC.", "source_urls": ["https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zip-phone", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/05/zip-phone-lets-you-make-free-calls-over-the-internet-without-launching-its-app/"]}, {"field": "identity.website", "gap": "http://zipphone.com could not be verified live during research (fetch timeout); domain status/post-acquisition redirect unknown.", "source_urls": ["https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zip-phone"]}, {"field": "exit_status.acquisition_amount_usd", "gap": "No public disclosure of acquisition price; founder described offer as 'wasn't impressive by YC standards'.", "source_urls": ["https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/07/hike-zipphone/", "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14577816"]}]]
- source urls
- ["https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14577816", "https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=awaaz", "https://nocap.blog/founder/anuj-jain/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/22/yc-ends-venture-partnership-ycvc-in-favor-of-raising-from-lps-will-now-invest-120k-for-seven-percent-of-startup-equity/", "https://techcrunch.com/2014/08/05/zip-phone-lets-you-make-free-calls-over-the-internet-without-launching-its-app/", "https://techcrunch.com/2015/01/07/hike-zipphone/", "https://tracxn.com/d/companies/zipphone/__DfM09IlMWRj9LIgAjFiPZeVOOnzrTZTkwpX8ZpW-Wc8", "https://www.bharti.com/press-release-2014-2015-hike-acquires-voice-calling-company-zip.html", "https://www.cbinsights.com/company/zip-phone", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/the-new-deal", "https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/zip-phone-yc-s14-lets-you-make-free-calls-over-the-internet-dot-dot-dot-without-launching-its-app", "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/zip-phone", "https://yc-oss.github.io/api/batches/summer-2014/zip-phone.json"]