IRL: sources

🌀 Unhinged #6

The figures, dates and quotations in the IRL story come from these documents and reports, listed in the order the story draws on them.

1. TechCrunch: IRL Layoffs Announcement (June 2, 2022) · techcrunch.com
2. TechCrunch, via Yahoo Finance: IRL Announces $170 Million Series C Funding (June 15, 2021) · finance.yahoo.com
3. TechCrunch: IRL Shuts Down; Investigation Finds 95% of Users Were Bots (June 26, 2023) · techcrunch.com
4. Abraham Shafi, on LinkedIn: "Abraham Shafi's IRL Update" (July 5, 2023) · linkedin.com
5. U.S. District Court, N.D. California: Complaint, SoftBank Vision Fund entities v. Shafi (July 31, 2023) · assets.bwbx.io
6. Fortune: IRL Cofounders Lawsuit Against Investors (November 16, 2023) · fortune.com
7. TechCrunch: IRL Founders Allege Investors Sabotaged Company (November 16, 2023) · techcrunch.com
8. Delaware Court of Chancery: Opinion in Shafi v. Chien (March 3, 2025) · courts.delaware.gov
9. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Complaint Against Abraham Shafi (July 31, 2024) · sec.gov
10. U.S. District Court, N.D. California: Indictment, United States v. Shafi (August 2025) · justice.gov
11. Hoodline: Former IRL chief moves to dismiss the indictment (July 20, 2026) · hoodline.com