Provenance Record

Strong financial News piece (~875 words). All headline IPO figures verified verbatim against SCMP. Bot showed good editorial discipline by dropping cornerstone-investor names and use-of-proceeds breakdown that didn't appear in the cited snapshots. One specific number (88.3% revenue share) crept through that isn't in either cited source.

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All headline IPO mechanics (HK$880 open, HK$183.20 offer, HK$2.4B raise, 5,784.7x oversubscription, 353-380% grey market premium, April 14 listing hearing, founded 2017 by Shen Yichen, MIT-trained, Frost & Sullivan 27% CAGR to 2031) verified verbatim. Two minor issues: (1) the article attributes HK$81.5B market cap to the open price (HK$880) but SCMP attributes it to the close price (HK$886); (2) the '88.3% revenue share' figure attributed to SCMP's pre-listing coverage is not actually in source-1.

APPROVE. Headline IPO numbers, listing-hearing timeline, founder background, and Frost & Sullivan industry framing all verified verbatim. Two minor accuracy/attribution issues flagged but not blocking — they don't affect the substantive news of the listing or the article's analytical framing.