Piloterr

Crunchbase Search

Search Crunchbase for companies and people by keyword and retrieve their profiles and Crunchbase identifiers.

Credit cost: 2 credits per call

GET
/v2/crunchbase/search

Authorization

ApiKeyAuth
x-api-key<token>

Your API key. Include it in the x-api-key header for every request.

In: header

Query Parameters

query*string

The search keyword or phrase to query across Crunchbase. Searches both organizations and people.

Examples:

  • openai: Search by company name
  • elon: Search by person or company name
  • fintech london: Multi-word search

Note: The response includes both organization and person type results. Use the type field in each result to distinguish them.

Example:

openai

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X GET "https://api.piloterr.com/v2/crunchbase/search?query=string"

{
  "results": [
    {
      "logo": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_pad,h_45,w_45,f_auto,b_white,q_auto:eco,dpr_1/jjykwqqhsscreywea4gb",
      "name": "OpenAI",
      "type": "organization",
      "uuid": "cf2c678c-b81a-80c3-10d1-9c5e76448e51",
      "image_id": "jjykwqqhsscreywea4gb",
      "permalink": "openai",
      "description": "OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT."
    },
    {
      "logo": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_pad,h_45,w_45,f_auto,b_white,q_auto:eco,dpr_1/zrafm9hariyl22gfnzkq",
      "name": "OpenAi",
      "type": "organization",
      "uuid": "30658435-66e6-4d4a-bcce-5ac474713ef1",
      "image_id": "zrafm9hariyl22gfnzkq",
      "permalink": "openai-3ef1",
      "description": "OpenAi provides solutions for artificial intelligence and social media management."
    },
    {
      "logo": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_pad,h_45,w_45,f_auto,b_white,q_auto:eco,dpr_1/bt82qrftpaedzlqqthgi",
      "name": "OpenAirlines",
      "type": "organization",
      "uuid": "d24dda07-4d9a-43b3-9727-75efca750551",
      "image_id": "bt82qrftpaedzlqqthgi",
      "permalink": "openairlines",
      "description": "OpenAirlines is a needs of airlines to optimize their flight operations and reduce their costs."
    },
    {
      "logo": null,
      "name": "Senior Researcher OpenAI",
      "type": "person",
      "uuid": "2f102504-1e57-44ea-b4a4-21c3b26578ca",
      "image_id": null,
      "job_title": null,
      "permalink": "senior-researcher-openai",
      "organization": null
    },
    {
      "logo": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/c_pad,h_45,w_45,f_auto,b_white,q_auto:eco,dpr_1/hevy6dvk7gien0rmg37n",
      "name": "Elon Musk",
      "type": "person",
      "uuid": "d3326bcc-6d25-9214-60c7-1e95c5f2f2a1",
      "image_id": "hevy6dvk7gien0rmg37n",
      "job_title": "CEO",
      "permalink": "elon-musk",
      "organization": "Tesla"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "Bad Request"
}
{
  "error": "Invalid API Key"
}
{
  "error": "Payment required"
}
{
  "error": "Rate limit exceeded for the API key: quota monthly"
}
{
  "error": "Internal Error"
}