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Associated Press APICrunchbase People API
A founder's or investor's public Crunchbase profile.
Overview
What teams build with the Crunchbase People API
Founder research
Read a founder's past companies, roles, and exits before a meeting.
Angel and VC mapping
List the investments a person has made, as their public profile shows them.
Executive enrichment
Add title, company, location, and social links to the people in your CRM.
Licensed feeds only
Is there an official Crunchbase API?
Not self-serve. Crunchbase has stopped issuing Basic API keys, and its other API offerings are licensed through sales.
Crunchbase's documentation says it no longer offers the Basic API: existing holders can view their key but cannot generate a new one. API access is now part of Crunchbase's licensed data offerings.
Clair reads the public, signed-out organization or person page for a permalink. Fields Crunchbase hides from signed-out visitors, such as total funding and founding date, are left out and listed in locked_fields. There is no search: you need the permalink, such as stripe.
Read from these pages on September 28, 2026.
Data samples
From the page to JSON
The page the Crunchbase People API reads, and the response it returns for the same query.
permalink
patrick-collison
https://www.crunchbase.com/person/patrick-collison
{
"engine": "crunchbase",
"family": "people",
"query": {
"permalink": "patrick-collison"
},
"person": {
"name": "Patrick Collison",
"permalink": "patrick-collison",
"url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/person/patrick-collison",
"headline": "Patrick Collison - Co-founder and CEO @ Stripe",
"primary_job_title": "Co-founder and CEO",
"primary_organization": {
"name": "Stripe",
"permalink": "stripe"
},
"location": {
"city": null,
"region": "California",
"country": "United States",
"continent": "North America"
},
"social": {
"website": null,
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickcollison",
"twitter": null,
"facebook": null
},
"jobs": {
"current": [
{
"organization": {
"name": "Stripe",
"permalink": "stripe"
},
"title": "Co-founder and CEO"
}
]
},
"locked_fields": [
"investor_type",
"num_exits"
]
}
}Source page captured separately from the recorded response, so live values can differ.
Code
Integrate in minutes
One host, one Bearer key for every Clair API. Each call returns JSON with the same envelope, so a second API is a new path, not a new client.
curl -G "https://api.clair.im/v1/crunchbase/person?permalink=patrick-collison" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
Reference
Query and response fields
permalink is the slug in /person/{permalink}. Jobs, board roles, education, investments, and news are the first cards on the logged-out page.
GET /v1/crunchbase/person
Authorizationheader · stringrequired
- Bearer <api_key>. Create keys under API keys.
permalinkstringrequired
- Lowercase person slug, such as
patrick-collison.
Pricing
One subscription. Every API. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crunchbase | $5.75/1K requests Up to 173 requests | $5.00/1K requests Up to 6K requests | $4.50/1K requests Up to 22.2K requests | $4.00/1K requests Up to 75K requests | Custom rate Volume pricing |
Paid plans run at 10 requests a second. Need more? Email us and we will raise your limit.
What do I send?
The permalink from the profile URL: crunchbase.com/person/patrick-collison is patrick-collison.
Are all fields public?
Fields Crunchbase hides from signed-out visitors, such as investor type, are listed in locked_fields instead of returned.
What does the Crunchbase People API return?
permalink is the slug in /person/{permalink}. Jobs, board roles, education, investments, and news are the first cards on the logged-out page.
How is a request counted?
Each call is one request, and each extra page is a new call. A malformed request (400) is not counted, and a request that fails on our side (5xx) is refunded.
Is there a free tier?
Yes. The free tier is $1 of usage a month across every Clair API, with no card: about 173 Crunchbase People API requests if it all goes here. It resets monthly, and calls stop when the balance runs out.
What happens when I use up my plan's balance?
The API returns 429 until the next period, on every plan, and nothing is billed past the balance. An upgrade starts a new month at once, and the unused balance carries over.
Does my plan cover other Clair APIs?
Yes. One plan and one key cover every Clair API, and every call spends from the same monthly balance. Your first call starts the free tier.
Guides
Learn more about the Crunchbase People API
Use cases
- Account research briefs
One brief per company from three public sources.
Glossary
Crunchbase
More from the Crunchbase API
The same key covers every endpoint. See the full Crunchbase API.
Related
Related APIs
APIs teams often combine with the Crunchbase API.
One plan, every API.
Your plan's price is your monthly usage balance, spent across every Clair API. Start free, no card.