LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Chris Pisarski said Crustdata recorded its first $1M month and discussed faster disqualification, focus on high-probability ICPs, and using internal tools to qualify prospects.
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Crustdata is a YC-backed B2B data provider that helps AI agents, sales, recruiting, and investment teams access fresh company and people data in real time through APIs, datasets, and MCP tooling.
Primary product
Real-time company and people data APIs, plus search, enrichment, watcher, dataset, and MCP access
Founded
2024
Headquarters
95 Third Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States
Team size
20-30
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
B2B data infrastructure for AI agents
Offices
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Business model
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$6.5M
Latest round
Seed · Oct 2025
Latest amount
$6M
Oct 2025 · Y Combinator and A Capital
Jan 2024 · Y Combinator
Investors
Engineering-heavy, accuracy-obsessed, freshness-first, and support-oriented; the company emphasizes rapid iteration, real-time data quality, and profitable growth.
Compensation
YC job listings show Founding Product Engineer at $200K-$250K plus 0.10%-0.50% equity, Senior Data Platform Engineer at $140K-$200K plus 0.10%-0.30% equity, Founding Forward Deployed Engineer at $150K-$200K plus 0.10%-0.15% equity, and Founding ML Engineer at $150K-$300K plus 0.10%-0.50% equity.
Pricing
Credit-based usage for real-time API access, plus monthly/annual plans, flat-file datasets, and custom enterprise pricing.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
LinkedIn · Jul 2026
Chris Pisarski said Crustdata recorded its first $1M month and discussed faster disqualification, focus on high-probability ICPs, and using internal tools to qualify prospects.
LinkedIn · May 2026
Launch-week update saying millions of GitHub profiles were mapped to the People Search API and highlighting richer enrichment fields for engineer sourcing.
LinkedIn · Apr 2026
Crustdata announced Rox as a partner, saying Crustdata serves as the exclusive data provider behind Rox's prospecting and enrichment engine.
LinkedIn · Jan 2026
Company post announcing Web Search API launch on Product Hunt and positioning it as the fastest way for AI agents to search the web and return structured production-ready data.
Crustdata blog · Oct 2025
Official fundraise post announcing a $6M seed round led by Y Combinator and A Capital, with participation from General Catalyst, SV Angel, and Phosphor Capital. The post also says Crustdata grew revenue from $770K to $4M+ in seven months and serves AI SDR, recruiting, and investment workflows.