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.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
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
San Francisco, CA, United States
New York, NY, United States
Business model
credit-based API access
monthly/annual subscription plans
flat-file dataset delivery
enterprise custom data solutions
MCP access for AI tools
Funding
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
People & investors
Work & culture
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.
Product & market
Pricing
Credit-based usage for real-time API access, plus monthly/annual plans, flat-file datasets, and custom enterprise pricing.
Differentiators
- —Real-time data freshness instead of monthly or quarterly refreshes
- —Multi-source ingestion from 10+ to 15+ live sources
- —Agent-ready products for AI workflows
- —API-first delivery plus MCP access
- —Canonical entity mapping and search across people, companies, jobs, posts, and web
- —Watcher products for live signals and change monitoring
- —Coverage claims of 1B+ people and tens of millions of companies
- —Accuracy and freshness are explicit product values
Technology
Python
TypeScript
SQL
JavaScript
Java
PyTorch
Docker
Kubernetes
MLOps
LinkedIn
Crunchbase
Fathom
Google AI
Discord
Reddit
X / Twitter
Customers
AI SDRs
AI sales platforms
AI recruiting platforms
AI investment/due-diligence platforms
internal sales and marketing platforms
Y Combinator
MNTN
Agent.ai
Rox
Competitors
Exa
ZoomInfo
Apollo
Coresignal
PeopleDataLabs
MixRank
Proxycurl
Clay
Bright Data
Clearbit
Scale & contact
Latest news
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.
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