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POST
/
api
/
yc
/
search
/
founders
/yc/search/founders
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.anysite.io/api/yc/search/founders \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "count": 123,
  "timeout": 300,
  "query": "",
  "industries": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "titles": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "batches": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "top_company": true
}
'
[
  {
    "id": 123,
    "first_name": "<string>",
    "last_name": "<string>",
    "@type": "@yc_founder_search_result",
    "hnid": "<string>",
    "avatar_thumb": "<string>",
    "current_company": "<string>",
    "current_title": "<string>",
    "company_slug": "<string>",
    "top_company": true,
    "url_slug": "<string>",
    "all_companies_text": "<string>",
    "current_region": "<string>",
    "yc_industries": [],
    "yc_parent_industries": [],
    "yc_subindustries": [],
    "yc_titles": [],
    "batches": []
  }
]

Authorizations

​
access-token
string
header
required

API token from the dashboard

Headers

​
access-token
string
required

Body

application/json
​
count
integer
required

Max result count

​
timeout
integer
default:300

Max scrapping execution timeout (in seconds)

Required range: 20 <= x <= 1500
​
query
string
default:""

Text search query (name, company, etc.)

​
industries
string[] | null

Filter by industries (e.g., 'Education', 'Fintech')

​
titles
string[] | null

Filter by titles (e.g., 'CEO', 'Founder', 'CTO')

​
batches
string[] | null

Filter by YC batches (e.g., 'W25', 'S25', 'F25')

​
top_company
boolean | null

Filter by top company status

Response

Successful Response

​
id
integer
required
​
first_name
string
required
​
last_name
string
required
​
@type
string
default:@yc_founder_search_result
​
hnid
string | null
​
avatar_thumb
string | null
​
current_company
string | null
​
current_title
string | null
​
company_slug
string | null
​
top_company
boolean | null
​
url_slug
string | null
​
all_companies_text
string | null
​
current_region
string | null
​
yc_industries
string[][]
​
yc_parent_industries
string[]
​
yc_subindustries
string[]
​
yc_titles
string[]
​
batches
string[]