Crustdata
Category: AI Infrastructure
Real-time B2B data API platform for AI agents, providing live company and people data indexed from the web Crustdata was founded in 2023. The company is led by Abhilash Chowdhary. Based in San Francisco, California, United States. Team size: 11-50. Total funding raised: $6M. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Y Combinator, A Capital, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Phosphor Capital.
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Team size
- 11-50
- Total funding
- $6M
Value proposition
Real-time web data indexed and structured specifically for AI agents — providing live, verifiable data on companies and people that agents can act on immediately, unlike traditional stale databases or brittle web scraping
Products and solutions
Company Enrichment API, Company Search API, People Enrichment API, People Search API, Web Search API, Jobs API, Posts API, Watcher API, Company Dataset, People Dataset
Unique value
The only platform providing truly real-time B2B data via APIs purpose-built for AI agents, with proprietary indexing that maps web documents to canonical people/company entities
Target customer
AI agent platforms, AI SDR/GTM tools, recruiting platforms, investment/due diligence platforms, internal sales and marketing teams, enterprise customers building AI agents
Industries served
Sales/GTM, Recruiting/Talent, Venture Capital/Investment, Private Equity/M&A, Enterprise Sales & Marketing
Technology advantage
Proprietary real-time web crawlers indexing from 8+ data sources; entity resolution algorithm mapping web documents to canonical people/company profiles; 340+ filter dimensions for company search; datasets refreshed every 14-28 days; MCP integration with Claude
How they differentiate
Purpose-built for AI agents (not humans) as data consumers; real-time data vs monthly/quarterly updates from incumbents; proprietary entity-linking algorithm; dogfooding growth model (used own product to grow from $770K to $4M+ revenue with zero outbound spend); YC's own customer endorsement
Main competitors
Coresignal, PeopleDataLabs, Proxycurl, Bright Data, Clearbit, ZoomInfo, Clay, Explorium
Key partnerships
Y Combinator (investor & customer), Claude/Anthropic MCP integration, agent.ai (Dharmesh Shah)
Notable customers
Y Combinator (founder discovery & recruitment), Dharmesh Shah / agent.ai (HubSpot founder), MNTN (Ryan Reynolds' company)
Major milestones
YC Fall 2024 batch graduate, Revenue grew from $770K to $4M+ in 7 months with zero outbound spend, Achieved profitability with 1-person sales team, Launched Web Search API for AI agents, $6M seed round (Oct 2025), Claude MCP integration
Growth metrics
Revenue: $1.2M (2024) → $2.4M-$4M+ (2025); Team: 8 (2024) → 22-30 (2025); Zero outbound marketing spend; 1-person sales team
Market positioning
Early-stage disruptor in the B2B data-for-AI-agents space, positioned as the "internet for AI agents" — differentiated by real-time freshness, AI-native API design, and strong YC endorsement
Geographic focus
United States (primary), global
About Abhilash Chowdhary
Ex-Uber/Postmates (led robotics platform, day 0 to IPO at NASDAQ:SERV); Founding robotics engineer at Robotwits (acquired by Waymo); Built petabyte-scale data pipelines at Yahoo!; BS in CS from IIIT Hyderabad
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Official website: https://crustdata.com