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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 '
{
  "timeout": 300,
  "query": "",
  "industries": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "titles": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "batches": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "top_company": true,
  "page": 0,
  "hits_per_page": 100
}
'
[
  {
    "id": 123,
    "first_name": "<string>",
    "last_name": "<string>",
    "@type": "YCFounderSearchResult",
    "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

Headers

access-token
string
required

Body

application/json
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

page
integer
default:0

Page number for pagination

Required range: x >= 0
hits_per_page
integer
default:100

Number of results per page

Required range: 1 <= x <= 1000

Response

Successful Response

id
integer
required
first_name
string
required
last_name
string
required
@type
string
default:YCFounderSearchResult
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[]