# Crustdata

> Crustdata is a San Francisco company that supplies real-time company and people data through clean APIs and webhooks built for AI agents. Founded in 2024 and part of Y Combinator's Fall 2024 batch, it pulls live data from many primary sources so AI SDRs, recruiting tools, and investment platforms can find the right person, watch for job changes and funding rounds, and act on fresh signals instead of stale databases.

- **Founded:** 2024
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founders:** Abhilash Chowdhary (Co-Founder & CEO), Chris Pisarski (Co-Founder), Manmohit Grewal (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~37 employees
- **Products:** People & Company Search API, Watcher (Webhooks), Web Search API, Bulk Datasets
- **Notable:** Grew revenue from ~$770K to over $4M in seven months after Y Combinator Fall 2024, Achieved that growth with zero paid marketing and a single-person sales team, Closed a $6M seed round in October 2025 with Garry Tan / Y Combinator leading and doubling down

## Products & services

- **People & Company Search API** — Search and enrich profiles for people and companies with live, structured data pulled from primary sources, built for direct querying by AI agents.
- **Watcher (Webhooks)** — Subscribe to companies and people and receive instant webhook alerts on predefined events - job changes, promotions, funding rounds, headcount growth or decline, and new posts.
- **Web Search API** — A search API that lets AI agents pull real-time web data and signals as clean, queryable results.
- **Bulk Datasets** — Full dataset delivery for teams that need real-time headcount, people change, funding, website traffic, and product review data at scale.

## Achievements

- Grew revenue from ~$770K to over $4M in seven months after Y Combinator Fall 2024
- Achieved that growth with zero paid marketing and a single-person sales team
- Closed a $6M seed round in October 2025 with Garry Tan / Y Combinator leading and doubling down
- Adopted by Y Combinator itself for founder discovery

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Closed a $6M seed round led by Y Combinator and A Capital, with General Catalyst, SV Angel, and Phosphor Capital participating; Garry Tan doubled down as lead.
- **2025** — Revenue scaled past $4M, up roughly 5x in seven months, with a single-person sales team and no paid marketing.
- **2025** — Expanded product line with a Web Search API aimed at AI agents.

## Links

- Website: https://crustdata.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/crustdata

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Last updated: 2026-07-31