
He started with a tiny Python wrapper, four Y Combinator applications and a Telegram chat called “First million.” Now the NewsCatcher co-founder is betting that AI agents need fewer clever summaries and far more complete evidence.
NewsCatcher is a news and web search API company that turns the open web into a clean, structured database of real-world events. It pulls from 90,000+ global sources, then deduplicates, enriches, and standardizes the articles so risk, finance, and AI teams can query news the way they query a database. Founded by Artem Bugara and Maksym Sugonyaka, it went through Y Combinator in Summer 2022.