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Firecrawl
YC S22San Francisco, US · Founded 2024 · 3 employees · Hiring · 11 known investors
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Firecrawl provides an API to search, scrape, and interact with web content at scale, converting live internet data into clean markdown and structured data optimized for large language models, agents, and AI-native applications.
Also known as SideGuide Technologies Inc. · Mendable · SideGuide · SideGuide, Mendable, SideGuide, Mendable
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareArtificial IntelligenceOpen SourceUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S22)
Firecrawl was founded in 2024 by Caleb Peffer, Eric Ciarla, and Nicolas Silberstein Camara.
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Caleb PefferCo-founder and CEOCo-founder and CEO of Firecrawl, which provides an API for scraping and converting web content into structured data for AI applications.
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Eric CiarlaCo-Founder & Chief Growth OfficerFounder of Firecrawl, an API platform that enables searching, scraping, and interacting with web content at scale for AI-native applications.
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Nicolas Silberstein CamaraCTO & Co-FounderFounder and CTO of Firecrawl, which provides an API for web scraping and data extraction that converts internet content into structured formats for AI applications.
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Nicolas CamaraFounder
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Mark MercerChief of Staff
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Ryan JimenezDeputy Chief of Staff
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Garrett Frohman
Investors · 11
Jude Gomilalisted by Jude GomilaLynnwood
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Y Combinatorlisted by Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K
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Crush VenturesreportedLos Angeles · $100K – $1M
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Fundament Syndicatereported
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General Advancereported
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Goodwin Family ManagementreportedExeter
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Masad CapitalreportedLynnwood
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Nexus Venture PartnersreportedMenlo Park · $500K – $10M
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Redwood Trustreported
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$164.5M disclosed across 3 of 5 rounds · 2025–2026
- $75MSeries BSep 2026 · 3 sources
Smash Capital (lead)
Source ↗ - $75MraisedSep 2026 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
- Undisclosed amountSeries-BSep 2026Source ↗
- $14.5MraisedAug 2025 · 2 sourcesSource ↗
- Undisclosed amountSeries AAug 2025Source ↗
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RiftenRiften provides a routing layer that sits between a company's applications and large language model APIs, directing each request to the least expensive capable model and using self-hosted open-weight models where possible to reduce inference costs. It also uses the resulting task data to train private, company-owned models on recurring work, serving businesses that run AI-powered applications.
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In the news
Firecrawl Raises $75M Series-Bfirecrawl.dev · Sep 2026
Firecrawl raises $75M to turn web crawling into an agent data libraryruntimewire.com · Sep 2026
Web scraping startup Firecrawl closes $75M investment - SiliconANGLEsiliconangle.com · Sep 2026
Firecrawl Raises $75M Series B, Launches Alexandria - WOWTALEen.wowtale.net · Sep 2026Frequently asked questions
- What does Firecrawl do?
- Firecrawl provides an API to search, scrape, and interact with web content at scale, converting live internet data into clean markdown and structured data optimized for large language models, agents, and AI-native applications.
- Who founded Firecrawl?
- Firecrawl was founded by Caleb Peffer, Eric Ciarla, Nicolas Silberstein Camara in 2024.
- Who are Firecrawl's investors?
- Firecrawl's investors include Jude Gomila, Y Combinator, Crush Ventures, Fundament Syndicate, General Advance, Goodwin Family Management, Masad Capital, Nexus Venture Partners and 3 more.
- How much funding has Firecrawl raised?
- Firecrawl has disclosed $164.5M raised across 3 of its 5 known rounds.
- Where is Firecrawl headquartered?
- Firecrawl is headquartered in San Francisco, US.