Eric Ciarla
FounderFounder at Firecrawl
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedFirecrawl Β· YC
About
Founder of Firecrawl, an API platform that enables searching, scraping, and interacting with web content at scale for AI-native applications.
Eric Ciarla (hiring) @ericciarla
Our new MCP is here, ultra context efficient! https://t.co/gTm6sa3jLw
Jul 30, 2026 Β· β₯ 15
Eric Ciarla (hiring) @ericciarla
Firecrawl has nearly 2x the Github dependents of our nearest competitor. We've raised the least and we ship the fastest. Never underestimate open source. https://t.co/WyRvYUfhwm
Jul 28, 2026 Β· β₯ 56 Β· β 9
Eric Ciarla (hiring) @ericciarla
we're hiring https://t.co/tCS9AQGPkY
Jul 27, 2026 Β· β₯ 242 Β· β 7
Founder at FirecrawlYC S22
Intro paths
Eric went through Y Combinator (Summer 2022) β any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Nicolas Dessaigne, General Partner at Y Combinator β the partner who ran Firecrawl's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile β
In turn, Eric can intro founders to Firecrawl's investors below.
Firecrawl's investors Β· 1
Co-founders at Firecrawl
Experience
- FirecrawlCo-Founder & Chief Growth Officercurrent2024 β presentSan Francisco, CA
- MendableCo-Founder2023 β 2025San Francisco, CA
- SideGuideCo-Founder2022 β 2023San Francisco, CA
- FractaData Engineer2022Palo Alto, CA
- Ford Motor CompanyData Scientist2021Dearborn, MI
Education
- Y CombinatorS22
- University of New HampshireEconomics and Philosophy
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,668
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University of New Hampshire mafia7
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Same school
Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Also attended University of New Hampshire32
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