Firecrawl

Firecrawl

Enterprise web scraping and extraction API

Overview

Firecrawl.cloud offers a web scraping and crawling service for enterprises and large-scale projects. It provides an API with endpoints for scraping, crawling, and data extraction, including features like caching and scheduled syncs to maintain fresh, clean data. The product targets LLM engineers by delivering fast, reliable data processing suitable for feeding large language models. Revenue comes from subscription plans and scrape credits used per API request, with a Scale plan designed to scrape millions of pages. Firecrawl integrates with existing tools and workflows to fit into customers' tech stacks, emphasizes transparency and collaboration, and aims to deliver robust, continuous data updates for diverse clients ranging from startups to large enterprises.

YC Company

About Firecrawl

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Why Firecrawl is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Data & Analytics

Enterprise Software

AI & Machine Learning

Company Size

11-50

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$14.5M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2022

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • August 2025 Series A raised $14.5M, extending runway and hiring capacity.
  • August 2026 Claude connector and Developer Index expand distribution into major agent ecosystems.
  • Careers page shows enterprise, legal, and growth hiring, signaling commercialization momentum.

What critics are saying

  • June 2026 and July 2026 incidents show fragile /interact, PDF, and API reliability.
  • OpenAI, Anthropic, and other model vendors can bundle web search and retrieval features.
  • If search-quality leaders win agent workflows, Firecrawl becomes a feature, not a company.

What makes Firecrawl unique

  • August 2026 Developer Index targets coding agents with 70M+ artifacts and daily refreshes.
  • Firecrawl’s API, CLI, MCP, and SDK distribution embeds it across agent workflows.
  • DevDex benchmark claims highest recall for coding-specific retrieval, strengthening product credibility.

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Funding

Total Funding

$14.5M

Meets

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Series A funding typically happens when a startup has a product and some customers, and now needs funding to scale. This money is usually used to grow the team, expand marketing, and improve the product. Venture capital firms are frequently the main investors here.
Series A Funding Comparison
Meet Average

Industry standards

$15M
$8.2M
Discord
$14.5M
Firecrawl
$15M
Canva
$30M
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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Parental Leave

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Wellness Program

Pet Insurance

Sabbatical Leave

Company News

Firecrawl
Jul 23rd, 2026
We just raised our Series A and shipped /v2

How we got here. What we're building. Why the web's knowledge should be on tap for AI.

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