# Crunchbase News Scraper via x402

> Crunchbase News Scraper via x402 is a paid API for AI agents from x402.186-241-26-229.sslip.io, paid per call via x402, $0.16/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-02).

Fetches structured Crunchbase news articles filtered by company, category, date range, and keyword search — pay-per-call via x402 micropayments.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://x402.186-241-26-229.sslip.io/v1/crunchbase?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.16/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-02
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/crunchbase-news-scraper-via-x402-01339cf1
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qc1arHI6oP1a3guGrG43d

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability crunchbase-news-scraper-via-x402-01339cf1 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Pull up to 50 recent Crunchbase news articles about OpenAI from the last month — include the full article text and only look in the 'artificial-intelligence' category.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, filterable Crunchbase news data for one or more specific companies, topics, or date ranges — especially when you want pay-only-on-success semantics via x402 micropayments. Prefer this over generic web scrapers when Crunchbase-specific article metadata (category slugs, article IDs, author attribution) matters to your workflow.

## Known failure modes

- No articles found matching the given filters — returns count: 0 and empty items array (not charged)
- Invalid companyUrls format — request rejected with validation error
- dateFrom or dateTo in wrong format (not YYYY-MM-DD) — request rejected
- maxItems exceeds 4000 — request rejected
- Payment failure via x402 — request not processed
- Network or scraper timeout — request fails without charge

## How this service works

Pay-per-call structured web data. Failed or empty runs are not charged.

## Output

Returns a JSON object with a count of matched articles and an array of article records, each containing title, author, summary, article ID, article URL, published and modified timestamps, and category slugs. Optionally includes the full plain-text article body if includeText is true. Failed or empty results are not charged.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "dateTo": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional inclusive publication date in YYYY-MM-DD format."
  },
  "search": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Search article content by a word or phrase. With organization URLs, further filter the matched articles."
  },
  "category": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional news category slug, such as venture or startups."
  },
  "dateFrom": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Optional inclusive publication date in YYYY-MM-DD format."
  },
  "maxItems": {
   "type": "integer",
   "default": 100,
   "maximum": 4000,
   "minimum": 1,
   "description": "Maximum article rows to save. Defaults to 100."
  },
  "companyUrls": {
   "type": "array",
   "description": "Optional public organization URLs or slugs. Return news articles that link to these organizations. This does not retrieve organization profiles."
  },
  "includeText": {
   "type": "boolean",
   "default": false,
   "description": "Include the full article body as plain text in each result."
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "count": 1,
  "items": [
   {
    "title": null,
    "author": null,
    "summary": null,
    "articleId": null,
    "articleUrl": null,
    "modifiedAt": null,
    "publishedAt": null,
    "categorySlugs": null
   }
  ],
  "product": "crunchbase"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/crunchbase-news-scraper-via-x402-01339cf1/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from x402.186-241-26-229.sslip.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/x402.186-241-26-229.sslip.io/llms.txt)