Crunchbase AI / MCP for LLMs

Crunchbase Data, Right Inside Your LLMs

Connect Crunchbase to ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and other AI tools in minutes. Research companies, source deals, and surface predictions without leaving the chat.

Set It Up

Set It Up

Set Up Crunchbase in ChatGPT

1. Open the Crunchbase listing in ChatGPT's plugin directory.

2. Select Crunchbase, then click Install.

3. Sign in with your Crunchbase account.

4. Start a new ChatGPT conversation.

5. Type @Crunchbase and ask your first question.

Set Up Crunchbase in ChatGPT

Set Up Crunchbase in Claude

1. Open the Crunchbase listing in Claude's connector directory.

2. Select Crunchbase and choose Connect.

3. Sign in with your Crunchbase account.

4. Start a new Claude conversation.

5. Type @Crunchbase and ask your first question.

Set Up Crunchbase in Claude

Set Up Crunchbase in Perplexity

1. Open the Crunchbase listing in Perplexity's connector directory.

2. Select the Crunchbase connector and click Add.

3. Sign in with your Crunchbase account.

4. Start a new Perplexity thread.

5. Type @Crunchbase and ask your first question.

Set Up Crunchbase in Perplexity

Connect Any MCP-Compatible Tool

1. Open your AI tool's Connectors, Integrations, or MCP Servers settings.

2. Add a new remote MCP server.

3. Enter the following details:
Name: Crunchbase
Server URL: https://mcp.crunchbase.com
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Authentication: OAuth 2.1

4. Follow the prompt to sign in with your Crunchbase account.

5. Select Allow to authorize the connection.

Connect Any MCP-Compatible Tool

Ask Better Questions for Richer Results

LLMs deliver information at scale, but Crunchbase delivers precision to act on private market opportunities. Get better answers, deeper insights, and more informed decisions with Crunchbase in your LLM.

Compare Your Targets Side-by-Side

Using Crunchbase, give me a one-page brief comparing my key targets: [Company A] ([domain]), [Company B] ([domain]), and [Company C] ([domain]). Cover funding history and last round, 12-month employee growth, recent product launches, and leadership changes. Show the comparison as a table, then explain which target has the strongest momentum and why. Close with each company's growth or acquisition predictions and its biggest risk, and label any missing or undisclosed data rather than estimating it.

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Map the Market and Competitive Landscape

Using Crunchbase, build a market map of up to 30 emerging and growing companies in generative AI for healthcare. Group them into segments by primary use case, and for each company show its stage, total funding, and lead investors. Identify which segment has attracted the most capital in the last 12 months, which is the most crowded, and which three companies are best positioned to lead. Explain how you segmented the market and which close candidates you excluded and why.

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Research Investors

Using Crunchbase, find up to 20 investors that actively back early-stage robotics companies headquartered in the Midwest. For each, show their relevant portfolio companies, the stages they invest at, typical check size where disclosed, and their three most recent relevant deals. Rank investors by activity over the last 24 months, flag which ones typically lead rounds, and note co-investors that frequently appear alongside them. Label undisclosed amounts rather than estimating them.

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Build a List Worth Working

Using Crunchbase, find up to 25 US-based cybersecurity companies founded since 2022 that have raised a Seed or Series A. Rank them by growth using 12-month headcount change, funding pace, and growth predictions. For each, show HQ, founding year, last round and amount, lead investors, and the signal that ranks it highest. Segment them by security category, explain why the top five stand out, and save the full list to a new Crunchbase list called "Cyber Watchlist."

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Get Started in Your AI Tool

Add Crunchbase to the AI tool you already use.

ChatGPT

Install Crunchbase from ChatGPT's plugin directory and connect your account.

Open in ChatGPT

Claude

Add the Crunchbase connector from Claude's directory. It works on web, desktop, and mobile.

Open in Claude

Perplexity

Enable Crunchbase in Perplexity's Connectors directory, then type @Crunchbase in any thread.

Open in Perplexity