CB Insights Business Relationships API

This dataset contains information about partnerships, clients/vendors, licensing activity, and CBI-generated insights to predict future M&As and shifts in strategy.

Operations 2

POST /v2/businessrelationships Retrieve business relationships for multiple organizations #
POST /v2/organizations/{orgId}/businessrelationships Retrieve business relationships for an organization #

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OpenAPI Specification

cb-insights-businessrelationships-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: '# Introduction


    The CB Insights API offers market data and insights you won''t find anywhere else.'
  title: CB Insights Business Relationships API
  contact: {}
  version: '2.0'
  x-logo:
    altText: CB Insights logo
    backgroundColor: '#FFFFFF'
    href: https://api-docs.cbinsights.com/v2/
    url: https://api-docs.cbinsights.com/images/CBI_Logo_Color.svg
servers:
- url: https://api.cbinsights.com
tags:
- description: This dataset contains information about partnerships, clients/vendors, licensing activity, and CBI-generated insights to predict future M&As and shifts in strategy.
  name: BusinessRelationships
paths:
  /v2/businessrelationships:
    post:
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      description: Retrieved data includes partnerships, client/vendor relationships, and licensing activity, plus AI-generated insights to predict future M&As and shifts in strategy for each organization.
      tags:
      - BusinessRelationships
      summary: Retrieve business relationships for multiple organizations
      parameters:
      - description: Authorization
        name: Authorization
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.MultipleOrganizationBusinessRelationshipsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/common.ErrorWithCode'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/common.ErrorWithCode'
        '424':
          description: Failed Dependency
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/common.ErrorWithCode'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/common.ErrorWithCode'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.MultipleOrganizationBusinessRelationshipsRequest'
        description: Search parameters to request business relationship information.
        required: true
      operationId: postV2Businessrelationships
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /v2/organizations/{orgId}/businessrelationships:
    post:
      security:
      - BearerAuth: []
      description: Retrieved data includes partnerships, client/vendor relationships, and licensing activity, plus AI-generated insights to predict future M&As and shifts in strategy.
      tags:
      - BusinessRelationships
      summary: Retrieve business relationships for an organization
      parameters:
      - description: Authorization
        name: Authorization
        in: header
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - description: CB Insights organization ID
        name: orgId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.BusinessRelationshipsResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/common.ErrorWithCode'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/common.ErrorWithCode'
        '424':
          description: Failed Dependency
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/common.ErrorWithCode'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/common.ErrorWithCode'
      operationId: postV2OrganizationsByOrgIdBusinessrelationships
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    common.ErrorWithCode:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
    v2BusinessRelationships.OrganizationBusinessRelationshipsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        businessRelationships:
          description: A list of items containing details regarding a business relationship for a given organization.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.BusinessRelationship'
        orgId:
          description: CB Insights organization ID.
          type: integer
          example: 129410
    v2BusinessRelationships.Insights:
      type: object
      properties:
        details:
          description: The list of insights regarding this relationship.
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - The funding round propelled Stripe's valuation to $3.5 billion
          - Stripe's partnership with tech giants like Apple and Twitter for payment processing indicates strategic positioning for expanding its market share and influence in the digital economy.
        headline:
          description: The headline summarizing these insights.
          type: string
          example: Stripe's valuation swells with latest funding, bolstering its market position
        sources:
          description: A list of sources the insights are based on.
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - http://www.vcnewsdaily.com/stripe/venture-capital-funding/sfbwyyxnvy
          - http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/04/thrive-capital-bet-big-30-million-to-be-exact-on-stripe/?ncid=rss
    v2BusinessRelationships.MultipleOrganizationBusinessRelationshipsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        nextPageToken:
          description: Token to fetch the next page of results. If the value is null, then there are no more results to page through.
          type: string
          example: eyJwYWdpbmF0aW9uX3NjaGVtZSI6MiwibmV4dF9wYWdlX3Rva2VuIjoxMjk0MTB9Cg==
        orgs:
          description: A list of organizations with their business relationship details included.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.OrganizationBusinessRelationshipsResponse'
    v2BusinessRelationships.NewsSnippet:
      type: object
      properties:
        content:
          description: A small portion of the news article about this business relationship.
          type: string
          example: MLB and Google are also collaborating on original content programming showing how baseball fans are enhancing their League Championship Series experiences using the Assistant wherever they are.
        title:
          description: The title of the news article about this business relationship.
          type: string
          example: Stripe's partnership with tech giants like Apple and Twitter for payment processing indicates strategic positioning for expanding its market share and influence in the digital economy.
        url:
          description: The URL of the news source about this business relationship.
          type: string
          example: https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/21/apple-card-turns-5/
    v2BusinessRelationships.BusinessRelationshipsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        businessRelationships:
          description: A list of items containing details regarding a business relationship for a given organization.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.BusinessRelationship'
    v2BusinessRelationships.Partner:
      type: object
      properties:
        country:
          description: The country where the partner's headquarters is located.
          type: string
          example: United States
        name:
          description: The name of the partner organization.
          type: string
          example: OpenAI
        orgId:
          description: The CB Insights organization ID of this partner.
          type: integer
          example: 422214
        role:
          description: The role that this business partner plays in the relationship (Partner, Vendor, Client, Licensor, Licensee, Supplier, Distributor, Sponsor, Sponsored).
          type: string
          example: Licensor
    v2BusinessRelationships.Source:
      type: object
      properties:
        date:
          description: The date this source was published.
          type: string
          example: '2018-10-12'
        title:
          description: The title of this source.
          type: string
          example: Orange goes submarine with Google cable partnership
        url:
          description: The URL pointing to this source.
          type: string
          example: https://telecoms.com/492812/orange-goes-submarine-with-google-cable-partnership/
    v2BusinessRelationships.BusinessRelationship:
      type: object
      properties:
        insights:
          description: CB Insights proprietary generated insights about this relationship.
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.Insights'
        lastUpdateTime:
          type: string
          example: '2024-09-25 09:01:58'
        newsSnippet:
          description: A news snippet about this business relationship.
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.NewsSnippet'
        partners:
          description: A list of business partners involved.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.Partner'
        relationshipId:
          description: A unique ID which identifies this relationship.
          type: integer
          example: 1415468
        sources:
          description: A list of sources of information about this business relationship.
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/v2BusinessRelationships.Source'
        startDate:
          description: The date when this business relationship began (YYYY-MM-DD).
          type: string
          example: '2024-09-17'
    v2BusinessRelationships.MultipleOrganizationBusinessRelationshipsRequest:
      description: Search parameters to request business relationship information one or more organizations
      type: object
      properties:
        nextPageToken:
          description: Token to fetch the next page of results; provided in a previous response.
          type: string
          example: ''
        orgIds:
          description: CB Insights organization IDs to return.
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
          example:
          - 129410
          - 129411
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      description: Type "Bearer" followed by a space and JWT token.
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header
externalDocs:
  description: CBI API v1 reference
  url: https://api-docs.cbinsights.com/