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TechCrunch

TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/) is a leading technology media property dedicated to covering startups, venture capital, and innovation. Founded in 2005 and acquired by AOL in 2010 and later by Yahoo, TechCrunch delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis, and original reporting on the technology industry, emerging companies, funding rounds, and the people shaping the future of tech. The publication hosts flagship events including TechCrunch Disrupt and the Startup Battlefield competition. TechCrunch runs on WordPress and exposes the standard WordPress REST API for programmatic content access.

TechCrunch publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authors API, Categories API, Comments API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Media, News, Startups, Technology News, and Venture Capital.

The TechCrunch catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

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50.2/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
9 APIs
MediaNewsStartupsTechnology NewsVenture Capital

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Composite quality — 50.2/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 9

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

TechCrunch RSS Feed

TechCrunch provides RSS feeds covering its full range of technology news, startup coverage, and venture capital reporting. The main feed delivers all published articles, and cat...

TechCrunch Authors API

Author and contributor profiles

TechCrunch Categories API

Post category taxonomy

TechCrunch Comments API

Post comments

TechCrunch Media API

Media files and attachments

TechCrunch Pages API

Static page content

TechCrunch Posts API

Article and post content

TechCrunch Search API

Full-text search across content

TechCrunch Tags API

Post tag taxonomy

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Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

TechCrunch WordPress REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Techcrunch Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Techcrunch Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Techcrunch Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Techcrunch Context

57 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

TechCrunch API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

TechCrunch API Rules

12 rules · 5 errors 5 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

TechCrunch Category

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

TechCrunch Post

21 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Techcrunch Post Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Techcrunch List Posts Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Techcrunch Search Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Techcrunch Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Techcrunch Agentic Access

15 operations

15 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Contact
Contact

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 6

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 About
About
 Newsletter
Newsletter
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Facebook
Facebook
 Instagram
Instagram

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

RSSFeeds
RSSFeeds
 Advertising
Advertising
 X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: techcrunch
name: TechCrunch
description: TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/) is a leading technology media property dedicated to covering startups, venture
  capital, and innovation. Founded in 2005 and acquired by AOL in 2010 and later by Yahoo, TechCrunch delivers breaking news,
  in-depth analysis, and original reporting on the technology industry, emerging companies, funding rounds, and the people
  shaping the future of tech. The publication hosts flagship events including TechCrunch Disrupt and the Startup Battlefield
  competition. TechCrunch runs on WordPress and exposes the standard WordPress REST API for programmatic content access.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/techcrunch.png
tags:
- Media
- News
- Startups
- Technology News
- Venture Capital
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: techcrunch:rss-feed
  name: TechCrunch RSS Feed
  description: TechCrunch provides RSS feeds covering its full range of technology news, startup coverage, and venture capital
    reporting. The main feed delivers all published articles, and category-specific feeds are available for topics including
    startups, venture capital, artificial intelligence, security, apps, gadgets, and more. These standard RSS/Atom feeds allow
    readers and developers to consume TechCrunch content programmatically using any standard feed reader or parsing library.
  humanURL: https://techcrunch.com/feed/
  baseURL: https://techcrunch.com
  tags:
  - Feed
  - News
  - RSS
  - Syndication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://techcrunch.com/feed/
  - type: RSSFeed
    url: https://techcrunch.com/feed/
- aid: techcrunch:techcrunch-authors-api
  name: TechCrunch Authors API
  description: Author and contributor profiles
  humanURL: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  baseURL: https://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Authors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/techcrunch-authors-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/techcrunch-post-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/rules/techcrunch-wordpress-rules.yml
- aid: techcrunch:techcrunch-categories-api
  name: TechCrunch Categories API
  description: Post category taxonomy
  humanURL: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  baseURL: https://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Categories
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/techcrunch-categories-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/techcrunch-post-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/rules/techcrunch-wordpress-rules.yml
- aid: techcrunch:techcrunch-comments-api
  name: TechCrunch Comments API
  description: Post comments
  humanURL: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  baseURL: https://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Comments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/techcrunch-comments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/techcrunch-post-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/rules/techcrunch-wordpress-rules.yml
- aid: techcrunch:techcrunch-media-api
  name: TechCrunch Media API
  description: Media files and attachments
  humanURL: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  baseURL: https://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Media
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/techcrunch-media-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/techcrunch-post-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/rules/techcrunch-wordpress-rules.yml
- aid: techcrunch:techcrunch-pages-api
  name: TechCrunch Pages API
  description: Static page content
  humanURL: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  baseURL: https://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Pages
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/techcrunch-pages-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/techcrunch-post-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/rules/techcrunch-wordpress-rules.yml
- aid: techcrunch:techcrunch-posts-api
  name: TechCrunch Posts API
  description: Article and post content
  humanURL: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  baseURL: https://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Posts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/techcrunch-posts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/techcrunch-post-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/rules/techcrunch-wordpress-rules.yml
- aid: techcrunch:techcrunch-search-api
  name: TechCrunch Search API
  description: Full-text search across content
  humanURL: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  baseURL: https://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/techcrunch-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/techcrunch-post-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/rules/techcrunch-wordpress-rules.yml
- aid: techcrunch:techcrunch-tags-api
  name: TechCrunch Tags API
  description: Post tag taxonomy
  humanURL: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  baseURL: https://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  tags:
  - Tags
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/techcrunch-tags-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/json-schema/techcrunch-post-schema.json
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/rules/techcrunch-wordpress-rules.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/techcrunch-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/techcrunch-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/techcrunch
- url: https://techcrunch.com/
  name: TechCrunch
  type: Website
- url: https://techcrunch.com/about-techcrunch/
  name: About TechCrunch
  type: About
- url: https://techcrunch.com/newsletters/
  name: TechCrunch Newsletters
  type: Newsletter
- url: https://techcrunch.com/feed/
  name: TechCrunch RSS Feed
  type: RSSFeeds
- url: https://techcrunch.com/advertise/
  name: Advertise with TechCrunch
  type: Advertising
- url: https://techcrunch.com/contact-us/
  name: Contact TechCrunch
  type: Contact
- url: https://techcrunch.com/terms-of-service/
  name: Terms of Service
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://techcrunch.com/privacy-policy/
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://x.com/TechCrunch
  name: TechCrunch on X
  type: X
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techcrunch/
  name: TechCrunch on LinkedIn
  type: LinkedIn
- url: https://www.facebook.com/techcrunch/
  name: TechCrunch on Facebook
  type: Facebook
- url: https://www.instagram.com/techcrunch/
  name: TechCrunch on Instagram
  type: Instagram
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/techcrunch-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/techcrunch/refs/heads/main/json-ld/techcrunch-context.jsonld
- type: Integrations
  url: https://techcrunch.com/category/apps/
integrations:
- name: Prime Video
- name: Truecaller
- name: TechCrunch Disrupt
- name: Disney+ app on phone
- name: Personal Computer splash screen
- name: TechCrunch Startup Battlefield 200 2023
- name: TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 exhibitor Google
- name: Spotify AI DJ on smartphone screen
- name: Snap banner at NY stock exchange
- name: tinder icon ios
- name: Bumble logo on smartphone screen
- name: Etsy on mobile
- name: TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 exhibitor
- name: view at TechCrunch Disrupt 2015
- name: ChatGPT India
- name: X icon on a smartphone screen
- name: Spotify 'verified' badge
- name: Event
- name: TechCrunch
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com