# TechCrunch

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/techcrunch/  
**Website:** https://techcrunch.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 9

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.

## Kin Score — 39.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 39.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 61.9 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 57.1 |
| Access Clarity | 57.1 |

## Agent readiness — 20.0 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (9)

- **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

## Agentic access (1)

- **Techcrunch Agentic Access** — 15 operations

## Security (1)

- **Techcrunch Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Techcrunch Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Media, News, Startups, Technology News, Venture Capital

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/techcrunch/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.