The Hog

The Hog is a real-time web intelligence API for AI agents and go-to-market teams, founded in 2025 (Y Combinator F25) by Hudson Liao and Paulo Nascimento in San Francisco. One credit-based REST API unifies company and people search, contact enrichment, LLM-powered deep research, multi-platform web and social scraping (LinkedIn, X, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook), SEO intelligence, and recurring signal monitors. Fast calls return synchronously; long-running jobs run asynchronously with polling, organization-scoped idempotency keys, cursor pagination, request-id tracing, and a consistent JSON error envelope. A hosted OAuth MCP server and a local stdio MCP package expose the same capabilities to agents.

The Hog publishes 8 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Company Search API, Deep Research API, Enrichments API, and 5 more. Tagged areas include Company, GTM Intelligence, Sales Intelligence, Data Enrichment, and Web Scraping.

The Hog’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, authentication, and 27 more developer resources.

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50.6/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 66/100 agent native Front door AI 5/6 prominent saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanyGTM IntelligenceSales Intelligence Data Enrichment Web Scraping People Data Company Data Deep ResearchSocial MonitoringMCP AI Agents Y Combinator A2A

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Composite quality — 50.6/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.8 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 10.4 / 15

Access Clarity 7.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 2.3 / 10

Contract Governance 0.4 / 9

Discoverability 5.6 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.1 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 66/100 · agent native

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 5 / 5

Registration Without a Human 6 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 8

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

The Hog Company Search API

The Company Search API from The Hog — 1 operation(s) for company search.

The Hog Deep Research API

The Deep Research API from The Hog — 1 operation(s) for deep research.

The Hog Enrichments API

The Enrichments API from The Hog — 2 operation(s) for enrichments.

The Hog Monitors API

The Monitors API from The Hog — 4 operation(s) for monitors.

The Hog Operations API

The Operations API from The Hog — 2 operation(s) for operations.

The Hog People Search API

The People Search API from The Hog — 2 operation(s) for people search.

The Hog Scrapers API

The Scrapers API from The Hog — 34 operation(s) for scrapers.

The Hog Search API

The Search API from The Hog — 2 operation(s) for search.

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Open Collections 9

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

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

The Hog Company Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

The Hog Company Search Deep Research API

OPEN COLLECTION

The Hog Company Search Enrichments API

OPEN COLLECTION

The Hog Company Search Monitors API

OPEN COLLECTION

The Hog Company Search Operations API

OPEN COLLECTION

The Hog Company Search People Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

The Hog Company Search Scrapers API

OPEN COLLECTION

The Hog Company Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

The Hog

MCP SERVER

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

The Hog Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

The Hog Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

Security Posture 2

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

The Hog Authentication

apiKey · 2 schemes

SECURITY

The Hog Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

The Hog Scopes

OAuth 2.0 · no documented scopes

0 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

The Hog Agentic Access

52 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 5

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

AgentSkill

WellKnown

LLMsTxt

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

Idempotency

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

DataModel

Build 5

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

Packages

ToolCrosswalk

CLI

SDKs

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Support

Support

Commercial 4

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay

Overlay

AgentCard

AgentCard

Source (apis.yml)

aid: the-hog
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: usage-based
  onboarding: waitlist
  trial: true
  trial_detail: 500 free calls per month across all endpoints, no credit card required.
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Waitlist (beta launch full)
  confidence: high
  source:
  - https://thehog.ai/pricing
  - authentication
  note: Published per-call rates (no tiers, no seats, no feature gates) with an automatic volume discount past 100k calls/month
    and a customer-set spend cap. New self-serve signup was closed as of 2026-08-14 -- the site header and pricing page both
    read "Our beta launch is full. Join the waitlist."
  ref: plans/the-hog-plans-pricing.yml
  generated: '2026-08-14'
  method: searched
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/the-hog.png
name: The Hog
description: The Hog is a real-time web intelligence API for AI agents and go-to-market teams, founded in 2025 (Y Combinator
  F25) by Hudson Liao and Paulo Nascimento in San Francisco. One credit-based REST API unifies company and people search,
  contact enrichment, LLM-powered deep research, multi-platform web and social scraping (LinkedIn, X, Reddit, Instagram, TikTok,
  YouTube, Facebook), SEO intelligence, and recurring signal monitors. Fast calls return synchronously; long-running jobs
  run asynchronously with polling, organization-scoped idempotency keys, cursor pagination, request-id tracing, and a consistent
  JSON error envelope. A hosted OAuth MCP server and a local stdio MCP package expose the same capabilities to agents.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/the-hog/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- y-combinator
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-08-14'
tags:
- Company
- GTM Intelligence
- Sales Intelligence
- Data Enrichment
- Web Scraping
- People Data
- Company Data
- Deep Research
- Social Monitoring
- MCP
- AI Agents
- Y Combinator
- A2A
apis:
- aid: the-hog:the-hog-company-search-api
  name: The Hog Company Search API
  description: The Company Search API from The Hog — 1 operation(s) for company search.
  humanURL: https://docs.thehog.ai/
  baseURL: https://developer.thehog.ai
  tags:
  - Company Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-hog-company-search-api-openapi.yml
- aid: the-hog:the-hog-deep-research-api
  name: The Hog Deep Research API
  description: The Deep Research API from The Hog — 1 operation(s) for deep research.
  humanURL: https://docs.thehog.ai/
  baseURL: https://developer.thehog.ai
  tags:
  - Deep Research
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-hog-deep-research-api-openapi.yml
- aid: the-hog:the-hog-enrichments-api
  name: The Hog Enrichments API
  description: The Enrichments API from The Hog — 2 operation(s) for enrichments.
  humanURL: https://docs.thehog.ai/
  baseURL: https://developer.thehog.ai
  tags:
  - Enrichments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-hog-enrichments-api-openapi.yml
- aid: the-hog:the-hog-monitors-api
  name: The Hog Monitors API
  description: The Monitors API from The Hog — 4 operation(s) for monitors.
  humanURL: https://docs.thehog.ai/
  baseURL: https://developer.thehog.ai
  tags:
  - Monitors
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-hog-monitors-api-openapi.yml
- aid: the-hog:the-hog-operations-api
  name: The Hog Operations API
  description: The Operations API from The Hog — 2 operation(s) for operations.
  humanURL: https://docs.thehog.ai/
  baseURL: https://developer.thehog.ai
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-hog-operations-api-openapi.yml
- aid: the-hog:the-hog-people-search-api
  name: The Hog People Search API
  description: The People Search API from The Hog — 2 operation(s) for people search.
  humanURL: https://docs.thehog.ai/
  baseURL: https://developer.thehog.ai
  tags:
  - People Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-hog-people-search-api-openapi.yml
- aid: the-hog:the-hog-scrapers-api
  name: The Hog Scrapers API
  description: The Scrapers API from The Hog — 34 operation(s) for scrapers.
  humanURL: https://docs.thehog.ai/
  baseURL: https://developer.thehog.ai
  tags:
  - Scrapers
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-hog-scrapers-api-openapi.yml
- aid: the-hog:the-hog-search-api
  name: The Hog Search API
  description: The Search API from The Hog — 2 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://docs.thehog.ai/
  baseURL: https://developer.thehog.ai
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/the-hog-search-api-openapi.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-08-14'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 9
  pass: local-v1
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://thehog.ai/
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/the-hog-openapi-overlay.yaml
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://platform.thehog.ai/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.thehog.ai/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.thehog.ai/introduction
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.thehog.ai/quickstart
- type: Blog
  url: https://thehog.ai/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://thehog.ai/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://platform.thehog.ai/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://thehog.ai/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://thehog.ai/privacy
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/The-Hog
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/the-hog-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/the-hog-conventions.yml
- type: Idempotency
  url: conventions/the-hog-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/the-hog-problem-types.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/the-hog-rate-limits.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/the-hog-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/the-hog-packages.yml
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/the-hog-well-known.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/the-hog-lifecycle.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/the-hog-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/the-hog-data-model.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/the-hog-llms.txt
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/the-hog-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/the-hog-agentic-access.yml
- type: AgentCard
  url: a2a/the-hog-a2a.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/the-hog-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/the-hog-plans-pricing.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/the-hog-scopes.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/the-hog-cli.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/the-hog-packages.yml
- type: Support
  url: mailto:support@thehog.ai

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