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TechCrunch API: List headlines

Lists the latest TechCrunch story headlines in a section, in page order. Skips video, podcast and event promotion cards.

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Inputs

Values from the run on Oct 27, 2026, shown under Output.

Section optionalsection

News section, for example ai or startups.

startups

One of latest, startups, ai, venture, apps, security, fintech, climate. Default latest.

Max Results optionalmax_results

Most stories to return, for example 20.

50

Whole number from 1 to 50. Default 20.

Output

From a run on Oct 27, 2026, shortened for this page.
{  "stories": [    {      "authors": [        "Julie Bort"      ],      "section": "Startups",      "summary": "Turns out selling to big companies isn’t about having the shiniest tech: It’s about hitching a ride on a giant’s sales team.",      "headline": "Databricks co-founder shares his secrets for winning big enterprise customers",      "published": "2026-10-26T15:00:00-07:00",      "image_link": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Databricks-co-founder-Arsalan-Tavakoli-Shiraji.jpg?w=499",      "article_link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/26/databricks-co-founder-shares-his-secrets-for-winning-big-enterprises-customers/"    },    {      "authors": [        "Lucas Ropek"      ],      "section": "Startups",      "summary": "At TechCrunch Disrupt last week, two founders and a VC discussed how to not just gain an early following but keep one.",      "headline": "Startups don’t need to go viral to win customers",      "published": "2026-10-23T16:07:45-07:00",      "image_link": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/55591670558_36cac514d1_k.jpg?w=563",      "article_link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/startups-dont-need-to-go-viral-to-win-customers/"    },    {      "authors": [        "Dominic-Madori Davis"      ],      "section": "Venture",      "summary": "Top investors from Iconiq and Sapphire Ventures, along with Rahul Vohra, the founder of Superhuman Mail, share the do’s and don’ts for building hit products.",      "headline": "VCs, Superhuman Mail founder share red flags about product-market fit",      "published": "2026-10-23T13:57:13-07:00",      "image_link": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PMf-panel.jpg?w=562",      "article_link": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/23/vcs-superhuman-mail-founder-share-red-flags-about-product-market-fit/"    }  ]}
Price
1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free.
Method
techcrunch.com/list_headlines
Returns
headline, summary, published, authors, section, image_link, article_link

Use it from your agent

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Ask your agent

  • Show me the latest headlines in the AI section, up to 10 stories
  • What are the newest startup stories right now? Give me around 15 with authors and links
  • List the top 20 venture capital headlines from TechCrunch in page order
  • I need the most recent security news headlines, just 5 of them, with summaries
  • Pull up the fintech section stories including publish dates and image links
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    techcrunch.com/search_news
  • Reads a public TechCrunch article by link or headline and returns its text, authors, dates, section, tags and image. Live blogs return their latest public updates.

    techcrunch.com/read_article
  • Lists recent TechCrunch articles announcing startup funding, with the amount, round, investors and company details stated in each article.

    techcrunch.com/list_funding_news
  • Lists The Verge story headlines, including quick posts, in the order shown on a section page. Archive pages are added when more stories are needed.

    theverge.com/list_headlines
  • Lists CNBC article headlines in the order they appear on a public news section page, with summary, time, authors and image.

    cnbc.com/list_headlines
  • Lists the headlines shown in a Wall Street Journal news section (top stories, business, markets, tech, economy, world, politics or personal finance) with summaries, bylines, dates, images and story links.

    wsj.com/list_headlines
  • Lists the article headlines shown on a BBC News section page, in page order, with summary, publish time, authors, image and link.

    bbc.com/list_headlines
  • Lists the latest Yahoo News headlines for a section in page order, with summary, byline, original publisher, image and publication time when the article provides them.

    yahoo.com/list_headlines