Retrieve company news signals with available source references
View all Crunchbase Company & Investment Data endpoints →Retrieve reported business-event signals for one company. The required company parameter accepts a Crunchbase organization permalink, UUID or organization profile URL. Optionally select one type: layoffs, key_employee_changes, product_launches, partnerships, legal_proceedings or awards. Omit type to request all kinds of signals, newest first according to the documentation. Key employee changes cover reported hires and exits. There is no page or date-range parameter in this endpoint contract. Documented response, not live-verified: the supplied example contains company, counts, type and items. company contains id, uuid, name, type, link and image. The counts object has awards, key_employee_changes, layoffs, legal_proceedings, partnerships and product_launches fields. Each items entry contains id, type, date, title, description, employees_laid_off and press. Each press entry contains id, title, link, publisher, posted_on and author, providing available reporting references for the event. In the supplied example, event title, description and employees_laid_off are null, and press author is null even when the source title, publisher, link and posted_on are present. No successful live probe was supplied for this endpoint; the documented field layout, ordering and filtering have not been confirmed by a live response. Treat a signal as a reported event to review using its source references, not independently verified operational, legal or employment evidence. Do not interpret a null layoff count as zero or assume every event has a populated title, a full description or a complete source list. Coverage completeness, continuous monitoring and real-time delivery are not established by this evidence.
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/api/project/crunchbase/company-news-signals API Response (JSON)
{} curl -X GET 'https://api.opendata-api.com/api/project/crunchbase/company-news-signals?key=<API_KEY>&company=openai'
Query Result
Use Cases
- Route layoff reports and leadership-change reports to different analyst review queues using the type selector.
- Attach available publisher, publication date and source links to CRM account-prioritization notes about reported business events.
- Prepare a partnership or product-launch briefing by requesting the matching signal category for a confirmed company.
- Triage reported legal proceedings into a due-diligence checklist that requires reading the cited reporting before reaching a conclusion.
- Assemble a company-event digest that labels awards, launches and workforce reports separately and leaves unknown event details blank.
Frequently asked questions
Which types of company signals can I request?
The documented type values are layoffs, key_employee_changes, product_launches, partnerships, legal_proceedings and awards. Choose one value to focus the response. Key employee changes cover reported key hires and exits.
What happens if I omit type?
The documentation says omitting type returns all kinds of signals, newest first. No live probe was supplied for this endpoint, so this combined view and its ordering remain documented rather than observed behavior.
What source information is available for an event?
The supplied example includes a press array on each event, with id, title, link, publisher, posted_on and author fields. Source titles and links can support manual review, but author is null in the example and source coverage is not guaranteed to be complete.
Does a null employees_laid_off value mean no layoffs occurred?
No. The example leaves employees_laid_off null, so no numeric value is established. Event title and description can also be null. Preserve unknown values instead of substituting zero or creating an unsupported account of the event.
Can I request a date window or the next page of signals?
This contract only exposes company and type. There is no documented page, date-range or cursor input, so do not add those filters or assume the returned list contains the entire company history.
Are these signals verified facts or a real-time alert stream?
The evidence supports reported business events with available source references, not independently verified legal, employment or operating facts. It does not establish real-time delivery, monitoring frequency or complete event coverage; review the sources before acting on a signal.