generated: '2026-08-14'
method: searched
source: https://about.crunchbase.com/product-updates/
description: >-
  Crunchbase publishes a dated monthly "Product Updates and Release Notes" page on its
  marketing site. It is the only public dated record of what changed in the API. Each
  item is tagged with where it lands - "Available in: API", "API and UI", or a named
  package such as "API (Predictions & Insights)" - which makes it usable as an API
  changelog even though it is not hosted on the developer docs host, carries no
  version numbers, and offers no RSS/Atom feed or per-entry permalinks.
scheme: dated-monthly
current_version: v4 (spec info.version 1.1.0)
url: https://about.crunchbase.com/product-updates/
feed: null
breaking_changes_flagged: false
breaking_note: >-
  No entry in the window below is labelled breaking, and the page has no
  breaking/additive convention. The one genuinely breaking change of the period - the
  /data/ path segment and the legacy key retirement - is documented in the migration
  guides, not here.
window: 2026-01 through 2026-07
entries:
- date: '2026-07'
  surface: API and UI
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - >-
    Crunchbase MCP released to general availability - live private market intelligence
    in MCP-compatible AI tools including ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity.
  - >-
    New Market Insights classify industries and micro-industries as growing or
    declining, with signals across funding, exits, company activity, product growth and
    market trends; refreshed weekly. Available in API (Predictions & Insights).
  - >-
    More than 460K companies added in July 2026 (147K North America, 127K Europe, 21K
    Asia); coverage grown to 343K investors and 812K+ funds.
- date: '2026-06'
  surface: API and UI
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - >-
    New suite of market insights - micro-industries data, enhanced competitor
    intelligence, and a Market Insights signal. Available in API and UI (Crunchbase
    Business).
  - Company coverage surpassed 5 million as of June 2026.
  - >-
    Post-money valuation now distinguishes confirmed values from Crunchbase estimates.
    Available in API via Funding Round entity field post_money_valuation_source.
  - >-
    New API Dashboard for Enterprise API users - usage trends, endpoint-level
    visibility and consumption insights.
  - Crunchbase MCP Server for Finance entered early access ahead of July general availability.
  - CompanyIQ founder experience entered early access.
- date: '2026-05'
  surface: API and UI
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - >-
    Micro-industries - more than 5,100 available as of May 2026. Available in API via
    the micro_categories endpoint and in UI (Crunchbase Business).
  - Crunchbase MCP Server for Finance in beta with early adopters.
  - More than 350,000 companies added in May 2026 across Europe, North America and Asia.
  - >-
    Expanded competitor reasons and more precise competitor pairings, 90% precision
    across each company's top three competitors. Available in API via the
    org_similarities endpoint.
- date: '2026-04'
  surface: API and UI
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Competitor results more precisely ranked, with shared industries, products and markets as context (UI).
  - Expanded company coverage in Canada.
  - Crunchbase MCP Server for Finance beta continuing.
- date: '2026-03'
  surface: API and UI
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - Coverage expanded past 4.3M organizations as of March 2026.
  - >-
    Acquisition, IPO and Closure Predictions gained time horizons (0-6, 6-12, 12-24 and
    24+ months). Available in API.
  - >-
    Post-money valuation now includes both reported and estimated values, raising
    coverage to roughly 400K funding rounds.
  - More than 455 million predictions generated as of March 2026.
- date: '2026-02'
  surface: API and UI
  breaking: false
  highlights:
  - >-
    Funding Predictions now identify likely investors for companies with positive
    predictions. Available in API via the investor_matches endpoint.
  - Competitor Reasons expose shared locations and industries; competitor suggestions in Search (UI).
  - Market Maps shown only where a company belongs to a relevant map (UI).
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com