{
  "id": 9217605,
  "title": "Web scraping startup Firecrawl closes $75M investment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/web-scraping-startup-firecrawl-closes-75m-investment",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-22T22:46:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SiliconANGLE",
    "slug": "siliconangle",
    "url": "https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/22/web-scraping-startup-firecrawl-closes-75m-investment/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Firecrawl Inc., a web scraping tool provider for AI agents, has raised $75 million in Series B funding, led by Smash Ventures. This investment round also saw participation from Y Combinator, Altos Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Freestyle, and Offline Ventures. Firecrawl's platform addresses the technical challenges AI agents face when collecting web data, providing an agent-optimized search engine and automated features like smart wait and interaction with dynamically loaded web pages. The startup's new cloud service, Alexandria, combines web data with third-party information, offering a single application interface for easy access. Firecrawl plans to expand its offerings and add more data providers, and will use the funding to enhance its services.",
  "summary": "Firecrawl Inc., a provider of web scraping tools for artificial intelligence agents, today announced that it has raised $75 million in funding. Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Smash Ventures led the Series B round. It was joined by Y Combinator, Altos Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Freestyle and Offline Ventures. AI agents rely on information from […] The post Web scraping startup…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}