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ycombinator/search-companies

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POSThttps://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/ycombinator/search-companies

Model IDycombinator/search-companies

Input Schema

7 parameters · 0 required · 7 optional

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`page`	integer	Optional	Page number (0-indexed). · Min: -9007199254740991 · Max: 9007199254740991
`batch`	string	Optional	Filter by YC batch name (e.g. 'Winter 2024', 'Summer 2023').
`limit`	integer	Optional	Number of results per page. · Min: -9007199254740991 · Max: 9007199254740991
`query`	string	Optional	Search keyword to match against company name, description, and tags.
`industry`	string	Optional	Filter by industry (e.g. 'Fintech', 'B2B', 'Healthcare').
`is_hiring`	string	Optional	Filter by hiring status. Accepts 'true' or 'false'.
`top_company`	string	Optional	Filter for YC top companies. Accepts 'true' or 'false'.

Output Schema

Field	Type	Description
`id`	string	Unique identifier for the generation task
`status`	string	Task status: pending, running, completed, failed, timeout
`model`	string	Model used for the generation
`outputs`	array	Array of output items
`outputs[].url`	string	URL of the generated artifact
`outputs[].content_type`	string	MIME type (e.g. image/png, video/mp4)
`error`	object \| null	Error details if failed, null on success
`error.type`	string	Machine-readable error type code
`error.message`	string	Human-readable error description

Async Workflow

This model uses asynchronous execution. Submit a request and poll for the result.

Submit — POST to /v1/run, receive an id
Poll — GET /v1/run/{id} until status is completed, failed, or timeout
Retrieve — Read outputs from the completed response

Code Examples

Ready-to-run snippets

const apiKey = process.env.SANDBASE_API_KEY;
const response = await fetch("https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/api/ycombinator/search-companies", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({}),
});

if (!response.ok) throw new Error(await response.text());
console.log(await response.json());

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