GET techcrunch.com HTTP 20055 ms38.2 KB$0.000707 captured Aug 7, 2026
techcrunch.com, as data
One API turns any techcrunch.com page into markdown, structured JSON, its link graph or a screenshot, and crawls the whole site the same way. The panel shows the real response we captured.
- Render mode
- Plain HTTP, no browser needed
- Response
- HTTP 200 in 55 ms
- Page size
- 38.2 KB of markdown, 578 lines
- Fields
- Headline, Author, Category, Published date and 4 more
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This techcrunch.com page cost $0.000707 to fetch.
Gen Z dating apps like Ditto ditch swiping in favor of AI matchmakingOpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case## StartupsOmilia raises $67M to scale its customer support platform## VideoVenture ](https://techcrunch.com/category/venture/)## Lightspeed is building its edge on followers, not just fundsVenture firms are turning to creators to build trust with the next generation of founders before a check is ever written. It’s a trend that’s been building with a16z’s acquisition of Erik Torenberg’s Turpentine podcast and OpenAI’s acquisition of TBPN. Lightspeed Venture Partners just made its own notable hire in that vein, bringing on Claire Zau, a seed investor with a major following on Instagram and TikTok, to source deals and co-host the firm’s new show, Lightwork, alongside CMO Josh Machiz.Lightspeed is building its edge on followers, not just fundsSam Altman isn’t the only one who wants to pump the brakes on AI‘No one’s making a phone like this’: Light’s co-founders on building for the anti-smartphone generationOpenAI’s own model went rogue before Kimi had Wall Street sweatingHow startups get noticed by Nvidia, Google, and other tech giantsMenlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy explains why Anthropic is winning (and it’s not the model)How Apple’s big lawsuit could disrupt OpenAI’s IPO plansThe founder who left Google and secured a $300M pre-seed valuation in monthsInside Ode with Anthropic, the startup betting AI services are the future of enterpriseWhy raising your first round is harder than ever## SecurityHacker pleads guilty to stealing data from more than 165 Snowflake customersPSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP addressAndroid app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers## VentureMoove raises $250M to become the backbone of the robotaxi industryHow Lightspeed found its newest hire … via Instagram DMWhat Spider does on techcrunch.com
Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.
Page to markdown
Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.
55 ms · $0.000707Page to JSON
Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.
Rendered capture
Real Chromium, full-page PNG. The same call also returns the rendered HTML.
The call behind the panel
This request produced the response above. Paste it with your key and you get the same bytes.
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://techcrunch.com/", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://techcrunch.com/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://techcrunch.com/", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What techcrunch.com costs
Multiplied from the measured 38.2 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.
1 GB of transfer costs $1, plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0. Crawling daily? The Unlimited plan is a flat monthly rate.
Point this at the rest of techcrunch.com.
The capture above took 55 ms and cost $0.000707. The same call takes any URL on techcrunch.com.