---
title: "Company founders"
method: GET
path: "/company/{handle}/founders"
tags: ["Company"]
---

# Company founders

`GET /company/{handle}/founders`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://frontrun.vc/v1`
- URL: `https://frontrun.vc/v1/company/{handle}/founders`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Founder intelligence for a company: identifies founders via a layered discovery waterfall (verified cache, founder links, person discovery, social graph, tweet search) and enriches with LinkedIn data (role, work history, founder score, confidence, evidence). Costs 100 credits, the most expensive operation in the API, but zero founders found costs 0 credits. Reserve it for companies that already passed your screen.

## Path parameters

- `handle` string, required

## Response `200`

Founders found for the company.

- object
  - `company` string
  - `company_name` string
  - `founders` Founder[]
    - `handle` string: Founder X handle.
    - `name` string
    - `bio` string
    - `role` string: e.g. "Founder", "Co-Founder", "CEO", "CTO".
    - `previous_companies` string[]
    - `linkedin_url` string
    - `linkedin_headline` string
    - `work_history` object[]
      - `company` string
      - `title` string
    - `founder_score` number
    - `confidence` 'high' | 'medium' | 'low'
    - `discovered_via` string: Discovery layer (e.g. "pipeline", "company_following", "tweet_search", "frontrun_v2").
    - `evidence` string[]
  - `sources_used` string[]
  - `total_found` integer
  - `verified` boolean: Present (true) when served from the verified founder cache.
  - `cost_credits` integer: Credits charged for this call.
  - `balance_credits` integer: Remaining credit balance after this call.

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing, invalid, inactive, or expired API key.
- `402`: Insufficient credits for this operation. Top up from the developer page or enable auto-refill.
- `429`: Rate limit or daily credit cap reached. Retry after the indicated reset time.

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