GET /company/risk

Company Risk

Get layoff events and legal proceedings for any company, including dates, descriptions, and press references documenting each risk signal.

Crunchbase Data API

Retrieve risk signals for a company — layoff events and legal proceedings (lawsuits, regulatory actions). Each event includes a date, description, and supporting press references. Use this endpoint to assess company stability, flag due diligence concerns, monitor portfolio companies for adverse events, or build risk scoring models.

HTTP Request

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GET /company/risk

Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
idstringYes—Company slug (e.g., nvidia, meta, stripe) or UUID
freshbooleanNofalseSkip cache and fetch fresh data (billed as non-cached request)
max_age_secondsintegerNo—Return fresh fetch if cached record is older than this many seconds
fieldsstringNo—Comma-separated allow-list of top-level fields to include

Response

Example Response

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{
  "status": true,
  "request_id": "8a4dea92-79fe-fda2-66a1-a1e386a8",
  "data": {
    "uuid": "ee17319e-f5ee-9c9a-6500-edf82b4fbf05",
    "slug": "nvidia",
    "name": "NVIDIA",
    "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/v1502744943/jhowtgkdwv2aa1eodg2b.png",
    "short_description": "NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.",
    "operating_status": "active",
    "num_layoffs": 1,
    "num_legal_proceedings": 10,
    "layoffs": [
      {
        "uuid": "82642fab-8e48-4dd9-bfb9-c1f11f485dc4",
        "event_type": "layoff",
        "title": "The 12 Executives Behind Nvidia's Unprecedented A.I. Domination",
        "description": null,
        "date": "1996-01-01",
        "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/0e99343882f345a795532aa90a362a68",
        "press_references": [
          {
            "title": "The 12 Executives Behind Nvidia's Unprecedented A.I. Domination",
            "url": "https://observer.com/2024/11/executives-behind-nvidia-ai-domination/",
            "posted_on": "2024-11-13",
            "publisher": "Observer",
            "thumbnail_url": null
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "legal_proceedings": [
      {
        "uuid": "1b088d07-5e06-4c8e-9652-a4b59d5fb521",
        "event_type": "legal_proceeding",
        "title": "Legal Proceeding (lawsuit) 2026-03-25",
        "description": "Nvidia is defending an ongoing securities fraud class action brought by shareholders led by E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB over alleged misstatements about its dependence on cryptocurrency-related revenue in 2017-2018.",
        "date": "2026-03-25",
        "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/81d70bc3804a43729d55808e4bbb5e83",
        "press_references": [
          {
            "title": "Column-Nvidia shareholders hit the jackpot. They're suing anyway",
            "url": "https://www.marketscreener.com/news/column-nvidia-shareholders-hit-the-jackpot-they-re-suing-anyway-ce7f59dfd881f52d",
            "posted_on": "2026-04-24",
            "publisher": "MarketScreener",
            "thumbnail_url": null
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "uuid": "db219a98-29dd-4737-a993-bd6ff39c7f65",
        "event_type": "legal_proceeding",
        "title": "Legal Proceeding (regulatory) 2026-03-24",
        "description": "U.S. senators asked Commerce Secretary to investigate whether statements by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about the absence of AI chip diversion to China were materially false or misleading.",
        "date": "2026-03-24",
        "image": "https://images.crunchbase.com/image/upload/ded12a66e0f04db3a8535be0ea2fc973",
        "press_references": [
          {
            "title": "US lawmakers ask whether Nvidia CEO's smuggling remarks misled regulators",
            "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/us-lawmakers-ask-whether-nvidia-ceos-smuggling-remarks-misled-regulators-4578261",
            "posted_on": "2026-03-24",
            "publisher": "Investing.com",
            "thumbnail_url": null
          }
        ]
      }
      // ... more items
    ]
  },
  "_meta": {
    "is_cached": false,
    "cached_at": 1778020007.0420156,
    "cached_at_iso": "2026-05-05T22:26:47Z"
  },
  "request_params": {
    "id": "nvidia",
    "fresh": "false"
  }
}

Response Fields

FieldTypeDescription
statusbooleanWhether the request succeeded
request_idstringUnique identifier for this request
data.uuidstringCrunchbase UUID
data.slugstringCrunchbase URL slug
data.namestringCompany display name
data.imagestringCompany logo URL
data.short_descriptionstringOne-line company summary
data.operating_statusstringCurrent operating status (active, closed, was_acquired)
data.num_layoffsintegerTotal number of layoff events
data.num_legal_proceedingsintegerTotal number of legal proceedings
data.layoffsarrayLayoff event objects
data.layoffs[].uuidstringEvent UUID
data.layoffs[].event_typestringEvent type (layoff)
data.layoffs[].titlestringEvent headline
data.layoffs[].descriptionstring/nullDetailed description of the layoff
data.layoffs[].datestringEvent date (YYYY-MM-DD)
data.layoffs[].imagestringEvent image URL
data.layoffs[].press_referencesarraySupporting press articles
data.layoffs[].press_references[].titlestringArticle title
data.layoffs[].press_references[].urlstringArticle URL
data.layoffs[].press_references[].posted_onstringPublication date (YYYY-MM-DD)
data.layoffs[].press_references[].publisherstringPublisher name
data.layoffs[].press_references[].thumbnail_urlstring/nullThumbnail image URL
data.legal_proceedingsarrayLegal proceeding objects
data.legal_proceedings[].uuidstringEvent UUID
data.legal_proceedings[].event_typestringEvent type (legal_proceeding)
data.legal_proceedings[].titlestringEvent headline (includes type: lawsuit, regulatory, etc.)
data.legal_proceedings[].descriptionstringDetailed description of the legal proceeding
data.legal_proceedings[].datestringEvent date (YYYY-MM-DD)
data.legal_proceedings[].imagestringEvent image URL
data.legal_proceedings[].press_referencesarraySupporting press articles
data.legal_proceedings[].press_references[].titlestringArticle title
data.legal_proceedings[].press_references[].urlstringArticle URL
data.legal_proceedings[].press_references[].posted_onstringPublication date (YYYY-MM-DD)
data.legal_proceedings[].press_references[].publisherstringPublisher name
data.legal_proceedings[].press_references[].thumbnail_urlstring/nullThumbnail image URL
_meta.is_cachedbooleanWhether response came from cache
_meta.cached_atnumberUnix timestamp of cache time
_meta.cached_at_isostringISO timestamp of cache time
request_paramsobjectEcho of request parameters

Code Examples

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import requests

url = "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/company/risk"

params = {
    "id": "nvidia",
    "fresh": False
}

headers = {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params)
data = response.json()["data"]

print(f"{data['name']} — Risk Assessment")
print(f"Operating status: {data['operating_status']}")
print(f"Layoff events: {data['num_layoffs']}")
print(f"Legal proceedings: {data['num_legal_proceedings']}")

if data["layoffs"]:
    print("\nLayoffs:")
    for layoff in data["layoffs"]:
        print(f"  [{layoff['date']}] {layoff['title']}")
        if layoff["description"]:
            print(f"    {layoff['description'][:100]}...")

if data["legal_proceedings"]:
    print("\nLegal Proceedings:")
    for legal in data["legal_proceedings"][:5]:
        print(f"  [{legal['date']}] {legal['title']}")
        print(f"    {legal['description'][:100]}...")

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const url = "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/company/risk";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  id: "nvidia",
  fresh: "false"
});

const response = await fetch(`${url}?${params}`, {
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"
  }
});

const { data } = await response.json();

console.log(`${data.name} — Risk Assessment`);
console.log(`Operating status: ${data.operating_status}`);
console.log(`Layoff events: ${data.num_layoffs}`);
console.log(`Legal proceedings: ${data.num_legal_proceedings}`);

if (data.layoffs.length > 0) {
  console.log("\nLayoffs:");
  data.layoffs.forEach(layoff => {
    console.log(`  [${layoff.date}] ${layoff.title}`);
    if (layoff.description) {
      console.log(`    ${layoff.description.slice(0, 100)}...`);
    }
  });
}

if (data.legal_proceedings.length > 0) {
  console.log("\nLegal Proceedings:");
  data.legal_proceedings.slice(0, 5).forEach(legal => {
    console.log(`  [${legal.date}] ${legal.title}`);
    console.log(`    ${legal.description.slice(0, 100)}...`);
  });
}

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curl -G "https://crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com/company/risk" \
  --data-urlencode "id=nvidia" \
  --data-urlencode "fresh=false" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: crunchbase-extractor-full-api3.p.rapidapi.com"
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