Does crunchbase.com block AI crawlers?
Blocks AI training, allows AI answers
crunchbase.com blocks at least one AI training crawler but still lets AI answer engines read its pages.
Checked from crunchbase.com/robots.txt. Robots rules change; the live file is the source of truth.
- AI crawlers blocked
- 7 of 12
- AI bots named in robots.txt
- 13
- llms.txt
- Not found
- Popularity
- Tranco top 5,000 (#3,144)
Can AI assistants cite crunchbase.com?
- ChatGPT search: its search crawlers may read the site
- Claude: its search crawlers may read the site
- Perplexity: its search crawlers may read the site
crunchbase.com opts out of AI training by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Common Crawl, ByteDance, Meta. Training crawlers and answer crawlers are separate: blocking training doesn't by itself remove a site from AI answers.
AI crawler access, bot by bot
| Crawler | Used for | Status on crunchbase.com |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBotOpenAI | AI training | Blocked |
| OAI-SearchBotOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ChatGPT-UserOpenAI | AI answers | Allowed |
| ClaudeBotAnthropic | AI training | Blocked |
| Claude-SearchBotAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| Claude-UserAnthropic | AI answers | Allowed |
| PerplexityBotPerplexity | AI answers | Allowed |
| Google-ExtendedGoogle | AI training | Blocked |
| Applebot-ExtendedApple | AI training | Blocked |
| CCBotCommon Crawl | AI training | Blocked |
| BytespiderByteDance | AI training | Blocked |
| Meta-ExternalAgentMeta | AI training | Blocked |
How crunchbase.com compares
- 19% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block GPTBot; crunchbase.com is one of them.
- 18% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block ClaudeBot; crunchbase.com is one of them.
- 14% of the 1,278 popular sites we checked block PerplexityBot; crunchbase.com does not.
- Among 179 sites of similar popularity, 25% block at least one AI crawler.
The robots.txt rules that apply to AI crawlers
User-agent: * Allow: /v4/md/applications/crunchbase Allow: /*.js$ Disallow: /login Disallow: /register Disallow: /account Disallow: /reset-password Disallow: /subscriptions Disallow: /contribute Disallow: /add-new Disallow: /edit Disallow: /buy Allow: /buy/select-product Disallow: /account-setup Disallow: /verify Disallow: /admin Disallow: /v4 Disallow: /home Disallow: /search Disallow: /discover Disallow: /textsearch User-agent: OAI-SearchBot User-agent: ChatGPT-User User-agent: Claude-SearchBot User-agent: Claude-User User-agent: PerplexityBot User-agent: Perplexity-User User-agent: Meta-ExternalFetcher Allow: / User-agent: GPTBot User-agent: Google-Extended User-agent: ClaudeBot User-agent: anthropic-ai User-agent: Claude-Web User-agent: cohere-ai User-agent: cohere-training-data-crawler User-agent: CCBot User-agent: AI2Bot User-agent: Meta-ExternalAgent User-agent: Applebot-Extended User-agent: PanguBot User-agent: Bytespider User-agent: Diffbot User-agent: Omgilibot User-agent: Omgili User-agent: FacebookBot User-agent: ImagesiftBot Disallow: /
Excerpt: only groups for all user-agents (*) or named AI crawlers, up to 40 rules per group.
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Does crunchbase.com block GPTBot?
Yes. As of Oct 2, 2026, crunchbase.com's robots.txt disallows GPTBot, OpenAI's training crawler.
Can ChatGPT search show results from crunchbase.com?
Its robots.txt doesn't block OAI-SearchBot or ChatGPT-User, so ChatGPT's search crawlers may read it. Whether pages are actually shown depends on ChatGPT.
Does crunchbase.com have an llms.txt file?
We didn't find a valid llms.txt at crunchbase.com/llms.txt when we checked.
Data: crunchbase.com's public robots.txt and llms.txt, fetched by AskableHQ. Popularity rank from the Tranco list (ID Y83YG). Methodology.