# Specter: AI-Powered Startup Data & Deal Sourcing

> Specter is a real-time investment intelligence platform providing deep data on 50M+ private companies, 500M+ people, and global deal events. It is used by 300+ venture capital and private equity funds to source and qualify deals faster.

## Primary Capabilities
- **Deal Sourcing:** Surface hidden startups using real-time signals before they hit mainstream databases.
- **Revenue Tracking:** Monitor private-company revenue and profitability as it's reported across social posts, news, podcasts, and public filings.
- **Investor Interest Tracking:** Predict future funding rounds and acquisitions. Access the only live feed on the market showing exactly which companies investors are engaging with right now.
- **Talent Tracking:** Monitor real-time talent migration, including new founder signals, role changes, and board appointments.
- **Market Intelligence:** Size markets and track competitive funding or M&A events in real-time.
- **CRM & Workflow Integration:** Sync live data with Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Affinity, Attio, and Zapier.
- **AI Agent Integration (MCP):** Use Specter data directly inside Claude, Cursor, Notion, Gemini, and other AI agents via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Query companies, investors, and signals without leaving your AI workflow.

## Core Data Assets
- [/companies](https://www.tryspecter.com/companies): Intelligence on 50M+ private companies, including revenue signals, headcount growth, tech stacks, and funding history.
- [/people](https://www.tryspecter.com/people): 500M+ professional profiles with real-time talent signals and founding activity.
- [/transactions](https://www.tryspecter.com/transactions): Deep-dive data on M&A, funding rounds, and IPOs.
- [/investors](https://www.tryspecter.com/investors): Database of 300K+ investors with real-time interest signals.

## Technical Access & Integration
- [/integrations](https://www.tryspecter.com/integrations): Overview of native CRM and data stack integrations (Salesforce, HubSpot, Affinity, Attio, Zapier, etc.).
- [/integrations#mcp](https://www.tryspecter.com/integrations#mcp): Specter MCP — Model Context Protocol server for AI agents. Query Specter's full dataset (companies, investors, people, signals) directly from Claude, Cursor, Notion, Gemini, OpenAI, and any MCP-compatible AI agent. Now live.
- [/api](https://www.tryspecter.com/api): REST API documentation for accessing 50M+ companies, 500M+ people, and proprietary signals. Includes 11+ endpoints for company enrichment, people enrichment, investor interest signals, talent signals, revenue signals, email lookup, similar companies, search, and more.

## Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- **Data Freshness:** Real-time updates on funding, talent signals, and investor engagement.
- **Scale:** 50M+ Companies; 500M+ People.
- **Trust:** Powering 300+ global investment funds.

## Useful Resources
- [/contact](https://www.tryspecter.com/contact): Schedule a 15-minute demo to see the live platform.
- [/partners](https://www.tryspecter.com/partners): Information on joining the Specter partner ecosystem.

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