Firecrawl raises $75M Series B, targets $100M ARR with fewer than 50 people
devdigest · x · 2026-09-25
- Firecrawl raised a $75M Series B led by Smash Capital
- Launched Alexandria, a large-scale knowledge library for AI agents offering instant access to premium datasets and providers
- Hiring technical BDRs ($130K-$190K OTE), forward-deployed engineers ($209K-$265K OTE), and senior engineers for Firebrain, the internal AI system
- Team philosophy: fewer than 50 people to reach $100M ARR; 80% of the team are former founders with developer backgrounds
- Positioning: building "the eyes for AGI"—the interface between LLMs and real-time web data
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