Eric Ciarla
@ericciarla.bsky.social
Co-Founder firecrawl.dev 🔥 (YC S22)
We had a great time hosting our first poker night last week 🔥
Builders came together to play cards, connect, and compete for free @firecrawl_dev and @runpod credits.he
It was awesome to finally meet so many people from the community in person. Excited for the next one!
Builders came together to play cards, connect, and compete for free @firecrawl_dev and @runpod credits.he
It was awesome to finally meet so many people from the community in person. Excited for the next one!
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We had a great time hosting our first poker night last week 🔥
Builders came together to play cards, connect, and compete for free @firecrawl_dev and @runpod credits.he
It was awesome to finally meet so many people from the community in person. Excited for the next one!
Builders came together to play cards, connect, and compete for free @firecrawl_dev and @runpod credits.he
It was awesome to finally meet so many people from the community in person. Excited for the next one!
We're gathering 100+ of the top founders, engineers & builders for an AI night with @Upstash and @a16z in SF.
Join us for an evening of conversation about @firecrawl_dev, Context7, Upstash, and whatever else you're building with AI.
Apply to join us below 👇
Join us for an evening of conversation about @firecrawl_dev, Context7, Upstash, and whatever else you're building with AI.
Apply to join us below 👇
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We're gathering 100+ of the top founders, engineers & builders for an AI night with @Upstash and @a16z in SF.
Join us for an evening of conversation about @firecrawl_dev, Context7, Upstash, and whatever else you're building with AI.
Apply to join us below 👇
Join us for an evening of conversation about @firecrawl_dev, Context7, Upstash, and whatever else you're building with AI.
Apply to join us below 👇
Introducing Open Lovable v2 - an open source AI software engineer.
Just search for a website and agents will create a working clone you can build on top of.
Now powered by @firecrawl_dev search, @vercel Sandbox, and Kimi K2 on @groqinc.
Fork the 100% open source example:
Just search for a website and agents will create a working clone you can build on top of.
Now powered by @firecrawl_dev search, @vercel Sandbox, and Kimi K2 on @groqinc.
Fork the 100% open source example:
September 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Introducing Open Lovable v2 - an open source AI software engineer.
Just search for a website and agents will create a working clone you can build on top of.
Now powered by @firecrawl_dev search, @vercel Sandbox, and Kimi K2 on @groqinc.
Fork the 100% open source example:
Just search for a website and agents will create a working clone you can build on top of.
Now powered by @firecrawl_dev search, @vercel Sandbox, and Kimi K2 on @groqinc.
Fork the 100% open source example:
Next week we're dropping Open Lovable v2 - an open source AI software engineer.
Just paste in a website URL and AI agents will create a working clone you can build on top of, all completely open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev.
Stay tuned to see all of the new features 👀
Just paste in a website URL and AI agents will create a working clone you can build on top of, all completely open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev.
Stay tuned to see all of the new features 👀
September 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Next week we're dropping Open Lovable v2 - an open source AI software engineer.
Just paste in a website URL and AI agents will create a working clone you can build on top of, all completely open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev.
Stay tuned to see all of the new features 👀
Just paste in a website URL and AI agents will create a working clone you can build on top of, all completely open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev.
Stay tuned to see all of the new features 👀
Now @firecrawl_dev's /v2 scrape endpoint is now 10x faster thanks to intelligent caching 🏎️
We proactively keep the pages you need fresh in our system, so most scrapes complete in ~1 second.
We proactively keep the pages you need fresh in our system, so most scrapes complete in ~1 second.
August 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Now @firecrawl_dev's /v2 scrape endpoint is now 10x faster thanks to intelligent caching 🏎️
We proactively keep the pages you need fresh in our system, so most scrapes complete in ~1 second.
We proactively keep the pages you need fresh in our system, so most scrapes complete in ~1 second.
I'm hiring a Marketing Chief of Staff at @firecrawl_dev 🔥
We're connecting AI to the web and have grown 15x in the last year.
Looking for an operator who has marketed products that builders actually use.
Message me with a link to something you've scaled.
We're connecting AI to the web and have grown 15x in the last year.
Looking for an operator who has marketed products that builders actually use.
Message me with a link to something you've scaled.
August 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I'm hiring a Marketing Chief of Staff at @firecrawl_dev 🔥
We're connecting AI to the web and have grown 15x in the last year.
Looking for an operator who has marketed products that builders actually use.
Message me with a link to something you've scaled.
We're connecting AI to the web and have grown 15x in the last year.
Looking for an operator who has marketed products that builders actually use.
Message me with a link to something you've scaled.
Here's an insane SEO hack with @firecrawl_dev's MCP 👀
1. Install Firecrawl MCP in Cursor
2. Open a blog post file
3. Ask Cursor Agent "Use firecrawl mcp to search for and add internal and external links to this post"
This saves hours of finding quality links to boost SEO!
1. Install Firecrawl MCP in Cursor
2. Open a blog post file
3. Ask Cursor Agent "Use firecrawl mcp to search for and add internal and external links to this post"
This saves hours of finding quality links to boost SEO!
August 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Here's an insane SEO hack with @firecrawl_dev's MCP 👀
1. Install Firecrawl MCP in Cursor
2. Open a blog post file
3. Ask Cursor Agent "Use firecrawl mcp to search for and add internal and external links to this post"
This saves hours of finding quality links to boost SEO!
1. Install Firecrawl MCP in Cursor
2. Open a blog post file
3. Ask Cursor Agent "Use firecrawl mcp to search for and add internal and external links to this post"
This saves hours of finding quality links to boost SEO!
Announcing Fireplexity v2 - our open source Perplexity-like example 🔥
Get instant AI answers with images and cited sources, powered by @firecrawl_dev's new v2 endpoints and blazing fast @groqinc inference.
Fork the repo and build your own AI answer app today 👇
Get instant AI answers with images and cited sources, powered by @firecrawl_dev's new v2 endpoints and blazing fast @groqinc inference.
Fork the repo and build your own AI answer app today 👇
August 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Announcing Fireplexity v2 - our open source Perplexity-like example 🔥
Get instant AI answers with images and cited sources, powered by @firecrawl_dev's new v2 endpoints and blazing fast @groqinc inference.
Fork the repo and build your own AI answer app today 👇
Get instant AI answers with images and cited sources, powered by @firecrawl_dev's new v2 endpoints and blazing fast @groqinc inference.
Fork the repo and build your own AI answer app today 👇
We're open sourcing v2 of our Perplexity clone in 24 hours 👀
Ask any question and get AI-powered answers with images and cited sources, all powered by /v2 our search and scrape endpoints.
Powered by @firecrawl_dev and @aisdk 👇
Ask any question and get AI-powered answers with images and cited sources, all powered by /v2 our search and scrape endpoints.
Powered by @firecrawl_dev and @aisdk 👇
August 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We're open sourcing v2 of our Perplexity clone in 24 hours 👀
Ask any question and get AI-powered answers with images and cited sources, all powered by /v2 our search and scrape endpoints.
Powered by @firecrawl_dev and @aisdk 👇
Ask any question and get AI-powered answers with images and cited sources, all powered by /v2 our search and scrape endpoints.
Powered by @firecrawl_dev and @aisdk 👇
We're announcing 2 huge @firecrawl_dev updates in 24 hours 🔥
You're not going to want to miss this... we're super pumped!
Stay tuned and comment "🔥" for some free merch after launch 👀
You're not going to want to miss this... we're super pumped!
Stay tuned and comment "🔥" for some free merch after launch 👀
August 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We're announcing 2 huge @firecrawl_dev updates in 24 hours 🔥
You're not going to want to miss this... we're super pumped!
Stay tuned and comment "🔥" for some free merch after launch 👀
You're not going to want to miss this... we're super pumped!
Stay tuned and comment "🔥" for some free merch after launch 👀
We're dropping Firecrawl Content Migrator next week 👀
Easily migrate your website content from blogs and online shops to any platform, including WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, and more.
100% open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev. Get notified when we launch below 👇
Easily migrate your website content from blogs and online shops to any platform, including WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, and more.
100% open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev. Get notified when we launch below 👇
July 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We're dropping Firecrawl Content Migrator next week 👀
Easily migrate your website content from blogs and online shops to any platform, including WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, and more.
100% open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev. Get notified when we launch below 👇
Easily migrate your website content from blogs and online shops to any platform, including WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, and more.
100% open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev. Get notified when we launch below 👇
We're hiring the best Developer Marketers in the world.
If you've shipped and marketed something developers actually use, we need you at @firecrawl_dev.
We're profitable with infinite runway. Remote team w/ SF office. Ex-founders preferred.
DM me what you've built.
If you've shipped and marketed something developers actually use, we need you at @firecrawl_dev.
We're profitable with infinite runway. Remote team w/ SF office. Ex-founders preferred.
DM me what you've built.
July 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We're hiring the best Developer Marketers in the world.
If you've shipped and marketed something developers actually use, we need you at @firecrawl_dev.
We're profitable with infinite runway. Remote team w/ SF office. Ex-founders preferred.
DM me what you've built.
If you've shipped and marketed something developers actually use, we need you at @firecrawl_dev.
We're profitable with infinite runway. Remote team w/ SF office. Ex-founders preferred.
DM me what you've built.
Announcing Grok 4 Fire Enrich - an open source contact enrichment engine
AI agents analyze any CSV and then automatically fill in missing data like key decision makers, company size, and more
Orchestrated by @Grok 4 and powered by @firecrawl_dev
Demo and repo 👇
AI agents analyze any CSV and then automatically fill in missing data like key decision makers, company size, and more
Orchestrated by @Grok 4 and powered by @firecrawl_dev
Demo and repo 👇
July 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Announcing Grok 4 Fire Enrich - an open source contact enrichment engine
AI agents analyze any CSV and then automatically fill in missing data like key decision makers, company size, and more
Orchestrated by @Grok 4 and powered by @firecrawl_dev
Demo and repo 👇
AI agents analyze any CSV and then automatically fill in missing data like key decision makers, company size, and more
Orchestrated by @Grok 4 and powered by @firecrawl_dev
Demo and repo 👇
We launch at least 2 times a week at @firecrawl_dev 🔥
Honestly, twice a week isn't even enough.
Shipping velocity and rapid feedback iteration will determine the next generation of winning companies.
If speed is your superpower, check out our open roles below 👇
Honestly, twice a week isn't even enough.
Shipping velocity and rapid feedback iteration will determine the next generation of winning companies.
If speed is your superpower, check out our open roles below 👇
July 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We launch at least 2 times a week at @firecrawl_dev 🔥
Honestly, twice a week isn't even enough.
Shipping velocity and rapid feedback iteration will determine the next generation of winning companies.
If speed is your superpower, check out our open roles below 👇
Honestly, twice a week isn't even enough.
Shipping velocity and rapid feedback iteration will determine the next generation of winning companies.
If speed is your superpower, check out our open roles below 👇
We’re releasing Open Researcher next week 👀
It’s an advanced open source web researcher and extractor that uses @firecrawl_dev’s endpoints as primitives.
The agent thinks between tool calls for more sophisticated reasoning while traversing the web.
Check it out:
It’s an advanced open source web researcher and extractor that uses @firecrawl_dev’s endpoints as primitives.
The agent thinks between tool calls for more sophisticated reasoning while traversing the web.
Check it out:
June 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We’re releasing Open Researcher next week 👀
It’s an advanced open source web researcher and extractor that uses @firecrawl_dev’s endpoints as primitives.
The agent thinks between tool calls for more sophisticated reasoning while traversing the web.
Check it out:
It’s an advanced open source web researcher and extractor that uses @firecrawl_dev’s endpoints as primitives.
The agent thinks between tool calls for more sophisticated reasoning while traversing the web.
Check it out:
We delivered 100s of bottles of @firecrawl_dev hot sauce and wings to startups across SF.
At the end of the day we did not get any crazy leads or go viral.
But you have to try crazy things because you never know what will work!
S/o to @CalebPeffer for dashing with me 💪
At the end of the day we did not get any crazy leads or go viral.
But you have to try crazy things because you never know what will work!
S/o to @CalebPeffer for dashing with me 💪
June 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We delivered 100s of bottles of @firecrawl_dev hot sauce and wings to startups across SF.
At the end of the day we did not get any crazy leads or go viral.
But you have to try crazy things because you never know what will work!
S/o to @CalebPeffer for dashing with me 💪
At the end of the day we did not get any crazy leads or go viral.
But you have to try crazy things because you never know what will work!
S/o to @CalebPeffer for dashing with me 💪
We hit 95% of an impossible growth goal and it nearly killed our startup.
4 weeks before S22 Demo Day, we were unsure about SideGuide's potential in consumer ed-tech, so we made a contract.
Grow 100% week over week or pivot.
4 weeks before S22 Demo Day, we were unsure about SideGuide's potential in consumer ed-tech, so we made a contract.
Grow 100% week over week or pivot.
June 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We hit 95% of an impossible growth goal and it nearly killed our startup.
4 weeks before S22 Demo Day, we were unsure about SideGuide's potential in consumer ed-tech, so we made a contract.
Grow 100% week over week or pivot.
4 weeks before S22 Demo Day, we were unsure about SideGuide's potential in consumer ed-tech, so we made a contract.
Grow 100% week over week or pivot.
We shut down our $250k ARR AI startup.
Almost 2 years ago, we were building Mendable, which was one of the first chat with your data platforms.
Big Fortune 500 companies were buying and we were taking off.
But something felt wrong.
Almost 2 years ago, we were building Mendable, which was one of the first chat with your data platforms.
Big Fortune 500 companies were buying and we were taking off.
But something felt wrong.
June 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We shut down our $250k ARR AI startup.
Almost 2 years ago, we were building Mendable, which was one of the first chat with your data platforms.
Big Fortune 500 companies were buying and we were taking off.
But something felt wrong.
Almost 2 years ago, we were building Mendable, which was one of the first chat with your data platforms.
Big Fortune 500 companies were buying and we were taking off.
But something felt wrong.
We built an open source Clay competitor 👀
AI agents powered by @firecrawl_dev grab the domain from each email, scan the web for information you need, and then populate it in a CSV.
It works with all kinds of company data and is live now!
AI agents powered by @firecrawl_dev grab the domain from each email, scan the web for information you need, and then populate it in a CSV.
It works with all kinds of company data and is live now!
June 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We built an open source Clay competitor 👀
AI agents powered by @firecrawl_dev grab the domain from each email, scan the web for information you need, and then populate it in a CSV.
It works with all kinds of company data and is live now!
AI agents powered by @firecrawl_dev grab the domain from each email, scan the web for information you need, and then populate it in a CSV.
It works with all kinds of company data and is live now!
We're dropping an open source Clay competitor next week 👀
Just upload a CSV with emails and empty columns, then AI agents powered by @firecrawl_dev will find and fill in the missing information.
Find decision makers, company size, tech stack, and more. Stay tuned!
Just upload a CSV with emails and empty columns, then AI agents powered by @firecrawl_dev will find and fill in the missing information.
Find decision makers, company size, tech stack, and more. Stay tuned!
June 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We're dropping an open source Clay competitor next week 👀
Just upload a CSV with emails and empty columns, then AI agents powered by @firecrawl_dev will find and fill in the missing information.
Find decision makers, company size, tech stack, and more. Stay tuned!
Just upload a CSV with emails and empty columns, then AI agents powered by @firecrawl_dev will find and fill in the missing information.
Find decision makers, company size, tech stack, and more. Stay tuned!
Dropping this Website to Image Generator tomorrow!
Built with Google's new Imagen 4 and Gemini Flash 👀
Built with Google's new Imagen 4 and Gemini Flash 👀
May 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Dropping this Website to Image Generator tomorrow!
Built with Google's new Imagen 4 and Gemini Flash 👀
Built with Google's new Imagen 4 and Gemini Flash 👀
Codex has a massive flaw right now.
It's not connected to the internet and has no tool to access it. Devin by @cognition_labs, Codex's closest competitor, does this super well imo.
Hoping this is fixed soon with @firecrawl_dev!
It's not connected to the internet and has no tool to access it. Devin by @cognition_labs, Codex's closest competitor, does this super well imo.
Hoping this is fixed soon with @firecrawl_dev!
May 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Codex has a massive flaw right now.
It's not connected to the internet and has no tool to access it. Devin by @cognition_labs, Codex's closest competitor, does this super well imo.
Hoping this is fixed soon with @firecrawl_dev!
It's not connected to the internet and has no tool to access it. Devin by @cognition_labs, Codex's closest competitor, does this super well imo.
Hoping this is fixed soon with @firecrawl_dev!
Codex just dropped and it’s going to kill manual code review.
Super impressed by its ability to look at a repo/branch and come up with tasks to fix on its own. Imagine workflows that automatically improve every PR.
Very bullish on its potential impact.
Super impressed by its ability to look at a repo/branch and come up with tasks to fix on its own. Imagine workflows that automatically improve every PR.
Very bullish on its potential impact.
May 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Codex just dropped and it’s going to kill manual code review.
Super impressed by its ability to look at a repo/branch and come up with tasks to fix on its own. Imagine workflows that automatically improve every PR.
Very bullish on its potential impact.
Super impressed by its ability to look at a repo/branch and come up with tasks to fix on its own. Imagine workflows that automatically improve every PR.
Very bullish on its potential impact.
Using Firecrawl MCP as a Company Researcher is incredible 👀
Instantly uncover everything about any company from products and pricing to FAQs, blogs, and beyond right in Claude Desktop.
Open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev 🔥
Instantly uncover everything about any company from products and pricing to FAQs, blogs, and beyond right in Claude Desktop.
Open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev 🔥
May 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Using Firecrawl MCP as a Company Researcher is incredible 👀
Instantly uncover everything about any company from products and pricing to FAQs, blogs, and beyond right in Claude Desktop.
Open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev 🔥
Instantly uncover everything about any company from products and pricing to FAQs, blogs, and beyond right in Claude Desktop.
Open source and powered by @firecrawl_dev 🔥
A new Renaissance has begun in your IDE.
One person can now build what used to require 50 engineers.
We built @firecrawl_dev in under a year with a small team, and we're now serving millions of daily requests.
Startup opportunity has never been greater.
One person can now build what used to require 50 engineers.
We built @firecrawl_dev in under a year with a small team, and we're now serving millions of daily requests.
Startup opportunity has never been greater.
May 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A new Renaissance has begun in your IDE.
One person can now build what used to require 50 engineers.
We built @firecrawl_dev in under a year with a small team, and we're now serving millions of daily requests.
Startup opportunity has never been greater.
One person can now build what used to require 50 engineers.
We built @firecrawl_dev in under a year with a small team, and we're now serving millions of daily requests.
Startup opportunity has never been greater.