Open, sourced, confidence-scored intelligence on AI startups - a free PitchBook alternative.
The open, real-time intelligence layer for AI startups β that any agent can build on.
A free, open-source alternative to PitchBook & CB Insights, focused on the AI companies VCs actually care about.
MCP-native Β· zero-cost Β· fully-sourced Β· updated daily
Status: v0.1.3 β functional. The pipeline, reconciliation engine, MCP server, and dashboard all work end-to-end. Coverage and source breadth keep growing via the daily run.

PitchBook and CB Insights cost $20k+/year β and for fast-moving AI startups, their data is often months stale, because human verification is slow. For a company growing 3Γ a year, a figure verified six months ago can be off by multiples.
Meanwhile, the real numbers are already public: founders state ARR on podcasts weeks before any database, funding hits SEC filings, hiring velocity reveals growth. They're just scattered, unstructured, and contradictory β exactly the problem an AI agent is built to solve.
OpenPitch's bet is latency, not coverage. For the AI companies that matter, a fresh, fully-sourced, confidence-scored number beats a verified-but-stale one. We don't claim certainty β we show you the receipts.
Ask your coding agent, get an answer with receipts:
> what's Sierra's valuation, with sources?
Sierra β AI agents for customer service (sierra.ai)
Valuation $15.4B [consensus Β· confidence 0.96] Β· as of 2026-05
β³ 10 public sources Β· Reuters Β· CNBC Β· The Information Β· qz.com
β³ $950M round closed May 2026 β led by Tiger Global and GV
(A real answer from the committed data β check it against the live dashboard.)
Every number carries its source, a confidence score, and a tracked history of how it changed.
No API key. No signup. No cost. The data is already built and committed; the MCP server just reads it, and your agent does the reasoning.
Fastest β zero install (reads the committed data from the public repo, no clone):
uvx openpitch-mcp
Or install the package:
pip install openpitch # the MCP server (mcp is a core dependency)
openpitch-mcp # start the read-only server
Or run from a clone (for the pipeline / to rebuild data):
git clone https://github.com/Avierovich/openpitch && cd openpitch
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[pipeline]" # core + pipeline LLM deps
openpitch seed # build the data/ database from the committed seed (offline, no key)
Then point your agent at the local server:
// MCP config (Claude Code / Codex) β zero-install via uvx:
{
"mcpServers": {
"openpitch": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["openpitch-mcp"] }
}
}
// (or "command": "openpitch-mcp" if you pip-installed the package)
Ask your agent: "What's Cognition's ARR, with sources and confidence?" β it calls get_metric/get_provenance and answers from committed data (and will flag the public-source discrepancy).
openpitch build-dashboarddata/companies/ β plain JSON, diffable, yours to usedashboard/dist/.well-known/agent.jsonData status: live, refreshed daily by CI. Figures are probabilistic, public-source intelligence β every number carries its source, confidence score, and date, and open quality items are tracked in public. See the methodology and the correction workflow.
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Podcasts ββ 1. select top-50 (VC-attention score) ββ MCP server (local, BYO agent)
News ββββββ€ ββββΆ 2. collect Β· 3. transcribe Β· 4. extract ββββΆ ββ static dashboard
SEC EDGAR β€ 5. reconcile Β· 6. score sources ββ event feed (JSONL)
Web βββββββ 7. publish β git commit (the database) ββ "what moved today" digest
The git repo is the database. There's no server to run. See the FRD for the full design.
OpenPitch emits typed, confidence-scored events when something material changes β so other agents can react:
| You're building⦠| Subscribe to | OpenPitch becomes⦠|
|---|---|---|
| A newsletter agent | all material events | your content pipeline's data source |
| A press/PR workflow | funding/valuation events, confidence β₯ 0.8 | your "time to call the company" trigger |
| Investor outbound | universe entries, growth thresholds | your targeting signal |
Events ship on MCP and a raw events/feed.jsonl. Schemas are versioned. See the events spec.
OpenPitch is complementary to the incumbents, not a rip-and-replace. We win a narrow wedge; we lose on breadth and verification β and we're honest about both.
| PitchBook / CB Insights | Crunchbase | Harmonic | MAGNiTT / Wamda | OpenPitch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $20kβ100k/yr | Freemium | Custom | $/regional | Free & open |
| Freshness | Weeksβmonths | Variable | Days | Weeks | Daily |
| In your AI agent (MCP) | β | β | β | β | β |
| Every figure sourced + confidence-scored | β | β | β | β | β |
| Contradiction detection | β | β | β | β | β |
| Coverage breadth | βββ | βββ | ββ | β (MENA) | narrow (by design) |
| Verified, diligence-grade | β | β | β | β | β (probabilistic) |
The honest pitch: the free, fresh, AI-native first look β every number sourced β before you pull the expensive verified report. For an investment decision, you still need the incumbents. Full mapping, feature matrix & pricing: docs/COMPETITIVE-ANALYSIS.md Β· spreadsheet.
Global AI startups β 140+ profiled across 12 sectors (including Chinese AI labs and European names Western trackers miss), with a top 50 dynamically ranked by VC attention (valuation + funding activity β not ARR, to avoid circularity). The list moves as attention shifts; companies entering/leaving the top 50 is itself a tracked signal, and auto-discovery grows the universe daily.
MENA AI/tech segment β a dedicated regional set (an open, AI-native alternative to MAGNiTT/Wamda). Honest caveat: MENA disclosure is lighter than the US, so this segment launches with lower confidence/coverage, clearly labeled.
Seed universe: config/watchlist.yaml.
OpenPitch is transparently probabilistic. Many figures are estimates derived from public, self-reported, sometimes-contradictory sources. We surface confidence and provenance precisely so you can judge for yourself. This is not investment advice, and figures are not guaranteed accurate. Always verify before acting.
Contributions welcome β especially new source adapters (one file each) and watchlist curation. See the FRD for architecture.
OpenPitch is built and run by Mohamed Abdulhadi, a product manager β working with AI agents (Claude Code) that wrote much of the code and now operate the daily pipeline and its public data corrections. That's not a footnote; it's the product demonstrating itself: an agent-native database, built and maintained agent-natively, with every commit and correction in the open. Questions, feedback, or collaboration β connect on LinkedIn or open an issue.
Source-derived launch command. Check the maintainerβs required arguments and credentials before running:
uvx openpitch-mcpMerge this template into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json. Keep existing servers. Add any arguments, credentials, and permissions required by the maintainer; this template has not been install-tested.
{
"mcpServers": {
"io-github-avierovich-openpitch": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"openpitch-mcp"
]
}
}
}Restart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect. Confirm the server appears connected in the clientβs tool list, then try a read-only example from its documentation.
Claude Desktop setup referenceopenpitch-mcppypiOpenPitch works with any MCP-compatible client. Copy the config snippet from the Configuration section above and add it to the file shown for your client, then restart the application.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonRestart Claude Desktop completely for changes to take effect.~/.cursor/mcp.jsonRestart Cursor for changes to take effect..vscode/mcp.jsonReload VS Code window for changes to take effect.~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.jsonRestart Windsurf for changes to take effect..mcp.jsonSave at the project root, then start Claude Code in that project and review the MCP server approval prompt. Keep real credentials out of shared files.