Sector Trends

Sector / subsector trend analysis: funding momentum, company counts, and notable movers for a named sector - or pass a company, website or LinkedIn URL and it resolves to that company's sectors. Companion to /trends/current. Also accepts POST with the same fields in a JSON body. No API key needed: anonymous callers share a small daily rate limit, and a valid Bearer key skips it.

GEThttps://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/trends/sector

Request

curl "https://www.startuphub.ai/api/v1/trends/sector?sector=Generative%20AI" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_..."

Parameters

sectorstringoptional

A sector or subsector name (e.g. "Generative AI"). Comma-separated, up to 4. Pass sector OR one of company / website / linkedin.

companystringoptional

A company name; resolves to its sectors (up to 4).

websitestringoptional

A company website or domain (e.g. openai.com); resolves to its sectors.

linkedinstringoptional

A company LinkedIn URL or slug; resolves to its sectors.

yearsintegeroptionaldefault: 5

Lookback window in years, 1-10.

deepstringoptional

"true" or "1" adds a qualitative read: market saturation, differentiation, barriers to entry, tech reproducibility.

Response

json

{
  "data": {
    "sector": "Generative AI",
    "company_count": 1240,
    "total_funding": 48000000000,
    "funding_trend": "up",
    "top_movers": [{ "name": "Cursor", "slug": "cursor" }]
  }
}

Errors

400Pass one of sector, company, website or linkedin

404No company matched, or no companies in that sector

422The matched company has no sectors assigned

429Anonymous daily rate limit reached; add an API key to skip it

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