Start a market map from the companies you already know.
Name the companies that define a thesis and Sprouts Data returns look-alikes you can narrow by headcount, location and industry. Add funding rounds and market reports through the same API, and you have the first draft of a market map. It is a starting point for your judgement, not a substitute for it.
Built for: Investment teams, corporate development and research products that map markets.
Example, captured from our live index · test key
“Companies similar to datadoghq.com with 1,000+ employees in the United States”
Read as like datadoghq.com · country United States · headcount 1,000+. 71 matches. The API returned no caveats. Captured 30 Sept 2026.
Grafana Labs
grafana.com · Software & Technology · United States · 1,878 people
NETSCOUT
netscout.com · Software & Technology · United States · 2,706 people
Dynatrace
dynatrace.com · Software & Technology · United States · 6,156 people
Staat
staat.co · Software & Technology · United States · 1,948 people
New Relic
newrelic.com · Software & Technology · United States · 3,052 people
The calls, in order.
| Call | What you do | What you get back |
|---|---|---|
| POST /v1/similar | Name one to ten anchor companies, add filters | Look-alike companies |
| POST /v1/search | Pull funding rounds (category funding_round) | Rounds that match your query |
| POST /v1/search | Pull market reports (category market_report) | Reports on the space |
What you end up with: A first-draft market map: the companies, their size, and the documents behind them.
Questions people ask next.
How many anchor companies can I send?
One to ten. More anchors narrow the idea of what you are looking for; filters narrow the results.
By Dr. Junaid Farooq, Chief Architect & VP of AI, Sprouts.ai · Updated 30 September 2026