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POST
Analyze a founder

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

An Originalis API key: Authorization: Bearer ak_...

Body

application/json

Submit a founder for an Originalis assessment.

Provide at least one identity signal: a name, a LinkedIn URL, or a GitHub URL. A LinkedIn URL is the strongest key — name-only submissions dedupe on the name alone.

name
string | null

Founder's full name.

Maximum string length: 300
linkedin_url
string | null

LinkedIn profile URL.

Maximum string length: 1024
github_url
string | null

GitHub profile URL.

Maximum string length: 1024
company
string | null

Current company — a discovery hint, not required.

Maximum string length: 300
context
string | null

Free-form context for the assessment (notes, emails).

Maximum string length: 20000

Response

Successful Response

Accepted founder-analysis submission (HTTP 202).

analysis_id
string
required
founder_name
string
required
status
enum<string>
required
Available options:
queued,
running,
succeeded,
failed
existing
boolean
required

True when your org already had this founder assessed (or a run in flight) — you were handed the existing analysis and NO new run was started or billed.

status_url
string
required

Poll GET here until status is 'succeeded' or 'failed'.

result_url
string
required
as_of
string<date-time>
required