--- title: "Connect Amazon EC2 to Crunchbase - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Instance\" fires in Amazon EC2, your agent runs \"Find acquisitions\" in Crunchbase." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-ec2-to-crunchbase" --- # Connect Amazon EC2 to Crunchbase When **New Instance** fires in [Amazon EC2](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-ec2), your agent runs **Find acquisitions** in [Crunchbase](https://apiant.ai/connections/crunchbase). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Amazon EC2 **1** trigger Amazon EC2 **2** actions Crunchbase **7** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Amazon EC2 and Crunchbase to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Amazon EC2 can start in Crunchbase - When **New Instance** in Amazon EC2 then **Find acquisitions** in Crunchbase - When **New Instance** in Amazon EC2 then **Find entities by autocomplete** in Crunchbase Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Amazon EC2 and Crunchbase ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 9 actions - Trigger **New Instance** Triggers when a new EC2 instance is launched in the connected region. - Action **Find Instance** Finds EC2 instances by instance ID, Name tag or state, and returns their details. - Action **Start/Stop Instance** Starts a stopped EC2 instance or stops a running one. - Action **Find acquisitions** Returns the Crunchbase acquisitions that match the search conditions you specify, such as acquirer name, acquiree name, announced date or price. - Action **Find entities by autocomplete** Finds Crunchbase entities (organizations, people, funding rounds and more) whose names match the text you type, returning up to 25 suggestions with their identifiers. - Action **Find funding rounds** Returns the Crunchbase funding rounds that match the search conditions you set, such as the funded company, funding type, announcement date or amount raised. - Action **Find organizations** Returns the Crunchbase organizations (companies, investors, schools) that match the search conditions you set, with the details you choose for each. - Action **Find people** Returns the Crunchbase people who match your search conditions, such as name, job title, location or investor type, with the details you choose. - Action **Get organization** Returns one Crunchbase organization by its permalink or UUID, with the details and related records (founders, funding rounds, investors and more) you choose to include. - Action **Get person** Returns a person's Crunchbase profile, with the details you choose and any related records such as their jobs, degrees, founded organizations or investments. ## Each app on its own - [ **Amazon EC2** Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the...](https://apiant.ai/connections/amazon-ec2) - [ **Crunchbase** Grow your revenue with all-in-one prospecting solutions powered by the leader in private-company data.](https://apiant.ai/connections/crunchbase) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Amazon EC2 - [ **Amazon EC2 to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-ec2-to-hubspot) - [ **Amazon EC2 to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-ec2-to-salesforce) - [ **Amazon EC2 to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-ec2-to-slack) - [ **Amazon EC2 to Google Sheets** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-ec2-to-google-sheets) - [ **Amazon EC2 to Gmail** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-ec2-to-gmail) - [ **Amazon EC2 to Google Calendar** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/amazon-ec2-to-google-calendar) ## More into Crunchbase - [ **HubSpot to Crunchbase** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-crunchbase) - [ **Salesforce to Crunchbase** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-crunchbase) - [ **Slack to Crunchbase** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-crunchbase) - [ **Google Sheets to Crunchbase** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-crunchbase) - [ **Gmail to Crunchbase** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-crunchbase) - [ **Google Calendar to Crunchbase** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-crunchbase) Questions ## Amazon EC2 and Crunchbase, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Amazon EC2? Any of Amazon EC2's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New Instance. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Crunchbase when something happens in Amazon EC2? Any of Crunchbase's 7 actions, including Find acquisitions, Find entities by autocomplete, Find funding rounds and Find organizations. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Crunchbase to Amazon EC2? Crunchbase has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Amazon EC2. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Crunchbase's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Amazon EC2 or Crunchbase? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Amazon EC2 and Crunchbase without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.