US FEDERAL COMPANY HISTORY

Start with the company.

Search and inspect selected source-linked records first. When the evidence fits, carry the complete company history into your workflow through Explorer, the API, AI-assisted retrieval, or email.

01 / API

For repeatable company research.

Use the REST API when source-linked federal company history belongs in due diligence, an internal research tool, or your own product. Stable entity IDs connect every endpoint.

POST/v1/search200 OK
curl -H "X-API-Key: $PUBLICTRACE_KEY" \
  "https://api.publictrace.dev/v1/search?q=Boeing"

{
  "type": "entity",
  "entity_id": "ent_466ea17d7311f558",
  "canonical_name": "The Boeing Company"
}
Open API reference ↗
02 / ASK AI

Plain English in. Source-linked rows out.

Send a question to POST /v1/ask. The model translates it into the right data operations, runs them against the publictrace corpus, and returns the evidence with source URLs.

POST/v1/ask200 OK
{
  "query": "What 10-K filings did Apple submit in 2024?"
}

→ 3 matching filings
→ filed dates and form types
→ original SEC source_url on every row

AI is the interface, not the source. Answers remain tied to underlying government records and should be verified before consequential decisions.

03 / EMAIL · PRO + TEAM

No integration. No dashboard. Just send the question.

On Pro and Team, email [email protected] from the address on your account. Your question runs through the same entity resolution and AI workflow, and the response returns to your inbox with citations and credit usage.

Email is especially useful for executives, investigators, and occasional users who need an answer but should not need to learn another tool.

Email a question ↗