Web data built around your research.
Investment research is where String started. We help hedge funds and asset managers turn the public web into dependable research inputs, and the engineers who build the data stay accountable for it.
The customers who shaped String are still central to it.
We are building String to help the world access information on the web at scale. That mission started with investment research.
For more than two years, hedge funds asked us to reach pages ordinary scrapers could not and keep the data flowing as websites changed. That work shaped the infrastructure we now open to everyone.
The standards those teams set still shape the product and its quality bar.
Bring the research question. We will build the feed.
A feed can start with a thesis, a watchlist, or a coverage gap. We turn the question into a defined dataset and operate it with your team.
Consumer demand
Track prices, promotions, and inventory across the products and locations that matter to your model.
Company momentum
Watch hiring, product updates, announcements, and reviews without rebuilding scrapers when pages change.
Market maps
Build pricing, footprint, and competitor views for diligence or ongoing coverage.
Your thesis
Scope a signal that no catalog dataset covers, then build and operate the feed to your spec.
Support is part of the dataset.
A forward deployed engineer works with your team from scope through delivery. Once a feed is live, we monitor it, validate it, and fix collection when sources change.
Define the question, sources, fields, cadence, and delivery destination.
Turn the research brief into a production pipeline with validation rules.
Monitor collection and repair it as source sites change.
A forward deployed engineer owns data quality and the SLA with your team.
“We transitioned all of our web data pipelines to String. Everything just works because we don't get blocked, scrapers self-heal immediately, and they guarantee data quality.”
Public sources. Clear boundaries.
We collect public web data and hold to the same commitments on every feed.
Public pages only
We collect from openly accessible pages, never from behind a paywall, login, or other authentication.
No clickwrap gates
We do not collect from sites that require accepting terms through a clickwrap agreement.
No copyrighted media
We do not collect copyrighted materials such as images or video.
Considerate rate limits
Every feed is capped at one request per second by default, and most run slower.
Make the web part of the research process.
Tell us the question and where the data needs to land. We will scope the feed with you.
