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A curated news article about a company, fund, deal, sector, or event.
FieldTypeDescription
idnumberStable Dealroom news article ID.
urlstring (nullable)Canonical URL of the article on its publisher’s site. Null for in-house editorial notes, which have no external source.
slugstring (nullable)URL-safe article slug, unique per article; canonical routing key for /news/:slug. Temporarily nullable while the BQ→AlloyDB backfill is in flight; will be required again once every row has a slug.
titlestring (nullable)Article headline as provided by the publisher.
summarystring (nullable)Short article summary (1-2 sentences).
image_urlstring (nullable)Hero image URL for the article, if available.
sourcestringPublisher / source identifier (e.g. techcrunch, bloomberg, perplexity, substack).
article_typestring (nullable)Article type. Common values: vc_round, ipo, acquisition, insight, event, partnership.
publish_datestring (nullable)ISO 8601 date the article was published.
amountnumber (nullable)Deal amount in the active currency, for vc_round/acquisition articles, as a whole-unit integer.
round_typestring (nullable)Round type for VC-round articles (matches Transactions).
deal_datestring (nullable)ISO 8601 date the deal closed (may differ from publish_date).
sectorstring (nullable)Sector classification, when known.
hq_countrystring (nullable)HQ country of the primary mentioned company.
enriched_summarystring (nullable)AI-generated multi-paragraph enrichment (when available). Plain text.
importance_scorenumber (nullable)Editorial ranking score — higher is more prominent. Primary ordering signal for top stories (sort with sort=-importance_score). Null when unscored.
is_pinnedbooleanWhether this is the single most prominent (pinned) story. At most one article is pinned at a time.
entitiesarray of objectDealroom entities (companies, investors) referenced in the article. Use these IDs to join into entity / investor endpoints.