People Data Labs (PDL) is a developer-first provider of B2B people and company intelligence. Its platform aggregates billions of public and licensed data points into a standardized, privacy-compliant dataset that can be accessed via API, search endpoints, data marketplaces, and bulk licensing. Organizations use PDL’s data to enrich CRM and marketing systems, build sales and recruiting platforms, power investment research, and feed machine learning models.
Founded in 2015 by Henry Nevue and Sean Thorne, People Data Labs raised more than $55M in venture funding, including a $45M Series B round led by Craft Ventures, with earlier backing from investors such as 8VC and Founders Fund. The company grew from its origins (formerly known as TalentIQ) into a standalone data-as-a-service provider focused on engineers, data scientists, and product teams that need granular, large-scale professional data.
PDL’s product portfolio centers on APIs for Person Enrichment, Person Search, Person Identify, Company Enrichment, Company Search, IP Enrichment, job posting data, and a range of supporting services such as Cleaner, Autocomplete, Skill Enrichment, and Job Title Enrichment APIs. These services are exposed through a comprehensive developer hub with SDKs in multiple languages, a query builder, webhooks, and a self-service API dashboard. For customers that need full-file access, PDL offers data licenses and delivers datasets through S3, Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, GCP, and other channels.
In the sales intelligence and data market, People Data Labs differentiates itself by focusing on being the underlying data layer rather than a full sales engagement UI. Compared with platforms like ZoomInfo or Apollo.io, PDL is best suited for companies that want to embed rich B2B data into their own products or internal analytics stacks. Its scale, depth of attributes, and strong integrations with modern data platforms position it as a leading choice for technical teams building data-driven applications across HR Tech, Sales & Marketing, fraud and identity, and investment intelligence.