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Search for any entity by name: companies, people, products, places, laws, and more. Fuzzy matching included.
  • Allows searching and filtering entities by various criteria
  • Returns a list of matching entities for discovery and exploration
  • Helps agents find relevant entities in the Cala’s Knowledge

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Example:

{"name":"Tesla"}

Search Results

Returns all matching entities across types — companies, people, products, facilities, and more.
{
  "entities": [
    {"id": 3299, "name": "Tesla Motors, Inc.", "entity_type": "ORG"},
    {"id": 3297, "name": "Tesla Semi", "entity_type": "PRODUCT"},
    {"id": 3025, "name": "Nikola Tesla", "entity_type": "PERSON"},
    {"id": 11622, "name": "1 Tesla Road", "entity_type": "FAC"},
    {"id": 3658, "name": "Tesi", "entity_type": "ORG"},
    {"id": 35673, "name": "TSLA", "entity_type": "ORG"},
    {"id": 51457, "name": "Tessa", "entity_type": "PRODUCT"},
    {"id": 33142, "name": "Tesco", "entity_type": "ORG"},
    {"id": 52425, "name": "Tesora", "entity_type": "ORG"},
    {"id": 37206, "name": "Tesoro", "entity_type": "ORG"}
  ]
}
One search for “Tesla” returns the company, its products, a historical person, a facility, and even the stock ticker — all typed and ready to explore.
Narrow results to specific types using the entity_types parameter:
{"name":"Tesla", "entity_types":"PERSON"}


{
  "entities": [
    {"id": 3025, "name": "Nikola Tesla", "entity_type": "PERSON"}
  ]
}
Available entity types:
TypeDescriptionExamples
ORGOrganizations & companiesTesla, OpenAI, Y Combinator
PERSONPeopleNikola Tesla, Sam Altman
PRODUCTProducts & servicesTesla Semi, OpenAI GPT-4o
GPECountries, cities, statesSpain, San Francisco
LOCRegions & geographic areasSouthern Europe
FACFacilities & buildings1 Tesla Road
LAWLaws & regulationsOpenAI’s terms of service
WORK_OF_ARTCreative works—
LANGUAGELanguages—
You can pass multiple types: entity_types=ORG&entity_types=PERSON
ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
namestringYesEntity name to search for
entity_typesarrayNoFilter by entity type(s)
limitintegerNoMax results (1–100, default 20)
# Get up to 5 ORG results for "Tesla"
curl "https://api.cala.ai/v1/knowledge/entities?name=Tesla&entity_types=ORG&limit=5" \
  -H "X-API-KEY: YOUR_CALA_API_KEY"
Use the returned entity IDs with GET /v1/knowledge/entities/{id} to get full profiles — founders, executives, funding, HQ, and more.