The web data tool index

Independent ratings for 82 search APIs, extraction tools, and browser infrastructure platforms. Updated daily.

Morningstar and PitchBook Bring Investment Research Data to Perplexity AI Platform

macrumors.com·ReleasesMay 8, 2026

OpenAI's Codex Now Works in Chrome With New Extension

reuters.com·sectorMay 7, 2026

Cloudflare cuts workforce by 20% in 'AI-first' restructuring

techcrunch.com·ReleasesMay 7, 2026

Perplexity's Personal Computer is now available to everyone on Mac

washingtonpost.com·LegalMay 5, 2026

Publishers sue Meta, claiming it violated copyrights in training AI with their books

firecrawl.dev·ReleasesMay 2, 2026

Firecrawl ships Lockdown Mode: cache-only /scrape for security-sensitive and compliance workloads

scraperapi.com·ReleasesApr 29, 2026

ScraperAPI Acquires Traject Data, Adding Structured JSON Data APIs to Its Platform

ppc.land·LegalApr 29, 2026

Major publishers file amicus brief supporting Amazon against Perplexity's Comet AI agent in Ninth Circuit scraping case

parallel.ai·FundingApr 29, 2026

Parallel Web Systems Raises $100M Series B at $2B Valuation to Scale Web Infrastructure for Agents

theregister.com·LegalApr 29, 2026

Databricks Cannot Shake Authors' Copyright Claim Over LLM Training Data, Judge Rules

yahoo.com·ReleasesApr 29, 2026

TestMu AI (formerly LambdaTest) launches Kane CLI, a terminal-native browser automation tool for AI coding agents

firecrawl.dev·ReleasesApr 28, 2026

Introducing Firecrawl web-agent: Build and Deploy Your Own Web Research Agent

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