Guides

In-depth guides on AI search APIs, web data infrastructure, and building AI products with real-time web access.

Getting Started with AI Search APIs

A practical introduction to AI search APIs — what they do, how they differ from traditional SERP scrapers, and which to evaluate first.

Mar 21, 2026·2 min read

Build vs Buy: Getting Web Data Into Your AI Pipeline

A cost and complexity framework for deciding when to build custom scrapers vs. buying web data APIs for your AI product.

Mar 17, 2026·11 min read

Web Access for AI Agents: Architecture & Tools

How AI agents access the web — search, fetch, extract, interact — and the tools and architecture patterns that make it work.

Mar 10, 2026·9 min read

MCP, Tool Use & How AI Agents Access the Web

Model Context Protocol and function calling explained — how AI agents connect to search, scraping, and browsing tools in practice.

Mar 3, 2026·9 min read

Cloud Browser Infrastructure for AI Agents

Why AI agents need browsers, how cloud browser providers compare, and when to use one instead of a scraping API.

Feb 23, 2026·11 min read

Web Data for LLM Training: Sources, Quality & Scale

Where LLM training data comes from, how quality is managed at scale, and the role of web scraping infrastructure in the AI supply chain.

Feb 15, 2026·9 min read

How to Choose a Search API for Your AI Product

A decision framework for PMs evaluating AI search APIs, SERP data APIs, and web scraping APIs — covering latency, cost, coverage, and architecture.

Feb 7, 2026·11 min read

RAG Data Sources: Where to Get Live Web Data

A practical guide to live web data sources for RAG pipelines — web indexes, search APIs, scraping APIs, and how to combine them for quality and coverage.

Jan 30, 2026·12 min read

Fast Web Scraping: How AI-Native APIs Changed the Game

Traditional scraping is too slow for AI agents. Here's how API-first approaches shifted the speed/quality tradeoff for real-time RAG and agent loops.

Jan 22, 2026·9 min read

AI Search APIs Explained: Giving LLMs Eyes on the Web

How AI search APIs work, how they differ from Google Custom Search, and how to integrate them into your AI product's architecture.

Jan 14, 2026·10 min read

Why Your AI Product Needs Real-Time Web Access

AI models without live web data hallucinate, go stale, and lose user trust. Here's how search APIs solve this and what it means for your product.

Jan 6, 2026·8 min read