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Perplexity Launches Search API for AI Application Developers

The API gives developers programmatic access to Perplexity's web index of hundreds of billions of pages for grounding AI models.

Olivia Sharp 1 min read 688 views
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Perplexity announced its Search API, offering developers access to its web index to provide fresh, accurate context for AI applications and reduce model hallucinations.

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AI startup Perplexity on Sep 25, 2025, launched its Search API, providing developers with access to the company's search infrastructure. The API offers programmatic access to an index covering hundreds of billions of webpages. According to a company blog post, the service is designed specifically for the demands of AI applications.

Key features for developers include: - Fine-grained retrieval: The infrastructure divides documents into smaller units, allowing the API to return the most relevant snippets. - Structured responses: The API delivers context-rich, pre-ranked results that are ready for use in AI applications. - Reduced preprocessing: The design …

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