Brave launched an AI Grounding API within the Brave Search API, alongside Free, Base AI, and Pro AI plans for developers building AI systems and applications.
What it is
The AI Grounding API connects AI systems to the Brave Search web index for grounding. Brave says the goal is to reduce hallucinations and improve answer quality. The API is part of the broader Brave Search API.
Supported uses
- Agentic search workflows
- Foundation model training
- Search-enabled application development
Brave says the API supports single-search and multi-search configurations.
Performance, per Brave
- More than half of test questions answered with a single search
- Median response time of 24.2 seconds
- Average of seven search queries issued per question
- Average analysis of 210 unique pages and 6,257 statements or paragraphs
- Average completion time of 74 seconds
Brave states it outperforms competing approaches in accuracy. The figures above are from Brave's internal testing and have not been independently verified.
Pricing and rate limits
- Free AI: 1 query per second and 5,000 queries per month.
- Base AI: $5.00 per 1,000 requests, up to 20 queries per second, 20 million queries per month, and rights to use in AI apps.
- Pro AI: $9.00 per 1,000 requests, up to 50 queries per second, unlimited queries per month, and rights to use in AI apps.
Who it is for
Brave positions the API for developers and organizations building AI capabilities that require web-grounded outputs. According to the company, it is designed to ground large language models with sources from the Brave Search index.
Source
Official announcement: Introducing AI Grounding with Brave Search API, providing enhanced search performance in AI applications
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