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Get $5,000 in API credits to power your AI startup with enterprise-grade search, content retrieval, and deep research infrastructure.

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  • Real-time web intelligence

    Ground your AI agents and LLM applications in fresh, accurate information from the open web. Search, Contents, and Research APIs — all included.

  • Enterprise-grade from day one

    SOC 2 certified. Zero Data Retention. No model training on your data. DPA-ready. The same security posture as our largest enterprise customers.

  • Built for developers

    Python SDK, MCP Server, REST API. $100 free credits on signup, no credit card required. Ship in minutes, not weeks.

How it works

Step 1

Apply

Fill out the form. Takes under 2 minutes.

Step 2

Review

Our team reviews applications on a rolling basis. Most decisions within 48 hours.

Step 3

Build

Get your elevated API key, join the Developer Exchange, and start shipping.

What's included

  • $5,000 in API credits

    Use across Search, Contents, and Research APIs

  • Full API access

    Search API, Contents API, Research API (all tiers up to Deep)

  • Elevated rate limits

    Higher concurrency than free-tier defaults

  • Priority onboarding

    Dedicated support and fast-track access to engineering

  • Developer Exchange

    Join our community of grant recipients for feedback, co-marketing, and shared learnings

  • Shared Slack channel

    Direct line to the You.com team

  • Co-marketing

    We'll feature your logo and co-post about your product on X

Eligibility Criteria

  • Less than 25 employees at time of application
  • Pre-seed through Series A stage
  • Building an AI-native product or integrating LLM/agent workflows
  • Needs real-time web search, content retrieval, or deep research
  • Corporate email required (no personal emails)
Accelerator fast-track
Companies in YC, Techstars, NVIDIA Inception, AI Grant, Georgian portfolio, or Radical Ventures portfolio receive priority review.

Enterprise-Ready

Our APIs are enterprise-grade and built to give developers complete creative freedom, empowering them to build advanced tools without blockers.

Zero Data Retention

All queries and data can be automatically purged—giving you complete control over what’s stored and for how long.

SOC2 Certified

Our infrastructure is independently audited to ensure best-in-class data security, privacy, and availability.

DPA-Ready

Designed to seamlessly accommodate Data Processing Agreements.

Premium Support

Backed by dedicated experts and tailored Service Level Agreements.

Frequently Asked Questions

Startups with fewer than 25 employees, pre-seed through Series A, building AI products that need real-time web data. Corporate email required.

$5,000 in API credits, usable across Search, Contents, and Research APIs.

Credits don't expire, but we encourage you to start building right away. The grant is credit-based, not time-based.

You transition to our standard usage-based pricing. No surprise charges — you control your spend.

High-growth startups may be extended additional credits or hands-on Solutions Engineering support on a case-by-case basis.

Full access to Search API ($5/1k calls), Contents API ($1/1k pages), and Research API (Lite through Deep tiers).

No. The grant is free. You also get $100 in credits just for signing up, before you even apply.

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