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Brave Search API publicly released on: 2022-03-22 by Brave Software — independent search index API for AI grounding + privacy-focused search.
Last verified 2026-05-16 · Methodology veritas-v0.1 · e40cdeb9b02f70a7
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- Brave Search API
- Predicate
publicly_released_on- Object
- 2022-03-22 by Brave Software — independent search index API for AI grounding + privacy-focused search
- Confidence
- 100%
- Tags
- brave-search-api · brave-software · search-api · ai-grounding · released_on · 2022
Sources (2)
[1] official blog · Brave Software · 2023-04-19
Brave Search API — independent index for the AI era“Brave Search API offers an independent search index built from billions of pages, with a free tier and no tracking, designed for use in AI applications, RAG, and grounding.”
[2] docs · Brave Software · 2022-03-22
Brave Search API — developer portal
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