For developers building AI products that need live web data, You.com is a search and research API that returns real-time results, powering search features inside products from OpenAI, Salesforce, and DuckDuckGo.
Presence & Market Position
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GTM Developer Tools
Measures earned, engagement-weighted share of voice across the GTM voices panel. Methodology →
You.com is working to become the live web-intelligence layer that production agents use for fresh, cited external data. Its GTM presence is established among technical builders, with conversation centered on MCP-based access, agent hackathons, framework choice, production search quality, and the use of external intelligence inside enterprise data systems. The company’s current product story emphasizes Search, Contents, Research, and Finance APIs rather than its earlier consumer search-engine identity. Structured outputs and source-level citations make that position concrete for teams grounding agent workflows in the public web.
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Business Profile
Founded in 2020, You.com is an independent, 318-person AI infrastructure company with $195 million in funding. It began as a consumer search alternative and shifted toward APIs that supply live web search and research to other AI products. The company reported $50 million in 2024 ARR and a $1.5 billion valuation in September 2025. Current customers span model providers, enterprise software, and developer tools, including OpenAI, Salesforce, Databricks, DuckDuckGo, Harvey, and Windsurf.
Agent Readiness
Measures how easily your agents can build on it — API, MCP, CLI, SDK, docs depth. Methodology →
You.com exposes Search, Contents, Research, and Finance through APIs, a remote or local MCP server, and official Python and TypeScript SDKs. Agents can retrieve current search results, extract page content, and produce citation-backed research. The MCP surface works across major coding environments and frameworks, with an unauthenticated search tier plus authenticated access to the broader tool set.
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