# Ceramic.ai Says It Cut Search Costs by 99%. Nobody Has Tested the API.

- slug: ceramicai-says-it-cut-search-costs-by-99-nobody-has-tested-the-api
- date: 2026-04-26
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Ceramic.ai is selling search at $0.05 per 1,000 queries — 100x below industry rates — but no independent benchmark or production customer has verified the claim. The price, if real, would upend AI economics. If not, companies betting on it are wasting time.

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