Scales the way Alibaba's engineering teams actually build.
Alibaba's engineering and product teams operate across one of the world's largest tech ecosystems. you.com gives them one enterprise-grade AI search layer — real-time, cited, and built to handle the scale and complexity of Alibaba's infrastructure.
Powering web search for leading enterprises.



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Tailored to find, synthesize and ship.
Search API
Take advantage of the world’s best Search API, delivering real-time results at record speed.
from youdotcom import You
with You("<apiKey>") as you:
res = you.search.unified(
query="best practices for scaling microservices architecture in production",
)
# Each result contains a title, URL, snippets and more
if res.results and res.results.web:
for result in res.results.web:
print(f"Title: {result.title}")
print(f"URL: {result.url}")
if result.snippets:
print(f"Snippet: {result.snippets[0]}\n")Contents API
Fetch full page content for multiple URLs, streamlining content aggregation and analysis across various sources.
from youdotcom import You
from youdotcom.models import ContentsFormats
with You("<apiKey>") as you:
res = you.contents.generate(
urls=[
"https://www.python.org",
"https://www.example.com",
],
formats=[ContentsFormats.HTML],
)
# Access the full page content in your chosen format
for page in res:
print(f"Title: {page.title}")
print(f"HTML: {page.html}...")Research API
Our tiered Research API—#1 in DeepSearchQA—pushes the frontier of accuracy and latency across both simple and complicated tasks.
from youdotcom import You
from youdotcom.models import ResearchEffort
you = You(api_key_auth="api_key")
res = you.research(
input="Which global cities improved air quality the most over the past 10 years, and what measurable actions contributed?",
research_effort=ResearchEffort.LITE,
)
print(res.output.content)
for i, source in enumerate(res.output.sources, 1):
print(f"[{i}] {source.title or 'Untitled'}: {source.url}")Finance Research API
Our Finance Research API delivers cited, source-reconciled financial intelligence across filings, macro data, and multi-step calculations. No infra required.
import requests
url = "https://api.you.com/v1/finance_research"
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
"input": "Compare the free cash flow generation and capital allocation strategies of Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet over the past three fiscal years",
"research_effort": "deep",
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data["output"]["content"])
for i, source in enumerate(data["output"]["sources"], 1):
print(f"[{i}] {source.get('title') or 'Untitled'}: {source['url']}")Faster research & synthesis vs. traditional search
Enterprise customers globally
Private — zero data used for model training
Type II certified · GDPR & HIPAA ready
See what's possible with You.com.
Discover how industry leaders like DuckDuckGo, Alibaba, and Amazon are leveraging You.com’s cutting-edge APIs to deliver real-time, accurate insights and scale their operations effortlessly.
DuckDuckGo uses our Search API to power breaking news, delivering timely insights without compromising on quality.
“You.com’s APIs helped us boost accuracy and speed overnight. Their team really understood our needs—it felt like a true partnership”

ms p99 latency (2X faster than competition)
of news sources indexed
daily queries served at 99.99% uptime
For Alibaba's engineering workflows
See How It Works
Framed around Alibaba's most likely use cases: cross-system research synthesis across Alibaba Cloud, DingTalk, and internal developer tooling.
Multi-source synthesis
Ask complex questions across Confluence, GitHub, and internal wikis. Get one cohesive, cited answer.
100+ native integrations
Jira, Slack, Salesforce, Notion, GitHub, and more. Setup in hours, not weeks.
Permissions-aware retrieval
Users only see results they're authorized to access — scoped to team, project, or clearance level.
Admin analytics & ROI tracking
Track adoption, top query themes, and time savings to demonstrate value to Alibaba's leadership across BUs.
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