Brave said it plans to reshape its search engine into infrastructure for AI agents, aiming to serve AI labs, enterprises, and independent developers that need both web search and a way to pay for the services their agents use online. The company said AI agents need to search the web while working and also handle payments for those services, and Brave wants to provide both functions in one stack.
According to Brave, it operates one of the few web-wide indexes open to agents and was the first search tool integrated into OpenClaw. The company also said AI agents helped drive a 5x increase in its search advertising revenue in 2025.
Brave added that its Search API will next integrate the x402 protocol, which would let agents pay Brave directly for each search. Under that setup, Brave said it would handle both search and payment for every query. The update was cited by @Delphi_Digital.
Brave plans to turn its search engine into infrastructure for AI agents, according to Techub News.
The privacy browser company said AI agents need to search the web while operating online and pay for the services they use. Its stated goal is to provide both capabilities to AI labs, enterprises, and independent developers.
Brave said it runs one of the few web-scale indexes open to agents and was the first search tool integrated into OpenClaw.
The company also said AI agents helped lift its search advertising revenue by 5x in 2025.
Next, Brave said its Search API will integrate the x402 protocol, allowing agents to pay Brave directly for each search. Under that model, Brave would process both the search and the payment for every query.
The item cited @Delphi_Digital as the source.
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