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AI models are limited by their training cutoff dates. Centralising web search access within an existing gateway simplifies agent architecture while preserving observability and pricing transparency.
By routing external search providers through AI Gateway, Cloudflare lowers the friction of building search-augmented AI agents. The inclusion of Zero Data Retention commitments and provider-agnostic integration offers enterprise teams a compliant way to fetch live web data without adding custom scraping infrastructure.
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