You.com capabilities
9 mapped capabilities, each graded and dated. The map shows what You.com can do; the audit shows whether it’s worth consolidating — and a guide shows how to move.
Capabilities
AI search modes (Express, Compute, Research, Create)
provisionalverified ~4 months agoFour distinct task-optimised modes for interacting with You.com: Express for fast web-grounded answers, Compute for multi-step coding/math/data tasks with code execution, Research for in-depth topic analysis with extensive citations, and Create for AI image generation.
ARI deep research agent
provisionalverified ~4 months agoARI (Advanced Research & Insights) is You.com's autonomous deep-research agent that processes up to 400+ sources simultaneously, synthesises multi-page reports with inline citations, and exports polished PDF reports (slide decks planned). Benchmarked at a 76% win rate over OpenAI Deep Research on consultant/investment research tasks.
Cited web answers via RAG
provisionalverified ~4 months agoAI-generated answers grounded in real-time web retrieval, with every claim linked to a numbered inline citation pointing to the source URL. Designed to prevent hallucinations by anchoring responses to retrieved documents rather than model training data alone.
Custom agents (user-created)
canonicalverified ~4 months agoUsers can create and share their own AI agents by selecting a base model, writing custom instructions (system prompt), and enabling specific capabilities such as live web access and personalisation. Per You.com's September 2025 Series C announcement, 100,000+ agents have been built on the platform in the prior 12 months (an earlier '50,000 Custom Agents' milestone was reported in May 2025).
Developer APIs (Search, Contents, Research, Finance)
canonicalverified ~4 months agoYou.com exposes four REST APIs for developers to embed real-time web intelligence into AI applications: Search API (LLM-ready structured web/news results), Contents API (clean Markdown/HTML extraction from URLs), Research API (multi-step citation-backed synthesis at configurable depth), and Finance Research API (filings, macro, market data).
File upload for chat context
provisionalverified ~4 months agoUsers can attach files — PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, code files, images, and more — to queries so the AI can analyse or reason over the content. Cloud storage imports (Google Drive, OneDrive/SharePoint) are also supported.
MCP server for agentic IDE integration
canonicalverified ~4 months agoYou.com provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives AI agents in IDEs and agentic frameworks real-time web search, content extraction, research synthesis, and finance data — without needing to build custom search integrations.
Multi-model selection (20+ frontier models)
provisionalverified ~4 months agoUsers can choose from 20+ AI models across providers — including OpenAI (GPT-4o and successors), Anthropic (Claude), Google (Gemini), and Meta (Llama) — to respond to a given query or power a custom agent. Allows comparison of model outputs for the same prompt.
Plans and pricing
provisionalverified ~4 months agoYou.com offers tiered consumer subscriptions (Free, Pro, Max, Enterprise) and a separate pay-as-you-go API platform. Plans differ in model access, ARI research quotas, file upload limits, context window size, and data-privacy controls. (A standalone consumer 'Team' tier existed earlier but is no longer self-serve — team/collaboration capacity is now folded into Max and Enterprise.)