BlockRun.AI Web-Grounded AI Answer

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BlockRun.AI Web-Grounded AI Answer is a paid API for AI agents from blockrun.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns an AI-generated answer to a natural language question, sourced and grounded in live web search results with citations.

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How this service works

Get an AI-generated answer to a question grounded in live web search results.

Output

A detailed, natural language answer to the posed question, synthesized by an LLM and grounded in live web search results, with inline citations linking to the source URLs used to generate the answer.

Example use cases

Example prompt

“What are the latest developments in quantum computing this year? Give me an answer grounded in current web sources.”

Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://blockrun.ai/api/v1/exa/answer

When to prefer

Use this endpoint when you need a factual, up-to-date answer grounded in live web content rather than an LLM's training data alone — especially for current events, recent developments, or topics requiring source citations. Prefer this over a plain LLM call when freshness and verifiability matter.

Side effects

Empty or vague query may yield a low-quality or generic answer
Live web search may fail to find relevant results for highly niche queries
Truncated response if the answer is very long
Rate limiting or payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient
Exa search backend unavailability causing degraded results

Input

{
  "query": "What are the latest developments in artificial intelligence in 2024?"
}

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
query	string	Question to answer (grounded in live web search).

Output

{
  "answer": "In 2024, artificial intelligence shifted toward reasoning models, agentic workflows, and enhanced multimodality. OpenAI introduced the o1 and o3 model families, which utilize \"deliberative alignment\" and extended inference time to \"think\" before responding, improving performance in science and mathematics [1]. Google launched Gemini 2.0, focusing on agentic capabilities, native multimodal outputs, and tool use, alongside its own reasoning model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking [2][3]. The year also saw the rise of small, high-performance models like Microsoft’s Phi-4 [4], alongside significant advancements in AI weather forecasting with Google DeepMind’s GenCast [5].",
  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/openai-announces-new-o3-model/",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/openai-announces-new-o3-model/",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/openAI-spiral-teal.jpg?resize=1200,675",
      "title": "OpenAI announces new o3 models | TechCrunch",
      "author": "Maxwell Zeff, Kyle Wiggers",
      "favicon": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-20T17:56:57.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/",
      "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/",
      "image": "https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/blog_gemini_hero_thumbnail.width-1300.png",
      "title": "Google introduces Gemini 2.0: A new AI model for the agentic era",
      "favicon": "https://blog.google/favicon.ico",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-11T15:30:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/google-releases-its-own-reasoning-ai-model/",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/google-releases-its-own-reasoning-ai-model/",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/google-io-gemini.webp?resize=1200,671",
      "title": "Google releases its own 'reasoning' AI model | TechCrunch",
      "author": "Kyle Wiggers",
      "favicon": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-19T17:22:50.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/microsofts-phi-4-blends-synthetic-and-organic-data-to-surpass-larger-models-in-math-and-reasoning-benchmarks",
      "url": "https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/microsofts-phi-4-blends-synthetic-and-organic-data-to-surpass-larger-models-in-math-and-reasoning-benchmarks",
      "image": "https://charonhub.deeplearning.ai/content/images/2024/12/unnamed--33--1.png",
      "title": "Microsoft’s Phi-4 Blends Synthetic and Organic Data to Surpass Larger Models in Math and Reasoning Benchmarks",
      "favicon": "https://www.deeplearning.ai/static/favicons/favicon.ico",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-18T14:58:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1107892/google-deepminds-new-ai-model-is-the-best-yet-at-weather-forecasting/",
      "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1107892/google-deepminds-new-ai-model-is-the-best-yet-at-weather-forecasting/",
      "image": "https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-179247383.jpeg?resize=1200,600",
      "title": "Google DeepMind’s new AI model is the best yet at weather forecasting | MIT Technology Review",
      "favicon": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1107892/google-deepminds-new-ai-model-is-the-best-yet-at-weather-forecasting/static/media/favicon.1cfcdb44759a0f93ddf5feb5405dd4cc.ico",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-04T16:00:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/2024-the-year-ai-drove-everyone-crazy/",
      "url": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/2024-the-year-ai-drove-everyone-crazy/",
      "image": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/addled_by_AI_header-1152x648.jpg",
      "title": "2024: The year AI drove everyone crazy - Ars Technica",
      "favicon": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-ars-logo-512_480-60x60.png",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-26T12:00:25.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/chatgpt-now-understands-real-time-video-seven-months-after-openai-first-demoed-it/",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/chatgpt-now-understands-real-time-video-seven-months-after-openai-first-demoed-it/",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/openAI-spiral-rose.jpg?resize=1200,675",
      "title": "ChatGPT now understands real-time video, seven months after OpenAI first demoed it | TechCrunch",
      "author": "Kyle Wiggers",
      "favicon": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-12T18:01:06.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://lifearchitect.ai/the-sky-is-steadfast/",
      "url": "https://lifearchitect.ai/the-sky-is-steadfast/",
      "image": "https://s10251.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-Alan-D-Thompson-Models-Treemap-Rev-0-1024x576.png",
      "title": "Integrated AI: The sky is steadfast (2024 AI retrospective) – Dr Alan D. Thompson – LifeArchitect.ai",
      "favicon": "https://s10251.pcdn.co/wp-content/themes/materialwp-child/favicon.ico",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-17T01:01:14.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "requestId": "8e70f867bb899d01f2c2c98e32fa10f7",
  "costDollars": {
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  }
}

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Technical details

Endpoint

POSThttps://blockrun.ai/api/v1/exa/answer

When to prefer

Side effects

Empty or vague query may yield a low-quality or generic answer
Live web search may fail to find relevant results for highly niche queries
Truncated response if the answer is very long
Rate limiting or payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient
Exa search backend unavailability causing degraded results

Input

{
  "query": "What are the latest developments in artificial intelligence in 2024?"
}

Schema · Request body

Field	Type	Description
query	string	Question to answer (grounded in live web search).

Output

{
  "answer": "In 2024, artificial intelligence shifted toward reasoning models, agentic workflows, and enhanced multimodality. OpenAI introduced the o1 and o3 model families, which utilize \"deliberative alignment\" and extended inference time to \"think\" before responding, improving performance in science and mathematics [1]. Google launched Gemini 2.0, focusing on agentic capabilities, native multimodal outputs, and tool use, alongside its own reasoning model, Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking [2][3]. The year also saw the rise of small, high-performance models like Microsoft’s Phi-4 [4], alongside significant advancements in AI weather forecasting with Google DeepMind’s GenCast [5].",
  "citations": [
    {
      "id": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/openai-announces-new-o3-model/",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/20/openai-announces-new-o3-model/",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/openAI-spiral-teal.jpg?resize=1200,675",
      "title": "OpenAI announces new o3 models | TechCrunch",
      "author": "Maxwell Zeff, Kyle Wiggers",
      "favicon": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-20T17:56:57.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/",
      "url": "https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/",
      "image": "https://storage.googleapis.com/gweb-uniblog-publish-prod/images/blog_gemini_hero_thumbnail.width-1300.png",
      "title": "Google introduces Gemini 2.0: A new AI model for the agentic era",
      "favicon": "https://blog.google/favicon.ico",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-11T15:30:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/google-releases-its-own-reasoning-ai-model/",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/19/google-releases-its-own-reasoning-ai-model/",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/google-io-gemini.webp?resize=1200,671",
      "title": "Google releases its own 'reasoning' AI model | TechCrunch",
      "author": "Kyle Wiggers",
      "favicon": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-19T17:22:50.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/microsofts-phi-4-blends-synthetic-and-organic-data-to-surpass-larger-models-in-math-and-reasoning-benchmarks",
      "url": "https://www.deeplearning.ai/the-batch/microsofts-phi-4-blends-synthetic-and-organic-data-to-surpass-larger-models-in-math-and-reasoning-benchmarks",
      "image": "https://charonhub.deeplearning.ai/content/images/2024/12/unnamed--33--1.png",
      "title": "Microsoft’s Phi-4 Blends Synthetic and Organic Data to Surpass Larger Models in Math and Reasoning Benchmarks",
      "favicon": "https://www.deeplearning.ai/static/favicons/favicon.ico",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-18T14:58:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1107892/google-deepminds-new-ai-model-is-the-best-yet-at-weather-forecasting/",
      "url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1107892/google-deepminds-new-ai-model-is-the-best-yet-at-weather-forecasting/",
      "image": "https://wp.technologyreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GettyImages-179247383.jpeg?resize=1200,600",
      "title": "Google DeepMind’s new AI model is the best yet at weather forecasting | MIT Technology Review",
      "favicon": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/04/1107892/google-deepminds-new-ai-model-is-the-best-yet-at-weather-forecasting/static/media/favicon.1cfcdb44759a0f93ddf5feb5405dd4cc.ico",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-04T16:00:00.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/2024-the-year-ai-drove-everyone-crazy/",
      "url": "https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/12/2024-the-year-ai-drove-everyone-crazy/",
      "image": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/addled_by_AI_header-1152x648.jpg",
      "title": "2024: The year AI drove everyone crazy - Ars Technica",
      "favicon": "https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-ars-logo-512_480-60x60.png",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-26T12:00:25.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/chatgpt-now-understands-real-time-video-seven-months-after-openai-first-demoed-it/",
      "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/chatgpt-now-understands-real-time-video-seven-months-after-openai-first-demoed-it/",
      "image": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/openAI-spiral-rose.jpg?resize=1200,675",
      "title": "ChatGPT now understands real-time video, seven months after OpenAI first demoed it | TechCrunch",
      "author": "Kyle Wiggers",
      "favicon": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-12T18:01:06.000Z"
    },
    {
      "id": "https://lifearchitect.ai/the-sky-is-steadfast/",
      "url": "https://lifearchitect.ai/the-sky-is-steadfast/",
      "image": "https://s10251.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-Alan-D-Thompson-Models-Treemap-Rev-0-1024x576.png",
      "title": "Integrated AI: The sky is steadfast (2024 AI retrospective) – Dr Alan D. Thompson – LifeArchitect.ai",
      "favicon": "https://s10251.pcdn.co/wp-content/themes/materialwp-child/favicon.ico",
      "publishedDate": "2024-12-17T01:01:14.000Z"
    }
  ],
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