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AI · January 25, 2021

API-first news search engine

NewsCatcher provides a recall-first Web Search API (CatchAll) and News API for AI agents and enterprise teams. 86% recall. 2B+ page index. Start free.

API-first news search engine launched on January 25, 2021 with 5 votes, #1,387 of 3,157 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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What it does

Find every relevant event on the open web, with 86% recall across 2B+ pages. Search and stream news from 140k+ sources. Filter by language, country, entity, or topic. Track a list of companies and surface every event that matters, deduplicated and continuously updated. Set a query once. New events arrive on schedule, pushed to your webhook. Actionable insights from thousands of credible sources across 100+ countries. Get the signals you care about into your system within minutes. Built to handle millions of articles daily. 99.99% uptime. SOC2-level protection. Spot risk before it hits—credit downgrades, lawsuits, protests across sectors. Track narrative shifts—from FDA decisions to ESG…from newscatcherapi.com

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