# Ceramic.ai Says It Cut Search Costs by 99%. Nobody Has Tested the API. - Date: 2026-04-26 - Category: Artificial Intelligence Ceramic.ai is selling search at $0.05 per 1,000 queries — 100x below industry rates — but no independent benchmark or production customer has verified the claim. The price, if real, would upend AI economics. If not, companies betting on it are wasting time. ---