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January 23, 2026
  • Agent Skills: Shipped Valyu-powered AI agent skills with comprehensive documentation and usage examples for building intelligent agents quickly.
  • Community skills integration: Added a community agent skills integration guide for connecting third-party skills to your workflows.
  • Cookbook section in docs: New cookbook with ready-to-use code examples and recipes for common Valyu use cases.
  • Country code filtering: Added documentation for using the country_code filter in DeepSearch to scope results by geography.
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January 16, 2026
  • Improved Deep Research playground: Improved syntax highlighting for better code readability in research outputs.
  • New datasources in playgrounds: ChEMBL, DrugBank, OpenTargets, NPI Registry, and ICD codes now available in API playgrounds.
  • Deep Research UI improvements: Added ISO timestamp support for better date filtering and renamed “model” to “mode” throughout the playground for clarity.
  • Valyu Search Plugin docs: Added documentation for the Valyu Search Plugin to help developers integrate search into their AI workflows.
  • MCP integration guide update: Documented all 11 specialized MCP tools and added datasources discovery tools to the MCP guide.
  • Copy AI prompts: Documentation now includes copy-to-clipboard AI prompts, making it easier to test endpoints quickly.
  • Deep Research link previews: Shared report links now display titles in meta images for better visibility when sharing on social media and chat platforms.
  • Quality of Life Improvement: The platform sidebar now auto-collapses based on screen size…
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January 09, 2026
  • Community referrals: Invite others to Valyu and earn shared credits through the new referral program.
  • Batch operations guide: New documentation covering batch operations including creation, task management, and progress tracking.
  • Pricing documentation update: Updated documentation to reflect current pricing tiers and model options.
  • Documentation homepage redesign: Refreshed homepage design for a better developer experience and easier navigation.
  • Transportation data in playgrounds: Added transportation section to search filters with new data sources (UK National Rail, global vessel tracking) in the API playgrounds.
  • Deep Research playground improvements: Added ISO timestamp support and improved terminology throughout the playground interface.
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January 02, 2026
  • Deliverables in API Playground: Deep Research deliverables are now available in the API Playground with full preview and file viewing capabilities.
  • Guided walkthroughs: Interactive walkthroughs in the API Playground help you discover and learn features step by step.
  • Public report sharing: Share Deep Research reports publicly, including all generated deliverables and visualizations.
  • Downloadable charts: Export charts generated by Deep Research directly from the platform.
  • Dashboard UI refresh: Visual improvements to the platform dashboard for a cleaner, more intuitive experience.
  • Simplified pricing: Deep Research now uses flat-rate pricing per mode: $100/1K requests for Fast, $500/1K for Standard, and $1500/1K for Heavy, replacing the previous component-based model (AI + search + content costs).
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December 26, 2025
  • Inline chart display: Generated charts now appear directly within the Deep Research playground, so you can visualize data without leaving the interface.
  • Better reasoning visualization: Research reasoning steps are now displayed with improved clarity, making it easier to follow how Deep Research analyzes and synthesizes information.
  • Enhanced mobile experience: The Deep Research UI is now fully optimized for mobile devices with responsive layouts, touch-friendly controls, and smooth rendering across all screen sizes.
  • Defaults updated: Email notifications and PDF generation are now enabled by default in the Deep Research playground—no extra configuration needed.
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December 19, 2025
  • We’ve shipped a new Collections feature (currently in beta) to improve the developer experience around managing included sources. Collections let you group data sources such as Valyu datasets, domains, or individual URLs under a single name. You can then reference the collection directly in your queries using included_sources, for example: included_sources=["collection:my-finance-sources"]
  • On the platform deepresearch playground you can now choose to have an alert sent to you via email upon deepresearch completion.
  • We have improved PDF generation for deepresearch reports.
  • On mobile you can now view your deepresearch reports, run new reports, and browse your deepresearch history.
  • We restructured Deep Research into three research modes: Fast, Standard, and Heavy.
    • Fast: Ideal for quick answers and lightweight research. Typically completes in ~5 minutes.
    • Standard: A balanced option for deeper insights without long wait times. Runs for ~10-20 minutes.
    • Heavy: Designed for in-depth, long-running research tasks. Can run for up to ~90 minutes.
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December 12, 2025
  • Users can now authenticate with GitHub on the platform.
  • We shipped a Sign in With Valyu OAuth Server support with consent screens and token management. It’s currently not GA, but will be in a few weeks. Stay tuned! 😉
  • There’s now a simplified UI Chat view for non-technical users to explore the Answers playground with inline citations and readable formatting.
  • All Playgrounds now route users to either chat-style or API-style views based on their technical background.
  • Responses from Deep Research now include visually formatted inline citations with source links.
  • Added prediction markets (Kalshi and Polymarket) to the API playground.
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December 5, 2025
  • We now display the metadata for structured API responses in search playground dialogs.
  • We made the transition of Deep Research from closed beta to public beta for all users.
  • We updated the sample prompts for German labor stats dataset.
  • We improved news related prompts for the playground.
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November 28, 2025
  • We implemented structured output view for deep research results.
  • We added a streaming view for the answer endpoint in playground.
  • We added new datasets (including financial and labor statistics) in playground.
  • We redesigned the billing page.
  • We implemented inline citation rendering for answer playground.
  • We improved the mobile view responsiveness of the platform.
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November 21, 2025
  • We improved API response handling for finance, answers, and content endpoints.
  • We made UI improvements to the billing UI and domain access for beta features.
  • We improved the chat history delete UI for chatbot.
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November 14, 2025
  • We added a new chat view for Deep Research.
  • Users can now share their chats and earn rewards.
  • We added GPT-5 support as an available model option in the chatbot.
  • We implemented chat history in the playground interface.
  • We improved beta user management.
  • We improved the UI responsiveness of the platform.
  • We added a better selector UI and default view preferences for Deep Research results.
  • We optimized content line display for improved readability.
  • We added a specialized onboarding flow for hackathon participants.
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November 7, 2025
  • Introduced persistent chat history for Deep Research sessions with new chat UI.
  • Added ability to cancel ongoing deep research and follow-up on previous analysis with PDF and chart generation support.
  • Added new datasets (BioRxiv and MedRxiv) preprint datasets to API playground options for search and answer endpoints.
  • Optimized API playground layout.
  • We made some UI improvements to the platform.