# Brave lets AI agents buy search for $0.005 a query, no API key required

> Source: <https://runtimewire.com/article/brave-search-api-x402-agentic-payments>
> Published: 2026-11-13 05:07:02+00:00

# Brave lets AI agents buy search for $0.005 a query, no API key required

**Brendan Eich's Brave priced LLM Context and web search at $0.005 per request, letting funded agents pay in USDC on Base without an account or API key.**

        By [RuntimeWire Staff](https://runtimewire.com/author/runtimewire-staff)
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Brendan Eich built JavaScript for a web of browsers and human readers. On November 12th, Brave started accepting per-request payments for access to its search index from a different kind of customer: software that can hold a wallet, receive a price quote, and pay for its own next query.…