According to TechCrunch reports on January 22, Perplexity launched Sonar API on January 21, allowing enterprises and developers to integrate its generative AI search tools into their own applications. Sonar supports real-time networking and obtains answers from trusted sources to improve accuracy and authority. The API is divided into a basic version of Sonar and an advanced version of Sonar Pro. The basic version costs US$5 per 1,000 searches and US$1 per 750,000 words of input and output. The Pro version costs US$3 for input and US$15 for output. It supports complex questions and More quotes. Companies such as Zoom have used Sonar to provide real-time search support for their AI assistants without requiring users to leave the video conference window.