July 2026
Model API — Frontier Models with Built-in Search
Date: July 1, 2026 Introducing Model API, a new API that serves frontier models with built-in search tools and image generation. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Model Lineup | Access frontier models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and more with one API key |
| Built-in Search Tools | Let models call Octen search tools to answer with live web data |
| Image Generation | Create images from text descriptions with image models |
- Start using Model API
- Available to all registered users
June 2026
Image Search — Search the Web for Images
Date: June 24, 2026 Introducing Image Search, a new API that searches the web for images from a text query or a reference image, now in invite-only beta. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Text & Image Queries | Search images by a text query, a reference image, or both |
| Design Mode | Set topic to design to get a style summary and reusable HTML snippet per result |
| Filters | Filter results by domain and time window, with safe-search control |
- Start using Image Search
- In invite-only beta. Email support@octen.ai to request access
Video Search — Search the Web for Videos
Date: June 24, 2026 Introducing Video Search, a new API that searches the web for videos from a text query, now in invite-only beta. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Web-Wide Coverage | Search videos across the whole web |
| Rich Metadata | Include duration, cover image, and source page for each result |
- Start using Video Search
- In invite-only beta. Email support@octen.ai to request access
Multimodal Chat — Chat with Text, Images, and Videos
Date: June 24, 2026 Introducing Multimodal Chat, a new application that replies with interleaved text, images, and videos, now in invite-only beta. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Multimodal Search | Search across text, images, and videos for each question |
| Interleaved Replies | Answer in a conversation that weaves the retrieved text, images, and videos together |
- Start using Multimodal Chat
- In invite-only beta. Email support@octen.ai to request access
Grounded Generation — Generate Images and Videos from Real Content
Date: June 24, 2026 Introducing Grounded Generation, a new application that generates grounded images and videos, now in invite-only beta. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Search First | Retrieve relevant text, images, and videos from the web before generating |
| Grounded Output | Generate images and videos based on the retrieved references |
- Start using Grounded Generation
- In invite-only beta. Email support@octen.ai to request access
News Search — News-Focused Results in Search
Date: June 12, 2026 Introducing News Search, a new topic that returns news-focused results for current events, headlines, announcements, and time-sensitive reporting, including images and videos from the articles. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| News Topic | Set topic to news to search news-focused results with Search API |
| Timely Coverage | Find current events, headlines, announcements, and market updates |
| Richer News Results | Include images and videos from matched articles when options are enabled |
- Start using Search with
topic: "news" - Available to all registered users
May 2026
Extract API — Clean, LLM-Ready Content from URLs
Date: May 29, 2026 Introducing Extract API, a new API that turns URLs into clean, structured content ready for LLM applications, agents, and knowledge ingestion pipelines. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Clean Content | Extracts complete page content in markdown or text format from known URLs |
| Batch Processing | Processes up to 20 URLs per request with per-URL success and failure handling |
| Structured Signals | Returns query-focused highlights, page classification, and optional multimedia resources |
- Start using Extract API
- Available to all registered users
VL Embedding — Multimodal Embeddings for Text, Images, and Videos
Date: May 15, 2026 Introducing VL Embedding, a new API that delivers high-quality multimodal embeddings for retrieval, with SOTA performance on MMEB-v2. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Multimodal Inputs | Supports text, images, videos, and combinations in a single embedding request |
| Retrieval Quality | SOTA on MMEB-v2 for retrieval across text, images, videos, and visual documents |
| Retrieval Controls | Configure output dimensions, video frame sampling, and task instructions |
- Start using VL Embedding
- Available to all registered users
April 2026
Deep Research — Autonomous Multi-Step Research Agent
Date: April 21, 2026 Introducing Deep Research, a new showcase that autonomously plans, explores, and synthesizes information across the web to produce in-depth, well-cited research reports on complex topics. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Autonomous Planning | Breaks down complex topics into structured research plans and iterates as new evidence emerges |
| Multi-Step Exploration | Performs successive rounds of search and reading to build comprehensive coverage |
| Cited Reports | Delivers long-form answers with inline citations linking back to original sources |
- Start using Deep Research
- Available to all registered users
Broad Search — Rebuilding search for LLMs
Date: April 2, 2026 Introducing Broad Search, a new showcase that automatically decomposes complex questions into multiple sub-queries, searches them concurrently, and synthesizes a comprehensive answer. Highlights| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Query Decomposition | Automatically rewrites messages into multiple targeted sub-queries |
| Concurrent Search | Executes all sub-queries concurrently for comprehensive coverage |
| Flexible Modes | Choose from queries_only, queries_and_search, or full synthesis |
- Start using Broad Search
- Available to all registered users
Octen Public Beta — Open to All Users
Date: March 15, 2026 Octen is now open to everyone! We’ve moved from invite-only to a full public beta. What’s New| Change | Details |
|---|---|
| Open Registration | Anyone can sign up directly on our website and start using the APIs immediately |
| Welcome Credit | Every new user receives a $5 free balance upon registration |
- Head to octen.ai to create your account
February 2026
Octen Beta Now Open
Date: February 10, 2026 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Octen Beta! Starting today, selected developers can access our powerful AI infrastructure APIs. What’s Included| API | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Search | Real-time web search optimized for LLMs and agents | Beta |
| Embedding | High-performance text embedding API for semantic search and RAG | Beta |
- Email support@octen.ai to apply
- We’re reviewing applications on a rolling basis