Merge launches Universal Context Layer with Parallel Search as its default web search provider

Merge has launched its Universal Context Layer for Merge for Workforce, a governed AI platform that combines employees’ authorized private company data, tools, models, and controls with live public web information supplied by Parallel Search. The integration addresses the limitations of AI systems that rely only on internal knowledge or outdated training data by enabling agents to retrieve current competitive, regulatory, market, and industry information. Merge selected Parallel Search for its query-specific compressed excerpts, web-index-based results, scalable pricing beginning at $1 per 1,000 requests, and latency options ranging from roughly 200 milliseconds to three seconds. Parallel Search will also serve as the default web search provider for Merge for Products, allowing teams building customer-facing AI to access grounded web context without separately integrating search. Universal Context Layer for Merge for Workforce is available immediately.

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