# Parallel launches a web-grounded Decisions API at $0.001 per request

> Original title: This is pretty cool:

- Source: Santiago
- Published: 2026-10-28T18:11:16.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/njqbopgjvnwqam7sh4kwzt1oo
- Original: https://x.com/svpino/status/2115506699796975880

## Summary

Parallel announces its Decisions API, which pairs fast decision models such as Jev with current web news in a single call. The API is live at $0.001 per request, with 5,000 free requests offered for trial. Parallel lists fact-checking, refreshing banking records, classifying leads, backtesting trading strategies, and tracking competitor inventory as example uses.

## Post

This is pretty cool:

You get the speed/cost/structural benefits of a decisions API like Jev.

On top of that, you also get access to current news, so you can make decisions based on the world's current state.

Check out some of the examples here:

## Quoted post @p0

> Introducing the Parallel Decisions API: the first web-grounded decisions engine.
> 
> Decision models like Jev can answer in an instant, but they lack the recency of current news. Now you can get both in a single call.
> 
> Decisions API is live today at $0.001 per request.
> 
> Try it with 5,000 free requests: http://platform.parallel.ai/play/decisions
> 
> Here are some examples we've been experimenting with:
> 
> - Fact-check content (@Grok is this true?)
> - Refresh stale banking records
> - Classify companies and leads with fresh signals
> - Backtest trading strategies
> - Track competitor e-commerce inventory

https://x.com/p0/status/2115111877558898931