Linkup
AI-powered web search API connecting LLMs with premium content sources.
Updated May 2026
Overview
- Website
- linkup.so
- Headquarters
- France
- Posture
- Search & Retrieval
Product overview
Linkup is a French startup that provides an API enabling developers to access web content from premium, trusted sources for large language models (LLMs). The company operates as a marketplace intermediary between content publishers and AI developers, signing licensing deals with publishers and integrating with their CMS to fetch content without scraping. Linkup pays content partners based on usage frequency.
Revenue model
API access fees from developers; revenue sharing with content publishers based on content access frequency
Moat
- Proprietary Data
- Cost Advantages
LinkUp's competitive moat stems from its exclusive, high-quality job market data sourced directly from employer websites, avoiding duplicates and expired listings common in aggregators, which enables accurate talent intelligence for industries like healthcare.
Headwinds
Complex licensing negotiations with content publishers and scaling challenges in content partnership model.