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Architecture and pricing, in plain English.
- How does Cureyt fetch the YouTube transcript?
- Cureyt fetches the transcript inside your own browser using YouTube's public timedtext endpoints, with a fallback to scraping the on-page transcript panel. We never proxy YouTube from a central server, which means our architecture is structurally less exposed to YouTube's rate limits than server-side audio-extraction tools like Fluently.
- Which AI model does Cureyt use to extract mentions?
- Cureyt uses Kimi by Moonshot AI on the moonshot-v1-128k model, which has a 128,000-token context window — large enough to ingest a 4-hour podcast in a single pass. The default model can be swapped from the popup; users on accounts with K2 access can switch to kimi-k2-preview.
- How much does each extraction actually cost in API calls?
- On Kimi 128k, a typical 2-hour podcast costs $0.017–$0.025 per extraction, measured across multiple real episodes in April 2026. A 90-minute podcast on the moonshot-v1-32k model costs roughly $0.012. These numbers are why Cureyt can offer a free tier without burning cash on infrastructure.
- What categories does Cureyt extract?
- Cureyt extracts six categories from podcast transcripts: books, tools, supplements, studies (research papers), people, and products. Each mention includes a timestamp linking back to the moment in the YouTube video, a confidence score, and a Buy link where applicable.
- Does Cureyt work on non-podcast videos?
- Yes. Cureyt extracts mentions from any YouTube video that has a transcript — including tutorial walkthroughs, recipe videos, gear and product reviews, beauty and skincare videos, lectures, and conference talks. Podcasts are the primary use case because long-form audio is hardest to scrub manually, but the same extraction works on any creator who names books, products, tools, supplements, or studies on camera.
- Do I need an account or API key?
- No. Cureyt is free for 5 podcasts per week with no account and no API key. Install the Chrome extension, open any YouTube podcast, and click Extract. Signing in is optional — it syncs your library across devices and unlocks unlimited extractions when Pro tiers launch.
- Is my data private?
- Cureyt sends only the extracted text transcript to the model, not audio or video. The transcript is not stored beyond the 7-day per-(user, video) cache in your local browser storage. We do not sell or share user data. The current public site collects no user data; we are designing toward GDPR alignment for the Phase 2 Worker. Full policy in /privacy.
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