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5/12/2026
Stop feeding raw HTML to your LLMs (Solving the Agentic Token Tax)

Stop feeding raw HTML to your LLMs (Solving the Agentic Token Tax)

Short summary

Web Speed addresses the token tax problem in agentic web access by replacing raw HTML scraping with semantic distillation, reducing token consumption by 70-90% and latency by 40%. It handles SPA hydration via Playwright, bypasses bot detection using local machine execution with genuine browser sessions, and integrates as a native MCP server. Positioned as a drop-in infrastructure upgrade for agents using Claude, Gemini, LangChain, and CrewAI.

  • Reduces agentic token costs 70-90% via semantic DOM-to-JSON distillation instead of raw HTML scraping
  • Solves SPA hydration and bot detection by running locally with real browser sessions and hardware fingerprints
  • Native MCP integration enables plug-and-play upgrade for Claude Desktop, Gemini CLI, LangChain, CrewAI

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