From 48b6283e717665982867260cbc6444a7dace3dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aravind Karnam <aravind.karanam@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2025 14:00:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] announcement: add application form for cloud API closed beta

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 [![Downloads](https://static.pepy.tech/badge/crawl4ai/month)](https://pepy.tech/project/crawl4ai)
 [![GitHub Sponsors](https://img.shields.io/github/sponsors/unclecode?style=flat&logo=GitHub-Sponsors&label=Sponsors&color=pink)](https://github.com/sponsors/unclecode)
 
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+#### 🚀 Crawl4AI Cloud API — Closed Beta (Launching Soon)
+Reliable, large-scale web extraction, now built to be _**drastically more cost-effective**_ than any of the existing solutions.
+
+👉 **Apply [here](https://forms.gle/E9MyPaNXACnAMaqG7) for early access**  
+_We’ll be onboarding in phases and working closely with early users.
+Limited slots._
+
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+
 <p align="center">
     <a href="https://x.com/crawl4ai">
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