In the fast-paced digital age, data is the new oil. But extracting it? Unfortunately, that’s a very different story. It is often cash-burning laborious uphill battle that favours first movers and punishes new entrants.
Web scraping, in particular, has long been a deeply resource-intensive task, requiring specialized teams, time, and infrastructure. But what if everyone could get access to the seams of data that can propel businesses and supercharge engagement.
Enter Oxylabs with a game-changer: the first AI-powered assistant designed to make web data collection as simple as typing in a URL.
Democratising web scraping
Traditionally, smaller companies faced a steep barrier to entry. Building infrastructure, writing custom data parsers, and maintaining servers—all of this meant hiring specialised developers.
With OxyCopilot, those days may be over. The bold promise is that you can skip the coding headaches and let AI do the heavy lifting. Got a URL? Feed it to OxyCopilot, and the system generates the scraping instructions instantly, no expertise required.
Data demands
According to Oxylabs’ CEO Julius Cerniauskas, the timing couldn’t be better. Businesses are increasingly desperate for public web data, yet scraping remains a costly bottleneck for many business. In the digital age it could be the difference between thriving or dying.
In fact, a recent survey found that 74% of businesses are struggling to meet their web data demands. By automating the process, OxyCopilot frees companies to focus on what really matters—data quality, analysis, and innovation—rather than burning through development hours just to set up and maintain scrapers.
Levelling up
This AI-driven revolution could help to level the playing field for small and medium-sized businesses that can’t afford massive web scraping teams.
The initiative is all part of Oxylabs’ larger, unified platform that integrates other AI tools, from proxy management to web unblocking.
The vision? To fully automate public web data collection. And Oxylabs isn’t just keeping up with industry trends—they’re driving them. As AI continues to evolve, OxyCopilot represents the future of web scraping: faster, smarter, and more accessible than ever. For businesses hungry for data but strapped for resources, it’s a game-changer.
