Extract Summit
Articles from the Zyte blog in Extract Summit.

The recipe for a request: Scaling data extraction through investigation
Learn how an investigative mindset helps scale data extraction from single requests to millions daily by building resilient, efficient scraping systems.
Super-powers, toll booths and the new era of data collection
Explore how AI is transforming web scraping, the rise of advanced anti-bot systems, and what the future holds for data collection in an increasingly controlled internet.
Is your AI breaking the law? Legal experts’ advice for web scrapers
Legal experts discuss how AI, web scraping, copyright law, and the EU AI Act intersect—covering fair use, data provenance, and compliance risks for businesses.

Your business doesn’t care about scraping - it cares about data
Manual web scraping isn’t the competitive advantage it used to be. Learn why shifting to a scraping API helps engineers reclaim time, reduce maintenance, and focus on delivering reliable data.

Data in 2026: Bets and forecasts from web experts
What will 2026 have in store for the world of web data? We asked eight experts for their predictions.

AI and the web: What 2025 changed and what comes next
2025 was the year AI learned to reason. From reasoning-first LLMs to autonomous agents and a reshaped web economy, this retrospective explores what changed—and what’s coming next.

Beyond the block: The front line of data access
A deep dive into the evolving battle for web data access—featuring insights from Castle, Scrapoxy, and Zyte at Extract Summit 2025. Learn how AI, anti-bots, economics, and authentication standards like Web Bot Auth are transforming scraping, security, and the future of the open internet.

Scraping a synthetic web: Dead Internet Theory meets web data extraction
AI-generated content now dominates the web. Explore the rise of synthetic internet traffic, how bots shape online discourse, and how data experts can fight back.

Why AI agents struggle with web scraping (and how to help them)
Explore the key challenges AI agents face in web scraping and how Zyte’s Web Scraping Copilot boosts automation, accuracy, and developer productivity.

Partial autonomy, full control: Why we built Web Scraping Copilot
Web Scraping Copilot brings AI-powered, code-first web scraping into VS Code, delivering partial autonomy, deterministic quality, and full control for production web data.

Five key takeaways from Extract Summit 2025
From AI-accelerated scraping to “dead internet” risks and rising access wars, these five takeaways from Extract Summit 2025 show where web data is heading next.
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Introducing Web Scraping Copilot - A rocket boost for data extractors
Meet Web Scraping Copilot, a free VS Code extension that uses AI to accelerate Scrapy projects. Generate code, manage spiders, and deploy to Scrapy Cloud faster than ever, keeping developers in control.




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