Exa

Exa is a real-time AI-focused web search engine and API provider offering search, crawling, and research tools designed for AI agents. It emphasizes token-efficient retrieval, structured outputs with citations, and deep research capabilities for enterprise-scale use cases.

Exa provides a single API to perform web search, web crawling, and research with structured outputs and grounded citations. It offers real-time search with configurable latency, token-efficient page contents and highlights, and multi-tier products including live web contents, deep research with structured outputs, and asynchronous agent-based workflows. Pricing tiers include a free quota, standard web search tool calls with highlights, and paid tiers for deep search, structured outputs, and monitoring with webhooks; features include code/document search, news monitoring, enrichments across 70M+ entities, and enterprise security controls such as zero data retention and SOC 2 Type II.

Who it’s for: AI-focused developers and enterprises building AI agents, chatbots, or automated research workflows that require fast, structured web data and grounded citations.

Funding: Exa raised $250M Series C; hiring and product expansion cues (pricing pages, Demos, case studies) indicate growth and traction.