Exa
exa.ai
Web search rebuilt for LLMs
View on Y Combinator
Founders
William Bryk
Founder/CEO
Jeffrey Wang
Founder
Funding History
Seed
$5M
2021
Pioneer Fund
,
Y Combinator
Series A
$17M
July 2024
Led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVentures, Y Combinator
Series B
$85M
September 2025
Led by Benchmark
Benchmark
, Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVentures,
Y Combinator
Series C
$250M
May 2026
Led by Andreessen Horowitz
Andreessen Horowitz
,
Benchmark
, Lightspeed Venture Partners,
Y Combinator
Articles
Exa grows 10x per year to $100M in revenue
Oct 13, 2026
· AI
Exa, which builds a search engine for AI agents, has passed $100M in annualized revenue after growing roughly 10x a year for three years.
Exa Raises $250M at a $2.2B Valuation
May 20, 2026
· AI
Exa, the AI search engine company, raises $250M in Series C funding led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $2.2B valuation.
Exa Launches Revamped Agentic Search API
Mar 4, 2026
· AI
Exa launches a faster, cheaper version of its agentic search endpoint with structured outputs and field-level grounding.
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