Exa Analysis: $22M Raised
What is Exa?
Exa is a real-time AI search engine that provides a web crawling API, SERP API, and deep research tools. The platform allows users to search and extract structured content from websites and live data, catering to various industries and applications.
Location
533 Page St, San Francisco, California 94117, United States
Employees
11-50
Founded
2021
Revenue
$34-75M
Valuation
$700.0M
Latest Funding Round
Series B: $85M led by Benchmark (September 3, 2025)
Positioning Against Clay
API infrastructure
Product Features & Capabilities
- API for web search, crawling, and LLM answers, Websets for web research and data enrichment, high-quality web data for AI applications, meaning-based search, tools for summarizing news, creating Q&A chatbots, competitor analysis, research assistance.
Use Cases
Search for structured content from websites; Retrieve all pages on a site; Summarize web results in natural language; Conduct in-depth research with structured output; Handle complex queries for extensive results
Pricing
- API Pricing:
- Pay as you go plan: $10 in free credits for individuals and small teams.
- Search pricing (per 1k requests):
- Auto:
- 1-25 results: $5
- 26-100 results: $25
- Neural:
- 1-25 results: $5
- 26-100 results: $25
- Keyword:
- 1-25 result
- Auto:
How much Exa raised
1: - $22 million
July 16, 2024Lead Investor: Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVIDIA, Y Combinator
Who are the founders of Exa
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Will Bryk
Co-founder/CEO
Business Model
Operates on a tiered-fee model with free and paid service tiers.
Market Focus
Exa primarily focuses on the market of web data search and crawling solutions, specifically providing business-grade services that enable AI applications to access high-quality information efficiently.
Investors
- Lightspeed Venture Partners
- Nvidia
- Y Combinator
- Haystack Management Company
Competitors Overview
The main competitors of Exa in the business-grade search and crawling solutions market include:
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Crawlbase: A flexible web crawler tool that offers various pricing options and data access capabilities. It is known for its robust infrastructure that supports large-scale data extraction.
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Other Considerations
Trusted by major companies like Notion and Flatfile; SOC2 certified for data security; Offers zero data retention for privacy compliance; High-volume search tiers available
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