
Exa, an AI lab, has raised $17 million in a Series A funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Nvidia and Y Combinator. The funding will be used to scale Exa's API product, which is the first search engine built to power large language models (LLMs). Exa aims to create a search engine specifically designed for AI, offering a powerful and precise tool to retrieve thousands of results with the best information. This funding round marks a significant milestone for Exa as it continues to innovate in the field of AI-powered search. Additionally, Exa has raised a total of $22 million to build this search engine, positioning itself as a potential competitor to Google in the AI-powered search domain.
Congratulations to @pioneer_fund company @ExaAILabs on their $17M Series A led by @lightspeedvp and @nvidia. They are building the search engine *for* AIs. In the future, most search will actually be done by AI rather than by humans. We invested in their seed round (back…
Announcing our Series A, led by @lightspeedvp, with participation from @nvidia and @ycombinator! 🚀 Exa is an AI lab redesigning search. Funding will help scale our API product, the first search engine built to power LLMs. Today, we’re also launching big product updates: 🧵 https://t.co/liPSc9uyTM
Congrats to the @ExaAILabs team on the $17M Series A! AI needs a search engine powerful and precise enough to retrieve thousands of results with the best information. That’s where Exa (YC S21) comes in—it's the first search engine built for AI. https://t.co/0ycFRqtp3i
