Exa

Private

San Francisco web search API and infrastructure purpose-built for AI agents and LLMs (neural search, semantic indexing). Customers include Cursor, Cognition, HubSpot, OpenRouter, and Monday.com. 5,000+ customers and a 3x valuation step-up to $2.2B on the May 2026 Series C.

Founders Will Bryk, Jeff Wang

CEO Will Bryk

Company

Founded

2021

Headquarters

San Francisco, United States

Financials

Total Funding

$357M

Last Valuation

$2.2B

Sectors

Artificial Intelligence Developer Tools Data & Analytics Enterprise Software

exa.ai

Funding History

4 rounds

Series C May 20, 2026

$250M

Valuation: $2.2B

Andreessen Horowitz (Lead) Lightspeed Venture Partners Benchmark

Series B Sep 15, 2025

$85M

Valuation: $700M

Benchmark (Lead)

Series A Jul 15, 2024

$17M

Lightspeed Venture Partners (Lead) NVentures (NVIDIA) Y Combinator

Seed Jun 15, 2023

$5M

Y Combinator (Lead)

Funding data is compiled from multiple independent sources including company announcements, press coverage, and regulatory filings. While we strive for accuracy, amounts and dates may reflect reported figures at time of announcement.