The world's data for AI agents
exa.ai DiscordAI Models & Agents / AI Search & Answer Engines
- Monthly visits
- 909.8K
- Down2.3%MoMSep 2026
- Entry price
- Usage-based
- No monthly subscription pricing
- Launched
- 21mo ago
- 2025-02-25 · Est.
Traffic & revenue
- Oct 2026$8.3MSelf-reported >$100M/yr · monthly equiv.
Revenue evidence
Publicly disclosed & verified revenue figures, sorted by date“Exa just passed $100m in annualized revenue.”
Marketing moves
Launches, search & content, referrals, promotionsLaunched on Product HuntLaunch
Web search on a schedule that calls your agent, $2/1k runs
Nov 7 · 7d agoLaunch page
Exa AI launched on Product HuntLaunch
Smarter search that gives AI agent richer data at lower cost
Oct 20 · 25d agoSource
At the time: 909.8K visits/mo14 concurrent movesExa AI launched on Product HuntLaunch
Find and enrich a perfect list of results.
Apr 29, 2025 · 19mo agoSource
Exa AI launched on Show HN (28 pts · 4 comments)Launch
Exa (YC S21) – embeddings search agent with >20x recall than Google — Hey HN! I'm Will, founder of Exa (YC21 - ). Today we're opening up Websets, a search engine that finds massive lists of correct results gi…
Feb 25, 2025 · 21mo agoSource
Third-party reviews & case dossiers
Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics- What engineers like:
- Simple API to issue search queries to LLMs from code: exa.search(“query here”). Can auto-suggest prompt changes to optimize searches e.g. keyword searches don’t work well with LLMs. Avoids the need for prompt chaining. Has specialist indexes for things like companies, GitHub repos, papers, blogs, jobs.
- Trade-offs & limitations:
- SDKs limited to Python, Go, Node.
- Best suited for:
- Developers using LLMs
- Post excerpt:
- Hey HN! I'm Will, founder of Exa (YC21 - https://exa.ai ). Today we're opening up Websets, a search engine that finds massive lists of correct results given complex queries. For example, you can search for: - “software engineers in the Bay Area, with experience in startups and big tech, who know Rust and have published technical content”: https://websets.exa
MCP Server & Agent Ecosystem
- Ecosystem & integrations:
- ClaudeChatGPTHubSpotCursorOpenRouterMonday.comJinkoFinancial DatasetsAffiliate.comParticle
- Exposed tool capabilities:
- Web SearchDeep ResearchPeople SearchCoding agentsChatbotsNews monitoring
Traffic sources
Traffic breakdown
Channels
- Direct52%
- Organic Search27%
- AI Assistants9%
- Referrals6%
- Other7%
Countries
- United States45%
- India7%
- China6%
- South Korea3%
- Vietnam3%
Search
Domain authority —Domain registered 2017-12-16
| Keyword | Monthly volume |
|---|---|
| exa | 99.9K |
| exa ai | 22.4K |
| exa search | 6,480 |
| exa api | 5,030 |
| exa mcp | 4,440 |
Traffic data: Vaneform
Pricing
Trial: None · Enterprise custom tier · Observed 2026-11-05 · Pricing page
Pages & changes
Key pages
Weekly snapshots- Homeexa.ai/
- Pricingexa.ai/pricing Snapshot 2026-11-05
- Featuresexa.ai/products/search Snapshot 2026-11-05
Changes
Design
Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring centered headline + cta layout and interactive hero demo / tool visuals.
First-screen preview · click to zoom
First-screen pitch & conversion flow
“The world's data for AI agents”
Centered Headline + CTA hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and no explicit trust bar.
Conversion path: Centered Headline + CTA + Interactive Hero Demo / Tool → Start Free / Sign Up
- Category Positioning Anchor
- Centered Prompt / Input
- Interactive Hero Tool
Palette · click to copy
- Typography
- 8.0
- Color & Contrast
- 7.0
- Layout & Spacing
- 8.0
- Craft & Polish
- 7.0
- Distinctiveness
- 6.0
Structure
- Fonts
- Arizona / ABCDiatype
- Hero layout
- Centered Headline + CTA
- Primary visual
- Interactive Hero Demo / Tool
- Conversion CTA
- Start Free / Sign Up
- Social proof
- No Explicit Trust Bar
- Navigation
- Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density
- Light · Airy
- Corners & depth
- Small Radius · With shadow
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Minimal Monochrome (with Editorial)
Monochrome palette with a single accent color, hairline dividers, and generous whitespace.
## Design Tokens
```css
:root {
--background: #ffffff;
--surface: #f2f1f0;
--foreground: #141923;
--muted-foreground: #74777c;
--accent: #0047d6;
--radius: 4px;
--font-heading: "Arizona", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
--font-body: "ABCDiatype", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
}
```
Color area ratio: Background #FFFFFF (~82%) · Surface #F2F1F0 (~10%) · Text #141923 (~4%) · Muted Text #74777C (~2%) · Accent #0047D6 (~2%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.
## Layout & Conversion Structure
- Hero layout: Centered Headline + CTA
- Navigation: Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density: Light · Airy
- Border radius & elevation: Small Radius; use elevation shadows to separate layers
- Primary visual medium: Interactive Hero Demo / Tool
- Conversion CTA: Start Free / Sign Up
- Headline hook: Category Positioning Anchor
- Hero components: Centered Prompt / Input, Interactive Hero Tool
- Spatial layout notes: Centered Headline + CTA hero structure paired with start free / sign up CTA and no explicit trust bar.
- Visual summary: Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring centered headline + cta layout and interactive hero demo / tool visuals.
## Avoid
- Multi-stop neon gradients
- Heavy drop shadows
- More than one competing accent color
Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.
Questions & evidence
- How much does Exa AI cost?
- Starter: Unknown; Developer: Unknown; Enterprise: Contact sales. Observed 2026-11-05. Check the source for current billing terms, usage limits and taxes.Source
- How much website traffic does Exa AI get?
- Vaneform estimates 909.8K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate does not measure paying customers or revenue.Source
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