Search engine designed for AI — meaning-based web search optimized for AI agents and applications.
Exa is a meaning-based web search API designed specifically for AI applications and agents, returning semantically relevant results rather than keyword matches. Used by AI-agent builders and RAG application developers. Raised an $85M Series B led by Benchmark in September 2025 at a $700M valuation; revenue grew ~10x year-over-year to ~$10M ARR.
AI📍 San Francisco, USAFounded 2021
Current Valuation
$700M
as of 2025-Q3
PRIVATE
QL Price
$801.44M
+15% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Exa, published 2026-10-07 — above the last disclosed round of $700M (2025-Q3).
Confidence
medium
Basis
blended
What backs this price
Last disclosed round
$700M
2025-Q3
weight 0.49
Secondary market print
$1.1B
2026-06-27
weight 0.54
Public-company comparables
$96M
2025-Q3
weight 0.16
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Exa since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-07 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
Which publicly-traded funds already hold it, what $10,000 buys, and whether any route is open to you.
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IPO Outlookprivate
Is Exa going public?
No. Exa is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Exa's valuation in 2026?
Exa is valued at $700M as of 2025-Q3, set by its Series B ($85M, Sep 2025). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Exa filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Exa.
Who are Exa's investors?
Exa's investors include Benchmark, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Nvidia.
How much has Exa raised?
Exa has raised $100M in total, most recently a Series B of $85M in Sep 2025.
Is Exa publicly traded — can you buy Exa stock?
No. Exa is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Exa on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Company Profile
CEO
Will Bryk
Founded
2021
HQ
San Francisco, USA
Employees
~30
Total Raised
$100M
Est. Revenue
$10M (2025-Q3)
Growth
~1010% YoY
Last Round
Series B — $85M (Sep 2025) · Lead: Benchmark
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
Series B · $85M · 1y 1mo ago
privateTotal raised $100M
Secondary Market
Implied price / share
$57.9
Last round price / share
$36.73
vs last round
+57.6%
Open interest
7
Last round price vs secondary price
Secondary price return by period
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →
Latest Funding Round
Round
Amount
Date
Lead Investor
Post-Money
Series B
$85M
Sep 2025
Benchmark
—
Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML
Open models
0
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
33
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Exa AI" as of 2026-10-04. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▶ Hiring steady
+8% vs 2026-08
Open roles
54
via ashby
Product-build share
48%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
product-led hiring — 48% of open roles build product; the rest are go-to-market and G&A.
Counted from Exa's live job board as of 2026-09-16; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Will BrykJeff Wang
Investors
Benchmark · Lightspeed Venture Partners · Y Combinator · Nvidia
Products
Exa Search API
Exa Websets
Exa Crawl
Competitors
Perplexity API · Tavily · Brave Search API · You.com
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2025-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.