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Snapshot 2026-10-25- Startup SignalsTop 25%↓6
- AI Agents#4of 46
- Search#3of 12
About
Exa, founded in 2021 in San Francisco, USA, builds search engine tools for AI platforms, with an API that uses embeddings to find the highest-quality content on the web.
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Founders / team· 1
Funding history
- 2026-05Series C$250M
Investors · Andreessen HorowitzSource · SVTR Weekly #158 ↗
- 2025-09Series B$85M
Investors · BenchmarkSource · SVTR Weekly #121
- 2024-07Series A$17M
Investors · NVentures, Y CombinatorSource · SVTR Weekly #062
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Series C · $361M · 2026-05
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Seed · $19M · 2025-09
$19M
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BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDateConfirmed rounds only. Matched on subsector, sector, stage and funding scale — each verifiable on the company profiles.
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Nexus Venture Partners
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4 AI Agents deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 3 in Silicon Valley
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4 AI Agents deals in the last 24 months · 2 at a nearby stage · 4 in Silicon Valley
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