Exa 3.0 - Smarter search that gives AI agent richer data at lower cost
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Exa 3.0 is the biggest search quality update to Exa’s search API for AI agents. It adds a larger embedding model, billions of new documents including 1.27B ecommerce listings and 211M+ local businesses, and Dynamic Highlights, which use 95% fewer tokens than full page text. A new Exa Lite tier costs $4 per 1,000 requests, and Exa Auto costs $7. Available now through the API.
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Exa 3.0 is a major upgrade to Exa’s search API, built for AI assistants and search-intensive applications. It solves the challenge of getting high-quality, current web data without excessive cost or token usage.
What stands out:
Top-ranked retrieval across coding, finance, deep research, company intelligence, and public benchmarks.
Dynamic Highlights reduces token usage by 95% versus full-page text while improving answer quality—at no extra charge.
Expanded independent index with 2T+ URLs tracked and 100B pages served, adding ecommerce listings, local businesses, news, sports, weather, flights, events, transit, and podcasts.
Exa Lite, a cost-sensitive search option at $4 per 1,000 requests, alongside Exa Auto at $7 per 1,000 requests.
It’s especially useful for teams building personal AI assistants, research tools, coding agents, and go-to-market or company-intelligence products.
If you’re building an AI product that needs reliable web search, this is worth exploring.
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Congrats on Exa 3.0! I’m a big fan of Exa. It helps me solve problems every day and has become a regular part of my workflow. Dynamic Highlights looks particularly useful, and I’m excited to try it out. Thanks for building something I get so much value from!