Exa AI Research Blog
Discover the latest in AI research and semantic search technology on the Exa blog. Learn how our neural network search engine provides high-quality web data for AI applications
TL;DR
- Exa Instant is introduced as the world's fastest web search engine, operating under 200ms.
- It is significantly faster than Google search and other tested providers, with speeds up to 15x quicker.
- The speed is particularly valuable for real-time AI chat and voice applications where low latency is critical.
- Exa Instant maintains quality standards, with faster and deeper search options available.
- Most search APIs are slower due to wrapping Google Search, resulting in minimum 700ms latency.
- AI agents require near-instantaneous search to avoid becoming bottlenecks in their workflows.
- Exa powers thousands of companies, and Exa Instant is expected to benefit deep research, coding agents, and low-latency products.
- The development required optimizing every part of Exa's search and retrieval stack to achieve speeds under 200ms over tens of billions of pages.
- The industry is undergoing a transformation driven by the needs of AI, which differ from human search requirements.
- Exa is hiring to further improve search speed.