Exa AI Research Blog

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Exa AI Research Blog

TL;DR

  • Exa Fast is the world's fastest search API with a p50 latency below 425ms.
  • It is over 30% faster than competitors that scrape Google.
  • Fast search is crucial for AI systems, including LLM calls, agentic workflows, and low-latency AI products.
  • Exa Fast's speed is attributed to building a search engine from scratch, including crawling, search models, and a vector database.
  • APIs wrapping Google have a minimum p50 latency of 700ms due to their processing method.
  • The future of search requires speed to support autonomous agents and AI interactions informed by real-time knowledge.