Introducing Exa 3.0

The largest improvement to Exa's search quality that we've ever released.

Introducing Exa 3.0

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Results from Artificial Analysis' search API benchmark & leaderboard

Today we introduce Exa 3.0, the largest improvement to search quality that we've ever released.

It ranks first on every benchmark we tested, from public evaluations to coding, finance, and go-to-market intelligence.

We also introduce a new, cost-efficient search type: Exa Lite

Read the announcement
https://exa.ai/blog/exa-3?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exa_3_launch&utm_content=hero_announcement

Introducing Exa Lite

Our newest and most cost-efficient search. Built for high-volume, low-latency workloads. At $4 per 1,000 requests.

Try Exa Lite
https://dashboard.exa.ai/playground/search?q=dentist%20in%20Austin%20TX%20open%20Saturday&filters=%7B%22highlights%22%3Atrue%2C%22numResults%22%3A10%2C%22type%22%3A%22lite%22%7D&utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exa_3_launch&utm_content=lite_feature

New updates to our web index

We've expanded our web index to now include 1.27B ecommerce listings, 211M+ local businesses, real-time news, sports, flights, and so much more.

Learn about our Index
https://exa.ai/library?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exa_3_launch&utm_content=index_feature

New Highlights model

Exa saves you up to 95% of tokens on web search tasks by dynamically selecting which parts of a page to extract, vs. full page text.

Learn about Highlights
https://exa.ai/blog/dynamic-highlights?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exa_3_launch&utm_content=highlights_feature

LIVE SESSION

Exa 3.0 Live Q&A

Join Exa's Head of Product and Head of R&D for a live walkthrough of what's new in Exa 3.0.

Date: Wednesday, October 21st
Time: 1:00pm PT / 4:00pm ET

Register now
https://exa.ai/webinars/exa3.0-live?utm_source=customerio&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=exa_3_launch&utm_content=live_qa_registration

Run your queries on Exa 3.0

Exa 3.0, Exa Lite, upgraded highlights, and our expanded index are available today through the API.

Cheers,
The Exa Team

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