Exa

$335M raised across 2 rounds tracked here. Latest: Series C, $250M on 24 May 2026.

Total raised
$335M
Valuation
$2.2B
post-money, Series C, 24 May 2026
Rounds
2

Latest round Series CCountry United StatesSector AI

Rounds 2

$250MSeries C, 24 May 2026

Exa raised $250 million in a Series C round to scale its AI search infrastructure.

Amount
$250M
Stage
Series C
Announced
24 May 2026
Lead
Andreessen Horowitz
Other investors
Benchmark, Lightspeed, YC
Use of funds
Train its next generation of models and expand infrastructure for handling hundreds of thousands of searches per second.
Valuation
$2.2B
Checked
Amount and date checked against the press source
Source
Exa Raises $250 Million In Series C Funding For AI Search Infrastructure In Series C Round - Pulse 2.0 Pulse 2.0

$85MSeries B, 3 September 2025

Funds scale indexing infrastructure and GPU cluster and grow engineering and go-to-market teams.

Amount
$85M
Stage
Series B
Announced
3 September 2025
Lead
Benchmark
Other investors
Lightspeed Venture Partners, NVentures (NVIDIA), Y Combinator
Use of funds
Funds scale indexing infrastructure and GPU cluster and grow engineering and go-to-market teams.
Checked
Amount and date matched across 3 press sources
Sources
The next Perplexity? Exa raises $85M at $700M valuation to build the ‘search engine for AI’ - Tech Funding New siliconangle.com
The next Perplexity? Exa raises $85M at $700M valuation to build the ‘search engine for AI’ - Tech Funding New Tech Funding New
The next Perplexity? Exa raises $85M at $700M valuation to build the ‘search engine for AI’ - Tech Funding New alleywatch.com
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Company

Builds AI-powered search infrastructure for applications and developers

Based in
San Francisco, United States
Sector
AI
Website
exa.ai ↗

Founder

Links

Website
exa.ai ↗
LinkedIn
Will Bryk ↗

Questions

What is Exa's valuation?

Exa was valued at $2.2B post-money when it raised $250M in its Series C round on 24 May 2026, according to the announcement.

How much has Exa raised?

Exa has raised $335M across 2 rounds tracked by FundraiseBase. The latest is Series C of $250M, announced on 24 May 2026.

Who invested in Exa?

Andreessen Horowitz and Benchmark led. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark, Lightspeed, YC, Lightspeed Venture Partners and NVentures (NVIDIA).