Exa Labs

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Location San Francisco, CA
Founded 2021
Latest Stage Series C
Total Raised $250M+
Website https://exa.ai/
Sector
ai search developer-tools enterprise-software infrastructure saas

Investors

Peter Fenton Series B ($85M) (2025)
Andreessen Horowitz series-c (2026)
Benchmark Series B ($85M) (2025)

About

Exa Labs is a San Francisco-based AI search infrastructure company building a search engine purpose-built for AI applications, founded in 2021 123. The platform powers search for Cursor, Cognition, HubSpot, OpenRouter, Monday.com, and 400,000+ developers 12. The $250M Series C announced May 20-21, 2026 was led by Andreessen Horowitz at a $2.2B valuation 123.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-05-20 Series C $250M (at $2.2B val) Andreessen Horowitz — 123

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Sources

  1. Exa Blog, “Exa Raises $250M Series C to Build the Search Engine for AIs,” May 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://exa.ai/blog/announcing-series-c↩↩↩↩

  2. SiliconANGLE, “Exa Labs raises $250M at $2.2B valuation for its AI search tools,” May 20, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/20/exa-labs-raises-250m-2-2b-valuation-ai-search-tools/↩↩↩↩

  3. Bloomberg, “Andreessen-Backed AI Search Startup Exa Valued at $2.2 Billion,” May 20, 2026. Accessed May 2026. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-20/andreessen-backed-ai-search-startup-exa-valued-at-2-2-billion↩↩↩