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Exa Search

Use Exa Search for citation-backed query-first web research, company and people discovery, news, PDFs, research papers, personal sites, financial reports, concise highlights, summaries, and deep synthesized search. If you already have URLs, use Exa Contents instead.

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Overview

Exa Search finds relevant web sources from a query and can return ranked results with highlights, summaries, extracted text, subpages, or deep synthesis. Use it when you need to discover sources first; use Exa Contents when you already have the URLs.

Use cases

  • Find recent articles, PDFs, or research papers for a market brief.
  • Discover competitor pages, company profiles, or founder sites.
  • Run a deep search when you need a short synthesis plus citations.

Input tips

  • Start with a specific query that names the market, audience, or evidence you need.
  • Use categories, domains, date filters, or location when the source set should be narrow.
  • Request summaries, highlights, or bounded text only when you need content excerpts.
  • Use deep search options when you need synthesis, not just ranked results.
  • Use Exa Contents instead when you already know the target URLs.

Expected output

The AI Tool returns ranked results with URLs, titles, dates, source metadata, highlights, summaries, optional text, subpages, extras, and optional deep synthesis with citations.

Caveats

  • Search rankings and source availability can change over time.
  • Extracted text, highlights, and summaries may be partial.
  • Deep search modes can take longer than ordinary search.
  • Narrow filters may hide useful sources.

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