Exa is a company focused on developing a perfect search engine that transcends the capabilities of traditional search engines like Google and Bing, which rely heavily on keyword matching and have not significantly evolved in recent years. Unlike these existing engines, Exa aims to create a search platform that can understand complex queries and deliver results with a depth akin to that of large language models (LLMs). The company envisions a search engine that can comprehensively access and organize the web's vast information, allowing users to conduct intricate searches by idea, people, multimodal content, and more, with precise control and an unbiased understanding. Exa's approach involves using novel neural methods instead of traditional keyword-based algorithms, which they believe will eventually surpass existing search technologies. The initiative is driven by the belief that a perfect search engine is essential for improving information consumption and comprehension in a rapidly evolving world, and Exa is uniquely positioned with the right incentives, technological innovation, and determination to build such an infrastructure.