Releasesby GlyphIntroducing Exa Agent
Introducing Exa Agent We released a new class of frontier web research agents that are accessible via API. Exa Agent API supports parameters including a natural-language query, effort mode, outputSchema for structured outputs, and input.data to build upon an existing dataset. Read the Exa Agent API guide →
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QueryData adds support for parameterized secure views (PSVs) to help secure applications that use natural...
QueryData adds support for parameterized secure views (PSVs) to help secure applications that use natural language queries. For more information, see Secure and control access to application data . This feature is in Preview .
How to Use Claude Code with OpenRouter
Claude Code now supports routing through OpenRouter, providing budget controls and provider failover for Anthropic models.
How to Use OpenRouter With Any Coding Agent or AI Tool
Any tool using the OpenAI API can now integrate with OpenRouter by updating the base URL and API key.
Subagent: Let Your Model Delegate the Busywork
The new subagent tool allows frontier models to delegate self-contained tasks to smaller, faster worker models during generation.
Draft mode for V8.1 and new feature previews
Hi everyone - a few updates today! Draft mode for V8.1 Each draft mode generation creates 24 images at a lower resolution and quality. Click "Vary" on images you'd like to render at full-quality and full-resolution Draft jobs use half as many fast hours as V8.1 SD jobs (even though they generate 24 images!) Turn on draft mode by clicking the ⚡ button in the...
Redesigned Usage & Billing Page
The Usage & Billing page has been rebuilt to support usage attribution (the Settings "Overview" tab is now "Usage"). Filter by auth method, API key, and login username to attribute consumption to a specific credential or user. Normalized app names and revised charts improve readability and export.
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API Deprecation Notice
API Deprecation Notice We retired a few legacy items from the Exa API: /research endpoint : replaced by /search with type: "deep-reasoning" . resolvedSearchType and highlightScores (response fields) : returned null from April 15, removed May 1. startCrawlDate / endCrawlDate (deprecated request parameters) : silently ignored from April 15.
Introducing Exa Monitors
Introducing Exa Monitors Monitors run Exa searches on a schedule and deliver results to your webhook, deduplicated against previous runs so you only get new content. Track topics over time : competitor news, funding rounds, regulatory changes, research papers. Structured results : return plain text or typed JSON via outputSchema .
Exa Deep Revamp
Exa Deep Revamp Exa Deep is faster, cheaper, and now supports structured outputs with field-level grounding. New deep-reasoning type for higher-effort tasks (12-50s); deep runs in 4-12s. 20% lower price for regular deep search.
Exa Pricing Update
Exa Pricing Update We simplified and lowered pricing. Contents for the first 10 search results are now included for free, and the new pricing applies automatically with no action needed. Search with contents : $7 per 1k requests (10 results, text + highlights included); $1 per 1k additional results. Summaries : $1 per 1k, on both search and contents.
Introducing Exa Instant Search
Introducing Exa Instant Search Exa Instant is our fastest search type, combining improved neural search quality with sub-150ms latency. Enable it with type="instant" . Built for real-time : chat apps, voice AI, coding agents, autocomplete, and live suggestions. State-of-the-art quality at the lowest latency we offer.
Highlights, content freshness, and MCP updates
Highlights, content freshness, and MCP updates Three improvements to content extraction and access: maxCharacters for highlights : now the preferred way to control highlight length. numSentences and highlightsPerUrl are deprecated.
Introducing Exa Company Search
Introducing Exa Company Search Company search now uses a fine-tuned retrieval model and entity-matching pipeline. Use type="auto" , category="company" . Accurate across attributes : industry, geography, funding stage, and employee count. Structured entity data : results return typed company info (workforce, HQ, financials, web traffic).
Introducing Exa People Search
Introducing Exa People Search People search now spans 1B+ public profiles via a hybrid retrieval system. The linkedin category is replaced by the new people category. Broader coverage : profiles across the whole web, not just LinkedIn. Better accuracy : fine-tuned embeddings for role, skill, and company queries.