There are many types of content, and we’re constantly discovering new things to search for as well. If there’s anything you want to be more highly covered, just reach out to hello@exa.ai. See the following table for a high level overview of what is available in our index:
These prompt links are simplified examples. For current integration guidance, prefer the Search API Guide.
| Category | Availability in Exa Index | Description | Example prompt link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research papers | Very High | Offer semantic search over a very vast index of papers, enabling sophisticated, multi-layer and complex filtering for use cases | If you’re looking for the most helpful academic paper on “embeddings for document retrieval”, check this out (pdf: |
| Personal pages | Very High | Excels at finding personal pages, which are often extremely hard or impossible to find on traditional search engines | Here is a link to the best life coach for when you’re unhappy at work: |
| Wikipedia | Very High | Covers all of Wikipedia, providing comprehensive access to this vast knowledge base via semantic search | Here is a Wikipedia page about a Roman emperor: |
| News | Very High | Includes a wide, robust index of web news sources, providing coverage of current events | Here is news about war in the Middle East: |
| People (LinkedIn profiles) | Very High (US+EU) | Use category="people" to search for individual profiles. Has improved quality for finding LinkedIn profiles of individuals. | best theoretical computer scientist at uc berkeley |
| Companies (LinkedIn company pages) | Very High | Use category="company" to search for company pages. Has improved quality for finding LinkedIn company pages. | AI startups in San Francisco |
| Company home-pages | Very High | Wide index of companies covered; also available are curated, customized company datasets - reach out to learn more | Here is the homepage of a company working on making space travel cheaper: |
| Financial Reports | Very High | Includes SEC 10k financial reports and information from other finance sources like Yahoo Finance. | Here is a source on Apple’s revenue growth rate over the past years: |
| GitHub repos | High | Indexes open source code, which the Exa team use frequently | Here’s a GitHub repo if you want to convert OpenAPI specs to Rust code: |
| Blogs | High | Excels at finding high quality reading material, particularly useful for niche topics | If you’re a huge fan of Japandi decor, you’d love this blog: |
| Places and things | High | Covers a wide range of entities including hospitals, schools, restaurants, appliances, and electronics | Here is a high-rated Italian restaurant in downtown Chicago: |
| Legal and policy sources | High | Strong coverage of legal and policy information, including sources like CPUC, Justia, and FindLaw | Here is a common law case in california on marital property rights: |
| Government and international organization sources | High | Includes content from sources like the IMF and CDC amongst others | Here is a recent World Health Organization site on global vaccination rates: |
| Events | Moderate | Reasonable coverage of events in major municipalities, suggesting room for improvement | Here is an AI hackathon in SF: |
| Jobs | Moderate | Can find some job listings | If you’re looking for a software engineering job at a small startup working on an important mission, check out |