People
Search 320M people profiles, each combining every source we hold about a person: roles, employers, education, publications and recent activity.
See a full example: Will Bryk →
What's in the dataset
Headline
Current title, location and network size.
Experience
Current and past roles, with dates, department and seniority.
Employers
A short profile of each employer, such as industry, size and headquarters.
Education
Schools, degrees and dates.
Publications
Papers the person has authored.
Recent activity
Recent professional posts, public-sector activity and news mentions.
Search by what matters
Describe the people you need in plain language, like their role, employer or location. To keep results to people pages, add includeDomains: ["exa.ai/library/person"].
Read the docs →# Same endpoint and API key as web search
curl https://api.exa.ai/search \
-H "x-api-key: $EXA_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"query": "senior ML engineers in Seattle with PyTorch experience",
"includeDomains": ["exa.ai/library/person"],
"contents": { "text": true }
}'What teams build with it
Recruiting and sourcing
Find candidates by role, employer history and location in one search.
Account research
Look up the people at an account, with their current roles and past employers.
Expert discovery
Find researchers and practitioners through the papers they've written.
Searchable alongside the general web index
People profiles live in the same index as the open web. There's no separate API or integration: use the same /search endpoint and API key you already use.
Query people on their own, or mix them with web results in a single call.
Common questions
How many people profiles does Exa have?
About 320M.
What's in a people profile?
Current title and location, current and past roles, employers, education, publications and recent activity such as professional posts and news mentions.
Is there a people search API?
Yes. People profiles are searchable through the same Exa /search endpoint and API key you use for web search, so there's no separate API to set up.
How do I search only people profiles?
Pass includeDomains: ["exa.ai/library/person"] to the /search endpoint.
Start searching people
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