Exa 3.0 Launches with Top Benchmark Scores and New Lite Tier
·2026.10.19 09:00
Key point
The update introduces Exa Lite at $4 per 1,000 requests and Dynamic Highlights that use 95% fewer tokens than full page text.
Details
- Exa 3.0 is the largest improvement to search quality released by Exa, ranking first on all eight benchmarks tested, including 91.8% on BrowseComp and 88.2% on DSQA.
- Exa Lite is a new search type priced at $4 per 1,000 requests, offering strong quality at a lower cost than Exa Auto, which is priced at $7 per 1,000 requests.
- Dynamic Highlights is now generally available at no additional charge, using 95% fewer tokens than full page text while improving answer quality.
- The index has expanded to include 1.27 billion ecommerce listings, 211 million local businesses, and real-time data for news, sports, weather, and markets.
Technical Improvements
- A larger embedding model trained with more compute and data than previous versions.
- Dynamic Highlights selects tokens across all results to cut repeated information and improve efficiency.
- The retrieval stack improvements benefit every search type, including candidate generation, highlights, and ranking.
Availability and Data
- Exa 3.0 is available today via the API, including the new Lite tier and expanded index.
- The index tracks over 2 trillion URLs and serves 100 billion pages.
- New data sources include flights, local events, transit, and podcasts alongside existing coverage of people, companies, and code.
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