Who Got All the Money When AI Searches for You? Explained in 5 Minutes Also Surged Sixtyfold in Downloads Over Two Years: Self-Built Web Index Exa Valued at $2.2 Billion; Handed-Off Tavily Gets Acquired, SEC Filing Lists $189 Million Deal, Not the Reported "Up to $400 Million";
Who profits when AI searches? Exa valued $2.2B, Tavily sold for $189M
A five-minute explainer says Exa, with its own web index, hit a $2.2B valuation after 60x download growth; Tavily's SEC filing lists a $189M acquisition, not the reported “up to $400M.”