Neural search API — feed agents better-than-Google links.
Exa is the search API agent builders prefer for high-quality results. Powers many startups' research stack.
Best for
Recommended workflow
Step 1
API call
Step 2
Hand results to LLM
Step 3
Synthesise
Perplexity
The answer engine — where AI-first searchers actually research.
You.com
Multi-agent research engine — runs many models per query.
Turns your documents, PDFs, videos, websites, and notes into a personalized AI expert.
Pinecone
The vector database most companies use to power AI search and RAG.