
2/12/2026 · Exa Labs
What this post added
This post introduces Exa Instant, a new sub-200ms search engine. It details the engineering effort required to achieve this low latency, focusing on optimizing the search and retrieval stack. The post contrasts Exa Instant's performance with Google SERP-based search APIs and highlights its value for AI agents and low-latency products. It also mentions the use of SealQA queries and random word generation to avoid caching during benchmarking.