In this podcast, Will Bryk, CEO of Exa.ai, shares insights into his company's groundbreaking search technology. He discusses Exa.ai's journey and their innovative link prediction model, which anticipates the next link in a text sequence—similar to how transformer models predict the next token. Currently, Exa.ai is developing a search engine designed to provide nearly flawless results using flexible computing budgets. Bryk distinguishes Exa.ai from competitors like Perplexity and SearchGPT by emphasizing its commitment to building a search engine from the ground up instead of depending on existing APIs. Listeners will learn about the technical hurdles involved in creating a web-scale search engine and the significant potential Exa.ai holds for industries like venture capital and research, as well as its role in shaping the future of search through LLM-driven interfaces.
