Exa added 211 million places to its search index. AI agents can now search restaurants, museums, parks, shops and local businesses worldwide. Results include structured data such as opening hours, ratings and phone numbers. Exa Places is available today across all endpoints at no extra cost. It covers categories like hotels, retailers, healthcare providers and cultural attractions. Queries can filter by location, hours, reviews and business type. Exa Fast scored 0.800 F1 on a 400-query benchmark against Perplexity and Parallel. It outperformed Perplexity by 51% and Parallel by 140%. The feature is live in the search API for all users.
What changed
Exa's index did not include structured place data for businesses and points of interest.
What it unlocks
AI agents can now retrieve structured business data like hours, ratings, and contact details in a single search call.
- 211M places
- 0.800 F1 score
- 51% higher F1 than Perplexity Search
- 140% higher F1 than Parallel Advanced
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