Exa launched Snapshot. It lets users search the web as it existed on any past date. The feature uses over 400 billion webpage snapshots spanning two decades. It prevents web leakage in agent training by excluding later-published solutions. It also enables backtesting in finance using only information available on a given day. Users set a date via the `snapshotAsOf` parameter in the search and contents APIs. It is currently a research preview. Full details are in the documentation.
What changed
Web search returned only the current state of the web.
What it unlocks
Testing models with the web as it existed on a specific past date.
- 400 billion webpage snapshots
- 2 decades of coverage
What you need to act on it
- research preview access
- API usage
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