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Sarah Wang

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
176 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

I want to pose this thought to you that I'm sure you've heard before, but given the fact that model intelligence is getting better, it can almost make up for or do some of the heavy lifting in this user signal that Google has collected over 20 years for PageRank, etc.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

It can actually help get over that hump and do a pretty good job.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

And so my question to you, I guess, in that is, how do you think about this trade-off of compute, latency, cost, right?

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

There's all these trade-offs that have to happen in terms of what you're actually using to, and, you know, to your point, you said it's like a big optimization exercise.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

Like, how do you think about what to optimize?

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

And I know you have different products, right?

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

And so maybe your answer is like, well, depends on the product offering we're doing, but bring that into it as well.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

Oh, interesting.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

Yeah, please.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

Yeah, you know, it's interesting.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

When we were doing our diligence in the space, which, you know, has taken place over the last few years now, some people came to us with the opinion that search is just getting commoditized.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

And I think we look at that and, you know, if you go out there

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

and search for information we know is out there public, et cetera, you can't find the answers to everything still.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

So the fact that it's commoditized, you know, you'd have to kind of divide up, oh, what type of search is commoditized?

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

So maybe I'll ask you that question.

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

And then what is the type of search that's still really hard?

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

And what is the key to unlocking that?

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

Is it...

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

data partnerships?

The a16z Show
Building Search for AI Agents with Exa CEO Will Bryk

Is it a technical breakthrough?