Exa, an AI research lab redesigning search for the AI age, has announced US$22 million in Seed and Series A funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from NVentures, NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, and Y Combinator. This investment will accelerate Exa’s mission to build the search engine for AI.

Latham & Watkins LLP represented Exa in the funding round with an Emerging Companies & Growth team led by New York partner Eli Curi, with associates Mikhail Bushinski and Tess Winston.