Four disclosed totals add to at least $1.908B; Brave remains unresolved
Across the five providers used in the earlier comparison, current public figures were found for Keenable, Exa, Tavily and Perplexity AI. Perplexity contributes about 79% of the known subtotal; no sufficiently defensible current cumulative funding figure was found for Brave Software.
What the subtotal says
Perplexity dominates the disclosed capital. Its reported $1.5B raised to date is nearly four times Exa’s $357M and represents about 79% of the known subtotal. businessinsider.com
Exa is the clear infrastructure-scale second. A company profile reports $357M across three rounds, including a $250M Series C in May 2026. inforcapital.com
The two smaller disclosed totals are close. Keenable reports $26M in seed funding, while Tavily reports $25M including its Series A. pulse2.com · finsmes.com
This is a cohort subtotal, not a market total. Brave’s current cumulative funding was unresolved, and the broader AI-search market includes additional companies beyond these five.
Supporting detail
| Provider | Funding | Basis | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity AI | $1.5B | Reported raised to date; treated as an approximate cumulative total | businessinsider.com |
| Exa | $357M | Venture capital across three rounds since 2021 | inforcapital.com |
| Keenable | $26M | Seed funding announced at emergence from stealth | pulse2.com |
| Tavily | $25M | Total funding including a $20M Series A | finsmes.com |
| Brave Software | — | No sufficiently defensible current cumulative total resolved | Unresolved |