Exa(@ExaAILabs):We sat down with ⁨@3blue1brown to discuss our research vision of "Attention over all the world's information." Plus why knowledge should not live in model weights, the compression trick behind cheaper retrieval, and why we hire through work trials. 1:20 – What is “attention over everything”? 4:46 – A knowledge graph of the whole web 11:32 – How do you evaluate search for AI agents? 15:13 – Why not put everything in the weights? 22:55 – Why Exa hires through work trials 25:15 – The compression trick behind cheaper retrieval 27:40

2026.10.09 16:35

We sat down with ⁨@3blue1brown to discuss our research vision of "Attention over all the world's information." Plus why knowledge should not live in model weights, the compression trick behind cheaper retrieval, and why we hire through work trials. 1:20 – What is “attention over everything”? 4:46 – A knowledge graph of the whole web 11:32 – How do you evaluate search for AI agents? 15:13 – Why not put everything in the weights? 22:55 – Why Exa hires through work trials 25:15 – The compression trick behind cheaper retrieval 27:40 – Dealing with misinformation