diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/exa-py/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/exa-py/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0dbe5c755d83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/exa-py/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildPythonPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+
+  # build
+  poetry-core,
+
+  # deps
+  httpcore,
+  httpx,
+  openai,
+  pydantic,
+  python-dotenv,
+  requests,
+  typing-extensions,
+
+  # tests
+  pytest-asyncio,
+  pytest-cov-stub,
+  pytest-mock,
+  pytestCheckHook,
+
+  # passthru
+  unstableGitUpdater,
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage (finalAttrs: {
+  pname = "exa-py";
+  version = "2.12.0-unstable-2026-04-15";
+  pyproject = true;
+  __structuredAttrs = true;
+
+  # pypi doesn't include tests but there aren't any upstream git tags
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "exa-labs";
+    repo = "exa-py";
+    rev = "af7f88999763f1cb7e3c4a67f4aa24cef5f6eb11";
+    hash = "sha256-7rLEvjngSRObFdT1DcrZfqWBCsvWVxdNIgxBNhNNk+4=";
+  };
+
+  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-asyncio/issues/658
+  # default behaviour changes with new python version.
+  # planning on trying to vendor upstream
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace tests/unit/test_search_monitors.py --replace-fail \
+      'get_event_loop().run_until_complete' 'run'
+  '';
+
+  build-system = [
+    poetry-core
+  ];
+
+  dependencies = [
+    httpcore
+    httpx
+    openai
+    pydantic
+    python-dotenv
+    requests
+    typing-extensions
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "exa_py"
+  ];
+
+  nativeCheckInputs = [
+    pytest-asyncio
+    pytest-cov-stub
+    pytest-mock
+    pytestCheckHook
+  ];
+
+  pytestFlags = [ "tests/" ];
+
+  passthru.updateScript = unstableGitUpdater { };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Official Python SDK for Exa, the web search API for AI";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/exa-labs/exa-py/";
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ ethancedwards8 ];
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index b5873e2d0343..281fecf40bab 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -5190,6 +5190,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   ewmhlib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/ewmhlib { };
 
+  exa-py = callPackage ../development/python-modules/exa-py { };
+
   example-robot-data = callPackage ../development/python-modules/example-robot-data {
     inherit (pkgs) example-robot-data;
   };