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TaglineAI research assistant for academic literature.AI features baked into the design tool you already use.AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.
CategoryResearchDesignResearchCoding
PricingFree + $12-$42/moIncluded with Figma plansFree + $20/mo ProFree + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo Business
Best forGrad students, researchers, anyone doing literature reviews.Designers already on Figma.Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.
Strengths
  • Searches 125M+ papers
  • Extracts + synthesizes findings across papers
  • Systematic review workflow
  • First drafts with Make Designs
  • Rename/rearrange layers automatically
  • Natural language asset search
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Tab completion feels like mind-reading
  • Composer for multi-file edits
  • Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
Weaknesses
  • Academic-only
  • Can hallucinate citations — verify everything
  • Features vary by plan + region
  • Still rolling out
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Can feel overwhelming for non-coders
  • Expensive at scale
Kai's verdictS-tier for academic research. Nothing else comes close for systematic reviews.A-tier. No reason not to use it if you're on Figma. Not worth switching for.S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.
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