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TaglineAI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.AI research assistant for academic literature.Meeting notes, free forever for individuals.The fastest AI inference in the world. Crazy low latency.
CategoryResearchResearchMeetingsDev Platform
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree + $12-$42/moFree for individuals + $15-$29/user/mo teamsFree tier + pay-as-you-go API
Best forReplacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Grad students, researchers, anyone doing literature reviews.Solo operators, freelancers, small teams on a budget.Developers who need sub-100ms LLM responses.
Strengths
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Searches 125M+ papers
  • Extracts + synthesizes findings across papers
  • Systematic review workflow
  • Unlimited free tier for solo use
  • Strong summaries + action items
  • Works in Zoom, Meet, Teams
  • 500+ tokens/sec on Llama/Mixtral — feels instant
  • Custom LPU hardware
  • Great free tier
Weaknesses
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Academic-only
  • Can hallucinate citations — verify everything
  • Bot-joining model
  • Team features gated
  • Open-weight models only (no Claude/GPT)
  • Less flexibility on custom configs
Kai's verdictS-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.S-tier for academic research. Nothing else comes close for systematic reviews.S-tier for solo + free. The best free option, hands down.S-tier for speed. When latency is the product, start here.
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