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TaglineAI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.Meeting notes, free forever for individuals.VS Code fork that made AI coding actually work.The fastest AI inference in the world. Crazy low latency.
CategoryResearchMeetingsCodingDev Platform
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree for individuals + $15-$29/user/mo teamsFree + $20/mo Pro + $40/mo BusinessFree tier + pay-as-you-go API
Best forReplacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Solo operators, freelancers, small teams on a budget.Developers. Non-developers who want to ship working code.Developers who need sub-100ms LLM responses.
Strengths
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Unlimited free tier for solo use
  • Strong summaries + action items
  • Works in Zoom, Meet, Teams
  • Tab completion feels like mind-reading
  • Composer for multi-file edits
  • Runs Claude, GPT, Gemini — you pick
  • 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
  • Bot-joining model
  • Team features gated
  • Can feel overwhelming for non-coders
  • Expensive at scale
  • 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 solo + free. The best free option, hands down.S-tier for coding. If you write code of any kind, this pays back the $20 in a day.S-tier for speed. When latency is the product, start here.
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