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