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TaglineAI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.Run any open-source AI model with an API call.Google's research notebook. Turns your docs into a podcast.Chat with your data. Upload a CSV, ask questions, get charts.
CategoryResearchDev PlatformResearchData
PricingFree + $20/mo ProPay per second of computeFreeFree + $20-$65/mo
Best forReplacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Developers using open-source models (Flux, SDXL, Whisper, etc).Students, researchers, anyone with a stack of PDFs or a topic to learn.Analysts, founders, anyone with a spreadsheet + a question.
Strengths
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Tens of thousands of models (image, video, audio, LLMs)
  • One-line API for any model
  • Cog framework for custom model deploy
  • Upload anything, ask questions, get cited answers
  • Audio Overview turns docs into a 10-min podcast
  • Great for studying
  • Handles complex CSVs + spreadsheets
  • Generates real Python analysis + charts
  • No technical setup
Weaknesses
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Cold starts on less-popular models
  • Pricing gets real at scale
  • Google-only
  • Can be slow on large corpora
  • File size limits
  • Can hallucinate on messy data
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 open-source model APIs. The default in this space.S-tier for study. The Audio Overview is a killer feature. Try it with three of your favorite PDFs.S-tier for ad-hoc analysis. Makes you feel like a data scientist in 30 seconds.
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