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Curated intelligence app delivering verified, attributed human analysis across tech, climate, health and mobility.
Free AI-powered academic search engine indexing 236M+ papers, for researchers wanting semantic literature discovery and an augmented reader.
AI research workspace that drafts full academic papers with verified inline citations from up to 500 uploaded sources in a single prompt.
AI tutor for school and university subjects with step-by-step help, exam prep, oral/mock exams and flashcards.
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- ✦Curated intelligence across four domains
- ✦Tiered source channels from news to research
- ✦Verified and attributed human insight
- ✦Daily updates on fast-changing topics
- ✦Mobile and web access
- ✦AI-powered semantic search across 236M+ papers
- ✦Semantic Reader for augmented, contextual paper reading
- ✦Free public API for paper search and metadata
- ✦Author and topic discovery
- ✦Citation graph exploration
- ✦Beta program for new features
- ✦Full document drafting from one prompt
- ✦Automated literature search via Semantic Scholar
- ✦Import and cite up to 500 uploaded papers
- ✦Inline citation verification
- ✦Export to PDF, Word, LaTeX, and BibTeX
- ✦Overleaf integration for manual editing
- ✦Zotero and Mendeley library import
- ✦Step-by-step subject explanations
- ✦Photo-based math problem solving
- ✦Oral and mock exam practice with grading
- ✦Personalized study plans
- ✦Flashcards from uploaded notes
- ✦Coverage of many subjects, user-created subjects
- →Staying informed on emerging tech and policy
- →Following expert analysis over algorithmic feeds
- →Tracking research shaping the next few years
- →Researchers searching scientific literature across disciplines
- →Developers building applications on top of scholarly data via the API
- →Students exploring citation networks for a topic
- →Librarians and academics needing free literature discovery tools
- →Researchers producing a literature review quickly
- →Students drafting long papers with verified citations
- →Academics writing in a non-native language
- →Exporting AI-drafted content into LaTeX workflows
- →Prepare for school or university exams
- →Get help understanding tough concepts
- →Practice oral exams out loud
- →Study from your own notes