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Free AI-powered academic search engine indexing 236M+ papers, for researchers wanting semantic literature discovery and an augmented reader.
Well-adopted AI research assistant for finding papers, summarizing, and extracting data at scale.
AI math solver and tutor that adds animated video explanations for homework across math, physics and chemistry, for students.
AI education platform with 80+ teacher tools and student features, built for schools with privacy controls.
Plant identification app with a 17,000+ species database plus care schedules, disease ID and botanist Q&A for home gardeners.
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- ✦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
- ✦AI-enabled systematic reviews
- ✦Research reports
- ✦Upload your own PDFs
- ✦Quick summaries
- ✦Source quotes
- ✦Question answering
- ✦Step-by-step problem solutions
- ✦AI-generated animated video explanations
- ✦Interactive practice quizzes and tests
- ✦Coverage of math, physics, chemistry and accounting
- ✦Graphs and diagrams for complex problems
- ✦Mobile app
- ✦80+ AI teacher tools
- ✦50+ safe student tools
- ✦AI instructional coach
- ✦Enterprise-grade security and privacy
- ✦District dashboards and rollout support
- ✦Free for teachers
- ✦Photo-based plant identification
- ✦Database of 17,000+ species
- ✦Disease and pest identification
- ✦Personalized watering and care schedules
- ✦Ask-the-Botanist expert answers
- ✦Customizable plant lists and reminders
- →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
- →Speeding up literature reviews
- →Automating systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- →Learning about new domains
- →Data extraction in rigorous systematic literature reviews
- →Getting homework solved step by step
- →Watching video explanations of solutions
- →Practicing with generated quizzes
- →Preparing for exams
- →Plan lessons and cut prep time
- →Personalize student learning
- →Roll out AI safely across a district
- →Build student AI literacy
- →Identify an unknown houseplant or flower
- →Diagnose plant diseases and pests
- →Set up a watering and care routine
- →Learn care specifics for a species