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Free AI-powered academic search engine indexing 236M+ papers, for researchers wanting semantic literature discovery and an augmented reader.
Free-first literature discovery tool that visually maps citation networks and related papers to speed up systematic reviews.
AI study app that turns notes, PDFs, YouTube and slides into quizzes and flashcards to help students revise.
AI math solver and tutor that adds animated video explanations for homework across math, physics and chemistry, for students.
Real-time AI interview assistant that transcribes questions and generates answers, marketed as undetectable on screen share.
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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
- ✦Citation and author network exploration from a seed paper
- ✦Interactive visualizations of how topics relate over time
- ✦Unlimited library organization and collection sharing
- ✦Zotero integration for syncing saved papers
- ✦Up to 300 seed articles supported on the paid tier
- ✦Alerts for new related research
- ✦AI-generated quizzes
- ✦Flashcard maker
- ✦Create flashcards from PDFs, notes and slides
- ✦YouTube and PowerPoint summarizers
- ✦Spaced-repetition study
- ✦Mobile app
- ✦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
- ✦real-time question transcription
- ✦AI answers with a choice of GPT or Claude models
- ✦coding interview support
- ✦resume-based personalization
- ✦knowledge base uploads
- ✦invisible during screen share
- ✦AI meeting notes
- →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
- →Building a systematic literature review efficiently
- →Discovering research gaps in an unfamiliar field
- →Tracking new publications related to saved papers
- →Visualizing how a body of research has evolved
- →Revise for school and university exams
- →Turn notes and PDFs into flashcards
- →Study with AI-generated quizzes
- →Getting homework solved step by step
- →Watching video explanations of solutions
- →Practicing with generated quizzes
- →Preparing for exams
- →getting live answers during job interviews
- →coding interview assistance
- →meeting note-taking