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12 toolsPerplexity
Perplexity is an AI answer engine that combines conversational search with cited sources for faster research and fact checking
Genspark
Agentic AI search tool for deep research, topic exploration, and generated research pages
Elicit
AI research assistant for scientific paper search, summaries, data extraction, and research reports
Consensus
AI search engine that finds evidence in academic papers and returns research-backed answers
Scite
Academic research tool that uses Smart Citations to show citation context, supporting evidence, and contrasting evidence
Semantic Scholar
Free AI-powered academic search tool by Ai2 for scientific literature discovery, recommendations, and citation graph signals
Research Rabbit
AI academic discovery tool for literature reviews, paper network exploration, and citation mapping
Sup AI
Sup AI is an accuracy-first AI answer engine that uses multi-model orchestration and web retrieval to reduce hallucinations
SNEWPapers
AI-powered historical newspaper archive with semantic search, full-text extraction, and a research assistant
Unabyss
AI research tool for deep research and complex question exploration
morphic
An AI-powered search engine with a generative UI
Liminary
AI memory layer that turns saved files, pages, transcripts, emails, and meetings into source-grounded working context
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