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Consensus is an AI-powered search engine designed to make searching for and consuming scientific research papers easier. Our product was launched in the winter of 2022 and we currently serve millions of students, researchers, doctors and consumers alike from across the world.

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Founded

2022

Location

San Francisco, CA

Employees

38

Funding

$3M Seed

Consensus — AI Search Engine for Peer‑Reviewed Research

Consensus is an AI search engine built to answer research questions with evidence from peer‑reviewed papers. It extracts findings from hundreds of millions of academic articles, summarizes key results, and links directly to source literature—helping students, clinicians, researchers, and teams find credible answers faster than manual database searches.

  • Website: [consensus.app](https://consensus.app)
  • Product focus: AI search with citations; natural‑language Q&A on scientific literature
  • Deep Search: AI research agent for structured literature reviews across ~200M papers
  • Founded: Winter 2022; HQ: San Francisco, US
  • Team size: ~38 (per [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/consensus-nlp))
  • Audience: students, researchers, clinicians, and research‑heavy teams
  • Pricing: Free plan; paid tiers add higher limits and Deep Search capacity
  • About: [About Consensus](https://consensus.app/home/about-us/)
  • What Consensus Does

  • Answers natural‑language research questions with evidence from peer‑reviewed literature, always with citations
  • Runs AI‑assisted literature reviews with Deep Search, synthesizing findings at scale across ~200M papers
  • Surfaces key results and links to publishers or repositories for deeper reading
  • Speeds up evidence gathering and reduces time spent scanning abstracts; standardizes early‑stage reviews for teams
  • Why It’s Different

  • Purpose‑built for scholarly research, not general web answers
  • Emphasis on transparent, cited, peer‑reviewed sources
  • Combines fast Q&A with a research‑agent workflow (Deep Search) for structured reviews and synthesis
  • Who It’s For

  • Academic researchers and graduate students needing credible sources fast
  • Clinicians and medical writers requiring evidence‑based summaries with citations
  • Biotech, pharma, and healthcare teams conducting recurring literature checks
  • Policy, economics, and social‑science analysts prioritizing transparent sourcing
  • Core Use Cases

  • Rapid evidence checks with linked citations
  • Structured literature reviews via Deep Search
  • Screening abstracts for relevance before full‑text review
  • Drafting research briefs, memos, and coursework with references
  • Plans and Access

  • Free plan for quick trials and light usage
  • Paid tiers with increased search limits, Deep Search credits, and advanced analysis
  • Integrations

  • Browser‑based experience; links out to publisher/repository pages
  • Team sharing via exported outputs and citations (no publicly listed third‑party integrations)
  • User Sentiment Snapshot

    Pros

  • Strong for evidence‑based answers vs. general chatbots; useful for academic work
  • Speeds up finding relevant papers and synthesizing early‑stage findings
  • Viewed as a focused tool for research vs. general‑purpose AI
  • Cons

  • Some users prefer Perplexity for broader web context or non‑academic speed
  • Coverage and feature depth can vary by field compared to alternatives like Elicit
  • Competitor Context

  • Elicit: literature mapping and screening workflows
  • Perplexity: broader web research and fast general queries
  • Scite: citation analysis and claim verification
  • Semantic Scholar, Google Scholar: large indexes, traditional academic search
  • Consensus differentiates with natural‑language, citation‑backed answers and an AI research agent (Deep Search) focused specifically on peer‑reviewed evidence.

    Key Links

  • [Homepage](https://consensus.app/)
  • [Pricing](https://consensus.app/pricing/)
  • [Deep Search](https://consensus.app/home/blog/deep-search/)
  • [About](https://consensus.app/home/about-us/)
  • [Research organizations](https://consensus.app/home/research-organizations/)
  • [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/consensus-nlp)
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