Consensus
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.
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.
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Consensus differentiates with natural‑language, citation‑backed answers and an AI research agent (Deep Search) focused specifically on peer‑reviewed evidence.
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