Margaret Paton
Chief Writer & PhD Student
AI Search Engine
for Research
Find & understand the best science, faster.
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Used by researchers at the world’s top institutes
Why Consensus?
Consensus responsibly uses AI to help you conduct research faster.
Extensive research coverage
Search through over 200M research papers across every domain of science & academia.
Time-saving AI insights
Get instant insights with Copilot, the Consensus Meter and more. We leverage both OpenAI & custom LLMs.
Find the most relevant papers
Our proprietary academic search tools & filters help you find the most relevant and reliable research papers, faster.
Results connected to science
Everything we show in our product is cited. You're always only one click away from the underlying research paper.
Who Consensus helps most...
Whether you’re conducting a systematic review or just fact-checking a friend, if you need insights from the literature, Consensus is for you.
Students & researchers
Streamline your literature review process. Quickly see the direction of current findings, and surface the best papers.
Science organizations
Quickly check ingredients, chemicals, or molecules. Understand mechanisms of action, and stay up to date with new research.
Clinicians & doctors
Get answers to patients’ questions that you can trust, share information they can digest, and easily cite your references.
Universities & schools
Students & researchers at over 5,000 universities worldwide search with Consensus. We partner with libraries, higher learning institutes, and universities.
Writers & journalists
Source evidence-based insights on your topic, understand connected fields, and see related suggested searches.
Health & fitness experts
Easily check out the science regarding supplement safety, diet types, and exercise science outcomes.
2,000,000+
Researchers, students, doctors, professionals, and evidence-based humans choose Consensus.
"I can make sense of what’s out there a lot faster with Consensus. I jump into different topics with the summary & Copilot before diving deeper. The interface makes it so easy to review individual papers and see what they’re about."
"It's not every day I find a tool that truly helps with my work. Consensus blew me away when I started using it, I was learning things I had never encountered before. This is an AI product that isn't hype."
Brian Abbott, MD
Global Therapeutic Area Lead - Oncology
"No more endless scrolling and scanning research papers. Simply ask a question and Consensus gives you AI-powered summaries of the top 5-10 articles"
Rosana Ferrero, PhD
Directora academica - MÁXIMA FORMACIÓN
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Consensus vs ChatGPT
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Results directly connected to scientific papers
Fully machine-generated, prone to hallucinations
Consensus' time-saving features
How we created the ultimate
search engine for science
Search: Find the best papers
Purpose-built academic & vector search functionality. Consensus utilizes important factors like study design, sample size, population details, and more to rank the best research higher.
Dedicated research LLMs
Our proprietary LLMs read research like an expert - we also leverage the best-in-class models from OpenAI. Consensus generates AI insights at both the search and paper level.
What’s new at Consensus
Introducing the Consensus API - Embed Evidence-Based Results
Offer instant access to the most relevant academic papers. Seamlessly integrate peer-reviewed citations into your projects.
Announcing Our $11.5M Series A Fundraise
This funding will accelerate our mission of creating a world where expert knowledge is within everyone’s reach.
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