Spring 2026 · Consensus Lab · San Francisco
Spring 2026 · Consensus Lab · San Francisco
The Elements of Research
The Elements of Research
Consensus is the AI platform for research. The pursuit of knowledge has always come down to its elements. This week, we're adding five new ones from May 11th-15th.
Consensus is the AI platform for research. The pursuit of knowledge has always come down to its elements. This week, we're adding five new ones from May 11th-15th.
Watch the community film
Watch the film
4min
Day 1: Fundraise & Community Film
Element 6 · Observed Monday, May 11
Launch Week opens with a community film. Researchers in eleven cities — Oakland, Champaign, Montreal, Salaya, and beyond — on what Consensus does for their work. Plus, a $30M round that lets us build what comes next.
Monday is Carbon — the foundation of every protein, every cell, every question ever asked.
Watch the film
4min
Observed by
et al.
Day 2: Consensus Agent
Element 26 · Observed Tuesday, May 12
Agent Mode does the heavy lifting of research. Explore, read, filter, reason, and analyze the literature with ease.
Tuesday is Iron — the workhorse of the periodic table. Builds bridges, ships, and the hemoglobin in your blood.
Learn more
Map the last decade of research on antibiotic resistance in hospital-acquired infections, and identify the most-cited authors
Build a literature review on GLP-1 agonists and cognitive function, focusing on studies from the last three years
Find papers by Konrad Kording, then identify other authors publishing similar work who haven't yet collaborated with him
Observed by
et al.
Day 3: Announcing the MCP & API
Element 1 · Observed Wednesday, May 13
MCP and API. Consensus, in Claude, ChatGPT, and every other tool you already use! The MCP is now freely available and you can apply for access to the API (general access coming soon!).
Wednesday is Hydrogen — the most abundant element in the universe. Bonds with nearly everything else.
Observed by
et al.
Day 4: Reference Manager & Citation Graph
Element 8 · Observed Thursday, May 14
Your library, your way. Import from Zotero, paste DOIs, drop in PDFs — then search, chat, and reason across everything you've collected. Plus the Citation Graph for tracing how ideas connect.
Thursday is Oxygen — What makes everything else react.
Observed by
et al.
Day 5: Publisher Partnerships
Element 79 · Observed Friday, May 15
Most AI research tools stop at the abstract. Consensus reads the full paper — methods, results, discussion — including paywalled work from Wiley, AAAS, Taylor & Francis, Sage, ACS, APA, and more where available. The whole paper, not just the summary.
Friday is Gold — The one that doesn't tarnish. Rare, dense, and impossible to fake.
Read more
Observed by
et al.
Day 1: Fundraise & Community Film
Element 6 · Observed Monday, May 11
Launch Week opens with a community film. Researchers in eleven cities — Oakland, Champaign, Montreal, Salaya, and beyond — on what Consensus does for their work. Plus, a $30M round that lets us build what comes next.
Monday is Carbon — the foundation of every protein, every cell, every question ever asked.
Watch the film
4min
Observed by
et al.
Day 2: Consensus Agent
Element 26 · Observed Tuesday, May 12
Agent Mode does the heavy lifting of research. Explore, read, filter, reason, and analyze the literature with ease.
Tuesday is Iron — the workhorse of the periodic table. Builds bridges, ships, and the hemoglobin in your blood.
Learn more
Map the last decade of research on antibiotic resistance in hospital-acquired infections, and identify the most-cited authors
Build a literature review on GLP-1 agonists and cognitive function, focusing on studies from the last three years
Find papers by Konrad Kording, then identify other authors publishing similar work who haven't yet collaborated with him
Observed by
et al.
Day 3: Announcing the MCP & API
Element 1 · Observed Wednesday, May 13
MCP and API. Consensus, in Claude, ChatGPT, and every other tool you already use! The MCP is now freely available and you can apply for access to the API (general access coming soon!).
Wednesday is Hydrogen — the most abundant element in the universe. Bonds with nearly everything else.
Observed by
et al.
Day 4: Reference Manager & Citation Graph
Element 8 · Observed Thursday, May 14
Your library, your way. Import from Zotero, paste DOIs, drop in PDFs — then search, chat, and reason across everything you've collected. Plus the Citation Graph for tracing how ideas connect.
Thursday is Oxygen — What makes everything else react.
Observed by
et al.
Day 5: Publisher Partnerships
Element 79 · Observed Friday, May 15
Most AI research tools stop at the abstract. Consensus reads the full paper — methods, results, discussion — including paywalled work from Wiley, AAAS, Taylor & Francis, Sage, ACS, APA, and more where available. The whole paper, not just the summary.
Friday is Gold — The one that doesn't tarnish. Rare, dense, and impossible to fake.
Read more
Observed by
et al.
With contributions from A. Adesara, D. DSouza, L. Elamine, A. Elechko, Y. Forsov, P. Garces, H. Hohwald, A. Kalbfliesh, G. Kalsi, A. Khatib, J. Longley, K. Nagarajan, B. Nebeker, JL Needham, E. Olson, L. Payyapilli, T. Ratia, L. Rupprecht, C. Salem, A. Sarnoff, C. Varano, D. Wallace, and A. West.
Special thanks to the researchers at UC Berkeley, the University of Illinois, the Cary Institute, SMU, Concord, Mahidol University, the University of Montreal, Yale, Ohio University, the University of Toronto, and Hartnell College who appeared in the community film.
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Filed in San Francisco, Spring 2026