Elicit is an AI platform designed to accelerate scientific research by synthesizing evidence from academic literature and clinical trials. The platform offers semantic search capabilities, automated research report generation, and systematic literature review support to help researchers quickly understand existing knowledge. By automating data extraction and literature synthesis, Elicit enables researchers across academia and industry to operate more evidence-based and efficiently.
Funding
$9M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Researchers often spend excessive time on manual literature reviews and data extraction, hindering their ability to focus on higher-level analysis and discovery. Sifting through vast databases of academic papers to synthesize findings is a time-consuming and costly process.
Solution
Elicit is an AI-powered research assistant that automates key research workflows, enabling users to efficiently analyze and synthesize information from a database of 125 million academic papers. The platform leverages natural language processing to summarize papers, extract relevant data points, and identify themes across multiple sources. By automating these tasks, Elicit significantly reduces the time and cost associated with literature reviews, allowing researchers to accelerate their work and uncover insights more effectively. Users can upload their own PDFs, ask specific questions, and view the sources for each answer, ensuring transparency and accuracy.
Target Audience
Elicit is designed for academic researchers, scientists, and analysts who need to efficiently conduct literature reviews, extract data, and synthesize findings from large volumes of research papers.
Features
- Natural language search across 125 million academic papers
- Automated summarization of research papers
- Data extraction from uploaded PDFs into organized tables
- Identification of themes and concepts across multiple papers
- Question answering functionality with source attribution
- Integration with Zotero for seamless reference management
- Export to RIS, CSV, and BIB formats
- High-accuracy mode for enhanced data extraction