Consensus, an AI academic search engine for scientific research, raised $11.5 million in Series A funding led by Union Square Ventures. Investors include lead investors Daniel Gross and Nat Friedman, along with previous Seed investors. The company aims to make research papers more discoverable and accessible by using AI technology to provide answers to user questions and synthesize insights across literature. The funds will be used to expand the workforce, invest in growth experiments, and speed up product development. Other companies in this space include Dimensions and Semantic Scholar, offering similar AI-enabled research tools for scientific literature.
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Consensus raises $11.5M for AI research engine for scientific papers
