Less Noise. More Knowledge.

Consensus is an AI-powered search engine for scientific research papers. Our mission is to make the world's best knowledge more accessible for all.

Less Noise. More Knowledge.

Consensus is an AI-powered search engine for scientific research papers. Our mission is to make the world's best knowledge more accessible for all.

Less Noise. More Knowledge.

Consensus is an AI-powered search engine for scientific research papers. Our mission is to make the world's best knowledge more accessible for all.

Better science is how we build a better world

To create new knowledge, you must first understand what’s already known. But humanity’s hard-won insights are locked inside millions of research papers. Navigating this maze is overwhelming for researchers and purely out of reach for anyone outside academia.

We’re building the best way to search, synthesize, and understand scientific knowledge—so researchers can get back to science, not searches, and everyone can access evidence, not opinion.

We want to see a world with <u>superhuman researchers, and a generation of citizen scientists</u>. This is the world we’re creating with Consensus.

Better science is how we build a better world

To create new knowledge, you must first understand what’s already known. But humanity’s hard-won insights are locked inside millions of research papers. Navigating this maze is overwhelming for researchers and purely out of reach for anyone outside academia.

We’re building the best way to search, synthesize, and understand scientific knowledge—so researchers can get back to science, not searches, and everyone can access evidence, not opinion.

We want to see a world with <u>superhuman researchers, and a generation of citizen scientists</u>. This is the world we’re creating with Consensus.

Better science is how we build a better world

To create new knowledge, you must first understand what’s already known. But humanity’s hard-won insights are locked inside millions of research papers. Navigating this maze is overwhelming for researchers and purely out of reach for anyone outside academia.

We’re building the best way to search, synthesize, and understand scientific knowledge—so researchers can get back to science, not searches, and everyone can access evidence, not opinion.

We want to see a world with <u>superhuman researchers, and a generation of citizen scientists</u>. This is the world we’re creating with Consensus.

Our Story

Consensus was founded in 2021 by Christian Salem and Eric Olson, two Division 1 athlete teammates from families of researchers and teachers. They bonded over a shared love for science but felt like outsiders looking in.

Consensus was started to ensure that no one feels like an outsider to science, and to make research easier to find, understand, and trust. What began as a remote-first company, Consensus now calls San Francisco home.

Our Story

Consensus was founded in 2021 by Christian Salem and Eric Olson, two Division 1 athlete teammates from families of researchers and teachers. They bonded over a shared love for science but felt like outsiders looking in.

Consensus was started to ensure that no one feels like an outsider to science, and to make research easier to find, understand, and trust. What began as a remote-first company, Consensus now calls San Francisco home.

Our Story

Consensus was founded in 2021 by Christian Salem and Eric Olson, two Division 1 athlete teammates from families of researchers and teachers. They bonded over a shared love for science but felt like outsiders looking in.

Consensus was started to ensure that no one feels like an outsider to science, and to make research easier to find, understand, and trust. What began as a remote-first company, Consensus now calls San Francisco home.

7+

million

Researchers, students, and clinicians choose Consensus

12,500+

Universities represented amongst our users

12+

million

Papers from Consensus shared with others

75+

million

Research questions handled to date

7+

million

Researchers, students, and clinicians choose Consensus

12,500+

Universities represented amongst our users

12+

million

Papers from Consensus shared with others

75+

million

Research questions handled to date

7+

million

Researchers, students, and clinicians choose Consensus

12,500+

Universities represented amongst our users

12+

million

Papers from Consensus shared with others

75+

million

Research questions handled to date

Meet the team

We are a small, scrappy and dedicated team of engineers, operators and science-lovers.

Christian Salem

X

Brett Nebeker

Chris Varano

Jimmy Longley

Namrata Kundu

Pablo Garces

Ali Farid, PhD

Alan Kalbfleisch

David Wallace

Leila Elamine

Aakash Adesara

Andrew West

Heath Hohwald

Allison Elechko

Yuri Fursov

Daniel D'souza

Arbaz Khatib

Aaron Sarnoff

Meet the team

We are a small, scrappy and dedicated team of engineers, operators and science-lovers.

Christian Salem

X

Brett Nebeker

Chris Varano

Jimmy Longley

Namrata Kundu

Pablo Garces

Ali Farid, PhD

Alan Kalbfleisch

David Wallace

Leila Elamine

Aakash Adesara

Andrew West

Heath Hohwald

Allison Elechko

Yuri Fursov

Daniel D'souza

Arbaz Khatib

Aaron Sarnoff

Meet the team

We are a small, scrappy and dedicated team of engineers, operators and science-lovers.

Christian Salem

X

Brett Nebeker

Chris Varano

Jimmy Longley

Namrata Kundu

Pablo Garces

Ali Farid, PhD

Alan Kalbfleisch

David Wallace

Leila Elamine

Aakash Adesara

Andrew West

Heath Hohwald

Allison Elechko

Yuri Fursov

Daniel D'souza

Arbaz Khatib

Aaron Sarnoff

Our advisors

We are incredibly lucky to be advised by experts across popular science, meta-science and AI

Dr. Nicholas Christakis, PhD, MD

Popular Science, Misinformation

X

Dr. Layne Norton, PhD

Evidence-Based Health & Fitness

Stephen Wolfram, PhD

Wolfram Alpha, Computer Science

X

Jevin West, PhD

Metascience

X

Konrad Kording, PhD

Deep Learning, AI

X

Our advisors

We are incredibly lucky to be advised by experts across popular science, meta-science and AI

Dr. Nicholas Christakis, PhD, MD

Popular Science, Misinformation

X

Dr. Layne Norton, PhD

Evidence-Based Health & Fitness

Stephen Wolfram, PhD

Wolfram Alpha, Computer Science

X

Jevin West, PhD

Metascience

X

Konrad Kording, PhD

Deep Learning, AI

X

Our advisors

We are incredibly lucky to be advised by experts across popular science, meta-science and AI

Dr. Nicholas Christakis, PhD, MD

Popular Science, Misinformation

X

Dr. Layne Norton, PhD

Evidence-Based Health & Fitness

Stephen Wolfram, PhD

Wolfram Alpha, Computer Science

X

Jevin West, PhD

Metascience

X

Konrad Kording, PhD

Deep Learning, AI

X

Our backers

We are backed by some of the best investors in the world. We raised an $11.5M Series A in 2024 from Union Square Ventures, Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross.

Our backers

We are backed by some of the best investors in the world. We raised an $11.5M Series A in 2024 from Union Square Ventures, Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross.

Our backers

We are backed by some of the best investors in the world. We raised an $11.5M Series A in 2024 from Union Square Ventures, Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross.

Try Consensus Today!

Consensus is an AI-powered search engine for scientific research, combining academic rigor with AI speed to make trusted knowledge easier to find and understand.

Try Consensus

Try Consensus Today!

Consensus is an AI-powered search engine for scientific research, combining academic rigor with AI speed to make trusted knowledge easier to find and understand.

Try Consensus

Try Consensus Today!

Consensus is an AI-powered search engine for scientific research, combining academic rigor with AI speed to make trusted knowledge easier to find and understand.

Try Consensus

Making the world’s best knowledge accessible to everyone.

Making the world’s best knowledge accessible to everyone.

Making the world’s best knowledge accessible to everyone.