Elicit: AI for scientific research
Planning is unsolved
Models are getting better at long-horizon tasks. So why don't they help much when you're planning clinical development or thinking through a launch?
How AI will change Pharma R&D
We've had more than 500 conversations with the top pharma companies and many external advisors. Here's what we believe about the future of R&D.
What’s going on in AI?
This is an excerpt from Elicit's April 2026 investor update. I take a step back, provide situational awareness, talk about hard-to-verify tasks, ...
Will We Get Wise Enough Fast Enough?
On AI for Human Reasoning
Let me start with a vision. Imagine you have a question about the future—say, "What would happen if California tried to secede from the US?"
Elicit Raises $22M to Build the Most Trusted AI Platform for Evidence-Backed Decisions
Elicit has raised $22M in Series A to expand beyond academia, building AI infrastructure for evidence-based reasoning across multiple industries.
Against RL: The Case for System 2 Learning
Reinforcement learning may boost LLMs today, but it cannot deliver safe, long-term intelligence. We argue for System 2 learning instead.
Scaling your impact: A polynomial model of career growth
Beyond ladders: a polynomial model of career growth.
Introducing Notebooks: A New Way to Analyze Papers in Elicit
Elicit introduces Notebooks: a new way to analyze research by unifying search, summaries, and systematic review on a single, living page.
Elicit and AI Safety
Elicit’s two main contributions to AI Safety are strengthening epistemics and pioneering advanced process supervision.
Elicit's Core Bets: Be Systematic, Transparent, and Unbounded
Many AI assistants promise ease of use. Elicit distinguishes itself by making reasoning systematic, transparent, and unbounded.
Elicit's Mission Is to Scale Up Good Reasoning
Our mission at Elicit is to scale up good reasoning — because better reasoning leads to better decisions, at every level.
Elicit Raises $9 Million and Becomes a Public Benefit Corporation
With $9M in new funding, Elicit advances its mission: using language models to make scientific reasoning faster and more reliable.