Elicit: AI for scientific research

Mission

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?
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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, ...
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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?"
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Discovering Alignment Windfalls Reduces AI Risk

An argument for "alignment windfalls": when safer AI systems don’t just reduce risk, but generate immediate value for companies and society.
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Elicit and AI Safety

Elicit’s two main contributions to AI Safety are strengthening epistemics and pioneering advanced process supervision.
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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.
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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.
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