Elicit

Elicit is an AI-powered research assistant developed by Ought that automates scientific research workflows. It enables researchers to search over 138 million academic papers and 545,000 clinical trials using semantic search, generate customized research reports based on systematic review processes, and automate screening and data extraction for systematic literature reviews. The tool is designed for researchers across academia, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, policy, and consumer goods sectors who need to process large volumes of scientific literature efficiently. What distinguishes Elicit is its focus on accuracy and transparency in scientific research. The platform supports all AI-generated claims with sentence-level citations from underlying sources, maintains scale (analyzing up to 20,000 data points at once), and goes beyond chat interfaces with interactive tables and multi-step workflows. Researchers report up to 80% time savings when using Elicit for systematic reviews, and the tool has demonstrated 95% search recall and 99% full-text screening accuracy across hundreds of Cochrane reviews. A limitation is that while Elicit automates substantial portions of systematic reviews, it only partially supports certain steps like search strategy development and report generation, meaning researchers still need domain expertise.