Elicit is a California-based startup, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Oakland, that specializes in using language models to automate research workflows.
Automate time-consuming research tasks like summarizing papers, extracting data, and synthesizing your findings.

The company recently raised $9 million in a seed funding round on September 25, 2023, with notable investors including Arash Ferdowsi and Tom Preston-Werner.
Elicit's AI research assistant is designed to help users find relevant papers, even without a perfect keyword match, summarize key takeaways, and extract vital information.
It is used by students, researchers, and industry experts around the world, and has garnered the trust of leading universities, publishers, and corporations.