Conversational literature search
Ask scientific questions in ordinary language. Curie searches PubMed, arXiv, Europe PMC, OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar in parallel instead of requiring Boolean queries.
Curie
Curie is an AI research assistant that searches scientific literature, analyzes uploaded documents, verifies answer claims and supports systematic reviews. It is designed for individual researchers, graduate students, review teams and R&D departments.
AI-assisted scientific research
Curie is an AI research assistant for scientific literature and document analysis. It combines conversational search across five scientific databases with analysis of uploaded files, helping researchers find studies, summarize evidence, check claims and extract information without writing specialized search queries.
The product is designed for solo researchers, graduate students, systematic review teams and R&D departments. Its workflow brings literature searches, project conversations, saved articles, source documents, systematic reviews and extraction templates into one workspace, while keeping answers tied to the passages used to support them.
Research capabilities
Claim-level source verification
Answers are checked claim by claim against the exact source passage. Curie identifies claims it cannot verify rather than presenting them as confirmed.
Document analysis
Upload PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT or Markdown files and use them with the literature search. The FAQ specifies a limit of 50 MB per file and 20 files, or 300 MB total, per upload.
Project workspaces
Organize work by project with chats, saved articles, uploaded documents, systematic reviews and extraction templates kept together for later continuation.
Systematic review workflow
Run a review from the research question through protocol drafting, literature searching, study screening and evidence-table creation, with a PRISMA flow diagram included in eligible paid plans.
Quote-backed data extraction
Define table columns for a document and receive extracted text, numbers, yes/no values or categories. Each cell includes the verbatim supporting quote, and results can be exported as CSV.
How researchers can use Curie
Explore a research question
Ask a question in plain language, search the scientific literature and review an answer whose claims are connected to source passages. This suits exploratory questions and evidence summaries.
Extract study data
Upload several papers or use saved articles, define fields such as sample size or primary outcome, and generate a quote-backed table that can be downloaded as CSV.
Conduct a systematic review
Develop a protocol, search and screen studies against defined criteria, then assemble an evidence table and PRISMA flow diagram while reviewing the decisions.
Organize an ongoing project
Keep conversations, documents, articles and extraction templates grouped by project so a researcher or team can return to an ongoing investigation without rebuilding its context.
Pros and Cons
Pros
- Searches five scientific databases in parallel, including PubMed, arXiv, Europe PMC, OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar.
- Supports both published literature and user-provided PDF, Word, text and Markdown documents.
- Links answer claims and extracted table values to source evidence, making results easier to check.
- Provides a structured systematic-review workflow with protocol drafting, screening, evidence tables and a PRISMA diagram.
- Offers project organization, article libraries, tagging, annotations and export options including BibTeX, RIS and CSV.
Cons
- Full systematic reviews are available from the Starter plan upward rather than on the Free plan.
- Accounts have plan-specific usage budgets, so paid actions can pause when a monthly allowance is exhausted.
- Team access uses a custom plan and demo-based setup rather than a self-serve Team subscription.
FAQ
Which research sources does Curie search?
Curie searches PubMed, arXiv, Europe PMC, OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar in parallel. When full text is available, it can read the paper rather than relying only on the abstract.
Do I need training or a special search syntax?
No. Users can ask questions in plain language without learning Boolean query syntax or a separate setup process.
Can I analyze my own documents?
Yes. Curie accepts PDF, Word (.doc and .docx), plain text and Markdown files. Files can be uploaded alongside literature searches so the product can use both sources in the same research workflow.
How does Curie support verification?
Curie checks claims in its answers against the source passage they came from. If a claim cannot be verified, it indicates that rather than leaving it unflagged.
Which types of plans and users does Curie support?
Every account starts with a Free plan for live search, chat and claim verification. Starter and Pro add higher usage levels and full systematic reviews, while Team is available for research groups, labs and R&D departments through a demo request.
Quick Facts
- Category
- AI research assistant
- Primary users
- Researchers, graduate students, systematic review teams and R&D departments
- Research sources
- PubMed, arXiv, Europe PMC, OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar
- Input files
- PDF, DOC/DOCX, TXT and Markdown
- Access model
- Free plan, paid Starter and Pro plans, and custom Team access
- Data handling
- EU-hosted infrastructure; GDPR compliant; user data is not used to train or improve models
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