Consensus
200M papers, cited answers — the engine behind 'every claim sourced' content
What Consensus is
Consensus is an AI academic search engine that answers questions from 200M+ peer-reviewed papers, with Deep reviews that synthesize full literature reviews. It's cheaper and more focused than Elicit, and it's the fastest way to make client content defensible — every claim traced to a published study.
Key features
- AI search and cited analysis across 200M+ peer-reviewed papers
- Deep reviews: comprehensive literature syntheses from one question
- Citation graph tool for tracing supporting and contradicting evidence
- Pro messages for AI-powered Q&A with paper-level citations
- Basic paper search free without AI analysis
- Discounts for students, faculty, and US clinicians
💰 Sell it as a service
The offer
'Every claim sourced' content for health, wellness, fitness, and supplement brands: articles and email sequences where each claim links to a peer-reviewed study — a compliance and credibility edge generic AI content can't offer.
What to charge
$300-$500 per cited article (vs $150-$250 for standard AI-assisted content — the citations are the premium), or a $1,500-$2,500/mo evidence-backed content retainer.
How it gets delivered
Pull the evidence base in Consensus, draft in Claude with citations carried through, footnote every claim. Keep the Deep review output as your source file — it doubles as the answer when a client's lawyer or compliance person asks 'says who?'
This is one offer. AI Operator Academy is where operators build the full stack — packaging, pricing, fulfillment, and a peer group selling the same services. $999/yr.
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