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LimeSurvey
The simple, quick and anonymous online survey tool that's bursting with juicy insights.
BlockSurvey
Most survey companies can read your answers. BlockSurvey built one that can't - end-to-end encrypted forms with an AI agent on top, run by two ex-fintech engineers who won a hackathon and never went back.
AnswerThis
AnswerThis is an AI research assistant that turns literature reviews from months of work into minutes. It searches a database of more than 250 million academic papers and answers complex scientific questions with line-by-line, verifiable citations. Founded by University of Richmond seniors Ayush Garg and Ryan McCarroll and backed by Y Combinator (Fall 2025), the platform is used by over 250,000 researchers and crossed $1M in annual recurring revenue within eight months.
Latent Knowledge
Latent Knowledge is a New York-based AI company building LitView, a semantic search and literature-visualization tool that helps R&D teams and academic researchers discover, cluster, and map scientific literature beyond simple keyword matching. Founded in 2019 by James Reilly, the company uses applied natural language processing to surface hidden links between technical articles and speed up the research process across public and private data sources.