
Consensus is an AI-powered search engine designed to make searching for and consuming scientific research papers easier. Our product was launched in the winter of 2022 and we currently serve millions…

Consensus is an AI-powered search engine designed to make searching for and consuming scientific research papers easier. Our product was launched in the winter of 2022 and we currently serve millions…
What they do: AI-powered academic search engine and research workspace that synthesizes peer-reviewed literature
Founded: 2021
Founders: Christian Salem and Eric Olson
Funding highlights: Reported Series A $11.5M (Aug 2024); reported total funding ~ $40M including a $30M raise
Users / scale: Claims millions of students, researchers, doctors; product launched winter 2022
Improving access to and synthesis of scientific research for students, researchers, clinicians, and general consumers.
2021
Scientific research / search / AI
$11.5M
Reported Series A to expand the AI search engine
$30M
Reported $30M raise to build product and reach more researchers
$1.3M
“Investors reported to include Union Square Ventures, GreatPoint Ventures, Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross”
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About Consensus:
Consensus is building the OS for research. Today, our academic search engine helps 8 million students, researchers, and doctors analyze scientific papers and complete literature reviews 10x faster.
Our Series A was led by USV, with major participation from top AI investors, including Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross. Consensus has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Nature, and a16z as one of today’s most exciting and important AI startups.
Our mission is to empower the world to understand, create, and apply good science. Help us build the future of research.
Role:
Backend, Search Team. You will help design, build, and maintain our core search stack. This includes working on new product features, large data pipelines, indexing pipelines, infrastructure, tooling and productionizing ML models that form the foundation of our product.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Compensation:
Final offers are determined by multiple factors and may vary from the amounts listed above.
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