A: Hi George, 👋 Good question! Afforai is a great tool for research, and definitely in the same category.

The key difference is that we really focus on the end-to-end workflow—bringing the key steps of the research process into a single view, with AI guidance along the way.

1) Single view for the entire research—We're still a very early stage company and product, but we're working very closely with our users—from students, doctoral supervisors, to professional researchers—to build the most efficient research workflow available. We believe that our unique workflow will enable users to finish a complete high-quality literature review in one view in just a couple of minutes.

2) Guided steps with AI—wonders guides you along the way, making suggestions for topics, keywords, search strategy that copies the steps of an experienced researcher. All the steps are transparent and completely controllable, which is not the case with their chatbot-based systems.

3) More sources—we search 500M+ sources from academic papers, to technical literature and patents.

4) Collaborate—all your projects can be shared with individuals or in teams, making it much easier to work with clients, supervisors, or research colleagues.

They've been around a bit longer, and built a great tool, but I'd say our approach is very unique and much more naturally aligned with how research works. I'm personally very excited for where we're headed & think it'll unlock a lot of value for many use-cases.