Elicit (AI Research Tool) - Footnote 2
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Last checked: 4/3/2026
WRONG NUMBERS: The source states that Elicit has 15 employees, while the claim mentions over 2 million users and tens of thousands of paying subscribers. FABRICATED DETAILS: The source does not mention the number of academic papers analyzed, the number of data points, accuracy validation, sentence-level citations, top academic institutions, enterprises, annual revenue, or organic growth through word-of-mouth. WRONG ATTRIBUTION: The claim describes Elicit as an AI-powered research assistant designed to automate scientific research tasks, which is a correct description, but the source doesn't provide the specific details about scale, accuracy validation, and transparency mentioned in the claim.
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Note: WRONG NUMBERS: The source states that Elicit has 15 employees, while the claim mentions over 2 million users and tens of thousands of paying subscribers. FABRICATED DETAILS: The source does not mention the number of academic papers analyzed, the number of data points, accuracy validation, sentence-level citations, top academic institutions, enterprises, annual revenue, or organic growth through word-of-mouth. WRONG ATTRIBUTION: The claim describes Elicit as an AI-powered research assistant designed to automate scientific research tasks, which is a correct description, but the source doesn't provide the specific details about scale, accuracy validation, and transparency mentioned in the claim.
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