AnswerThis
Last verified 2026-09-25. JSON
The funding figures on this page are attributed, not sourced: a publisher is on record but no document URL is. How we mark provenance.
| Total raised | $1.0Mattributed |
|---|---|
| Latest round | seed, $1.0M, 2025-09-01attributed |
| Founded | 2025 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, USA |
| Industry | devtools |
| Stage | seed |
| Website | answerthis.io |
AnswerThis is an AI research assistant that lets users ask questions against millions of academic papers and synthesizes cited literature reviews. It targets graduate students, researchers and analysts running scoping reviews. Source-cited literature synthesis goes deeper than generic chat assistants for academic search work.
Funding rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-01 | seed | $1.0M | yc |
Detected tech stack
Nginx 1.24.0, Framer Sites, PHP, React 16.13.1
Provenance
| Fact | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Seed, $1.0M | attributed | yc named as publisher. No document URL on file. |
| Total raised $1.0M | attributed | yc named as publisher. No document URL on file. |
| Company existence | sourced | Y Combinator named as publisher. Document, retrieved 2026-09-17. |
| Description | self-reported | answerthis.io, read 2026-09-25 |
Change history
| Date | Fact | Change | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24Existence: self-reported → sourced, Y Combinator, document, retrieved 2026-09-17 | Existence | self-reported → sourced | Y Combinator, document, retrieved 2026-09-17 |
Records begin 2026-09-24. All changes