OpenRead is an AI research platform that helps you find, read, and analyze scientific papers alongside relevant web sources. It provides access to a large database (reported as hundreds of millions of articles) and turns routine literature review into a clearer, more structured workflow.
Search across papers and the web
OpenRead combines academic and web search to surface relevant materials and keep results current with new publications from thousands of journals. It can support:
- Academic research and literature reviews
- Competitive intelligence
- Policy analysis
- Product research
- Investment research
AI tools for reading and comparison
OpenRead includes features such as Paper Q&A and Paper Compare to speed up understanding and synthesis:
- Ask questions about a specific paper and get targeted answers
- Compare findings across multiple papers
- Spot contradictions and alignments between studies
- Use a graph of related materials to navigate a topic
- Take notes to capture insights and build an evidence base in one place

