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AnswerThis (YC F25) — End-to-end workspace to accelerate scientific discovery

AnswerThis is a scientific discovery platform used by over 200,000 researchers that reduces weeks of manual research work to hours. Instead of manually searching, reading, and organizing dozens of papers, researchers use AnswerThis to find the most relevant work, see how ideas are connected, and get comprehensive answers to complex scientific questions with line by line answers.

AnswerThis is a Y Combinator company in the Fall 2025 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: End-to-end workspace to accelerate scientific discovery. The founders listed are Ayush Garg (Founder/CEO), Ryan McCarroll (Founder/CMO) (Y Combinator directory entry, September 27, 2025).

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New accelerator entry · 2025-09-27 · the record

Fall 2025
batch
6
people
Early
stage
United States of America
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BatchFall 2025
Announced2025-09-27
StageEarly
StatusActive
Team size6
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringYes
Sitehttps://answerthis.io/

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AnswerThis is a scientific discovery platform used by over 200,000 researchers that reduces weeks of manual research work to hours. Instead of manually searching, reading, and organizing dozens of papers, researchers use AnswerThis to find the most relevant work, see how ideas are connected, and get comprehensive answers to complex scientific questions with line by line answers. This allows them to map research gaps, analyze trends, and draft literature reviews far faster, all while building a searchable library of their own research materials.

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