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Anara (formerly Unriddle) is an AI-powered research workspace that helps students and scientists upload papers, extract key passages, and write with automatic citations — grounded in your own sources.

Anara, backed by Y Combinator with 3 million users including researchers at Stanford and Johns Hopkins, tackles the biggest problem with AI in academia: trust. Unlike general AI chatbots that hallucinate citations, Anara only answers from documents you upload and links every response to specific pages in your sources. Upload PDFs, audio, video, handwritten notes, or images — Anara processes them all. The cite-aware AI chat lets you ask questions across your entire library and get answers with clickable, verifiable references. Cross-document querying tracks themes and arguments across multiple papers simultaneously. Built-in writing tools help you summarize, paraphrase, and cite with automatic bibliography generation. A graph view visualizes connections between your research sources. Collaborative workspaces (launched Sept 2025) let research teams work together in real time. Integrates with Zotero, Mendeley, and Google Drive. The free plan offers 1,000 AI words/day and 5 uploads, while Pro ($20/month) unlocks unlimited usage and premium AI models.

Who Is Anara Best For?

Anara is particularly well-suited for:

PhD students doing literature reviews

Academic researchers managing paper libraries

Students studying dense scientific material

Research teams needing collaborative workspaces

Anyone who needs AI with verifiable citations

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Features

AI Features

Collaboration

File Attachments

Export Options

Sharing

Ratings & Reviews

4.5

Pricing

Freemium

Free Tier Available

Project Health

Status

Active

Publisher & Origin

Developer

Anara (YC S24)

Source Model

Closed source

Country of Origin

United States

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Origin Type

Company

Pros

✓ Every AI answer linked to source documents — no hallucinations

✓ 3M users including Stanford and Johns Hopkins researchers

✓ Y Combinator backed with $2.4M funding

✓ Cross-document querying across your entire library

✓ Graph view visualizes research connections

✓ Supports PDFs, audio, video, handwritten notes

✓ Collaborative workspaces for research teams

Cons

⚠ Free plan limited to 1,000 AI words/day and 5 uploads

⚠ Web-only — no desktop or mobile app

⚠ Focus on research — not a general note-taking tool

⚠ Premium AI models require Pro plan ($20/month)

⚠ AI summaries can miss domain-specific nuance

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Anara free to use?

Yes, Anara offers a free tier that you can use without payment. Free (1,000 AI words/day, 5 uploads), Plus subscription, Pro $20/month (unlimited), Team per-seat, Enterprise custom

What platforms does Anara support?

Anara is available on Web. You can access it from any web browser, plus dedicated apps for other platforms.