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AI research assistant

The AI research assistant that researches before it answers

Give Rixx a question or a whole research job. It researches the live web and your files first, cites every fact it takes from the web, and hands back an answer, a report or a finished file.

Jobs to try

  • Quick cited answer: What changed in the EU AI Act obligations for general-purpose AI models in 2026? Give me the key dates and cite the official sources.
  • Deep research report: Write a cited research report on the global market for heat pumps: demand drivers, top manufacturers, subsidy programmes by country and price trends since 2022.
  • Wide research table: Profile 25 Series A climate-tech startups in Europe: founding year, product, total funding, lead investors and headquarters. One row each, with a source for every row.
  • Ask across your PDFs: Compare the methods and findings of the attached papers. Where do they disagree, and which results are best supported? Reference the document for each point.
  • Analyse a dataset: Analyse the attached survey CSV. Clean it, find the biggest drivers of satisfaction, chart them and explain the results in plain language.
  • Brief to Word file: Research the state of US state-level data privacy laws and turn it into a 6-page Word brief with a comparison table and a sources list.

What you get back

  • Cited answer in seconds: A researched answer in chat with numbered, inline citations. Click any one to open the page it came from.
  • Deep research report: A structured report built from many sources, with findings, tables and a sources list you can check.
  • Analysis of your files: Answers across your PDFs, spreadsheets and slides, plus Python analysis and charts for CSV and Excel data.
  • Finished, editable files: Word, PDF, Excel and PowerPoint files with the sources kept inside, reviewed by Rixx before it hands them back.

Researched and cited by default

No search toggle and no research mode to switch on. Rixx researches the live web before it answers a factual question, reads the files you give it, and cites every fact it uses.

What is an AI research assistant?

An AI research assistant is software that finds, reads and summarises information for you. A good one searches current sources, shows where each fact came from and turns what it finds into something you can use: an answer, a report, a table or a file. Rixx is an AI research assistant built as an agent. Research is on by default, there is no search toggle, and every fact it takes from the web is cited inline.

Most people come to research AI with one of five kinds of work. Rixx handles all five from the same prompt box.

Five research jobs, one assistant

Ask anything

Ask a factual question and get a researched, cited answer in seconds. Rixx searches the live web, reads the pages, and puts a numbered citation next to each fact. Charts and tables appear right in the chat when the answer has numbers in it. Use it for the questions you would otherwise answer with ten browser tabs: a regulation change, a company's latest results, the current price of a product, a definition with its source.

Deep research

Some questions need more than one search. Ask for a market overview, a literature scan or a due-diligence brief and Rixx runs it as a job: it plans the research, works through many sources, follows up on gaps and writes a cited report. Read more on the deep research page.

Wide research

When the job is the same question asked about many things, Rixx splits it across parallel agents and merges the results. "Profile 30 companies", "compare 12 tools" or "summarise every major policy on X" come back as one table or report, with sources. See wide research.

Analyse your data and documents

Upload PDFs (up to 1,000 pages), Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV files and images, then ask across them. Answers point back to the document. For spreadsheets and CSVs, Rixx uses its own private workspace, with a full terminal and Python, to clean the data, compute results and draw charts. The AI PDF summarizer page covers long documents in more detail.

Make the file

Research often ends in a deliverable. Rixx builds editable Word documents and PDFs, Excel workbooks with working formulas that are recalculated and checked, and PowerPoint decks with six themes and native charts. Sources stay inside the file. Rixx renders and reviews each file before it hands it back. See the AI report generator.

Two speeds: an answer or a job

Rixx works at two speeds. Answer gives you a quick, researched, cited reply in chat. Job is an agent that plans, researches, analyses and builds files in the background, so you can leave and come back. Auto picks the right speed from your prompt, and you can choose Job yourself when you know the work is big.

How Rixx compares with other research AI

Rixx General chat assistants Academic paper tools
Research before answering On by default, no search toggle Varies by product and setting Searches paper databases
Citations Every web fact cited inline Shown when the web was used Paper citations
Your own files PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, images Varies Mostly PDFs of papers
Data analysis a private workspace with a full terminal and Python Varies Limited to paper data
Output Answer, report, or editable Word, PDF, Excel and PowerPoint files Mostly chat answers Paper summaries and tables

For head-to-head detail, see Rixx vs Perplexity, Rixx vs ChatGPT and Rixx vs Elicit.

Who uses an AI research assistant

  • Consultants use Rixx for market scans, competitor tables and client-ready briefs. See management consultants.
  • Analysts use it to pull figures from the web and their own exports into one sourced workbook. See market analysts.
  • Founders use it for market sizing, competitor research and investor material. See founders.
  • Investors use it for first-pass diligence on a company or sector. See venture capitalists.
  • Students and academics use it to read papers, compare findings and organise a literature review. See students and researchers.

Tips for better research prompts

  1. Name the decision. "Should we enter the German market?" gets a sharper report than "Tell me about Germany".
  2. Set the scope. Give a region, a time range and the sources you trust, such as government statistics or peer-reviewed studies.
  3. Say what you want back. A table, a 2-page memo, a Word file, an Excel workbook. Rixx builds what you ask for.
  4. Attach what you already have. Your notes, exports and PDFs become part of the evidence, alongside the web.
  5. Ask for the gaps. "List what you could not confirm" or "flag conflicting figures" makes the report easier to review.

What it costs

Every plan, including Free, gets every feature: cited answers, deep research, wide research, data analysis and files. Free includes 50 credits a day plus 500 a month. Plus is $8 a month (Starter is ₹399 in India), Pro is $20 and Max is $100. A quick cited answer uses a few credits; a deep report or a job that builds files uses more. You only pay for what a job uses. See pricing.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a free AI research assistant?

Yes. Rixx has a Free plan with 50 credits a day plus 500 a month, and it includes every feature: cited answers, deep and wide research, file analysis and file creation. Paid plans add more credits, stronger models and higher limits.

Does Rixx search the web for every question?

Research is on by default and there is no search toggle. Rixx researches the live web whenever a question depends on facts, and every fact it takes from the web is cited inline. A request like rewriting your own paragraph is answered from what you supplied.

How accurate is an AI research assistant?

Accuracy depends on the sources. That is why Rixx cites every web fact inline: you can open the exact page behind a claim and judge it yourself. For important decisions, check the key figures against the original sources.

Can Rixx find academic papers?

Yes. Rixx searches the open web, which includes journal sites, preprint servers and university pages, and it reads PDFs you upload. Ask it to compare studies, extract methods and results, or build an evidence table.

Can I upload my own files?

Yes. Upload PDFs up to 1,000 pages, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV files and images. Rixx answers across them with references back to the document and can combine them with web research in the same job.

What is the difference between an AI research assistant and an AI search engine?

An AI search engine gives you a cited answer. A research assistant goes further: it can run a multi-step investigation, analyse your data and deliver a report or file. Rixx does both. See AI search engine.

How do I check a citation?

Click the numbered citation to open the source, find the sentence or figure it supports, and confirm the date. The AI that cites sources page walks through it.