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Grok

xAI’s Grok combines real-time web and X search, consumer chat, multimodal generation, and a frontier-style API with simple paid tiers.

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Perplexity

A research-first AI answer engine that blends search, citations, file analysis, and premium model switching in a very usable product.

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Algolia NeuralSearch

AI search and discovery platform for ecommerce and applications.

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Andi

Conversational AI search engine designed for direct answers and cleaner web research.

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Bloomreach

AI commerce search, personalization, and marketing automation platform.

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Brave Leo

AI assistant built into Brave for summarizing pages, answering questions, and web browsing tasks.

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Consensus

AI academic search engine for finding evidence from scientific papers.

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Constructor

AI product discovery and search platform for ecommerce retailers.

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Haystack

Open-source framework for retrieval, RAG, and NLP applications.

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Kagi Assistant

AI assistant built around Kagi search for premium web research and answers.

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Kagi Assistant

AI assistant built around Kagi search for premium web research and answers.

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Komo AI

AI-powered search and discovery platform for web exploration and answers.

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Opera Aria

Opera AI is faster, smarter, and built right into your browser. It understands the context of your tabs, generates images, analyzes files, and can even translate YouTube videos, all without sign-up.

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Phind

AI search engine and assistant for developers, technical answers, and code research.

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Pinecone

Vector database platform for AI search and retrieval applications.

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Qdrant

Vector database and similarity search engine for AI applications.

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SearchFIT

An AI visibility and answer-engine optimisation platform for tracking brand mentions, analysing competitors and publishing citation-ready content.

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SeekOut

AI talent search and recruiting intelligence platform.

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Syte

AI product discovery and visual search platform for ecommerce.

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ViSenze

AI visual search and product discovery platform for retail.

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Weaviate

Open-source vector database for AI-native search and RAG applications.

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You.com

AI search and assistant platform for web answers, research, and productivity.

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Zilliz

Managed vector database platform based on Milvus for AI search.

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12 Oct 2026 13:23 AEST · Ronald

Grok Bot adds collaborative slide decks and safer email actions

Grok Bot version 0.68.1 can build slide decks interactively and export them to PowerPoint or Google Slides, while adding richer email drafts and Gmail recovery actions. The release also improves...

05 Oct 2026 09:42 AEST · Ronald

Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0 targets noisy multilingual audio at unchanged pricing

SpaceXAI has released Grok Voice Transcribe 2.0, claiming twice the accuracy of its first transcription model at the same price. The 18 September launch focuses on noisy, multilingual real-world...

05 Oct 2026 09:08 AEST · Ronald

Grok Build adds project memory written quietly between coding sessions

SpaceXAI has added persistent memory to Grok Build, storing project conventions, decisions and durable facts as Markdown notes for later sessions. The 16 September release introduces /memory for...

05 Oct 2026 08:38 AEST · Ronald

SpaceXAI says procurement bot found more than US$100,000 in direct savings

SpaceXAI says an internal Grok Bot analysed vendor spend, contracts and usage to identify more than US$100,000 in direct savings. The 4 September case study describes seat audits, renewal research...

05 Oct 2026 08:04 AEST · Ronald

Grok Bot redesigns the agent interface around persistent coworkers

SpaceXAI has explained how Grok Bot replaces a chat-history-centred interface with persistent agents that have identity, memory, tools and routines. The 3 September design account covers agent...

05 Oct 2026 07:26 AEST · Ronald

SpaceXAI says Grok Bot absorbed a 175% support surge without more hires

SpaceXAI says its internal Grok Bot helped a combined support team handle a 175 per cent jump in tickets without adding staff. The 22 September case study describes agents that investigate accounts,...

04 Oct 2026 09:56 AEST · Ronald

Grok Team Bots enter public beta for shared workplace agents

xAI has launched Team Bots in public beta for Teams and Enterprise customers. The shared Grok Bots combine team context, plugins, credentials and memory while keeping individual conversations...

26 Sep 2026 08:04 AEST · Ronald

Grok 4.7 targets longer coding tasks at Grok 4.6 prices

SpaceXAI has launched Grok 4.7 for coding and knowledge work, with a larger base model, longer training run and new safeguards. It is available through the Grok API, Grok Build and other supported...