We’re not just building tools for research—we’re building tools for researchers. Because behind every great insight is a person asking a better question.
Research Guru was created to help researchers spend less time wrestling with documents and more time thinking. Our mission is to transform the research workflow by turning academic papers into structured, meaningful insights using transparent and responsible AI.
Research Guru is built for:
Undergraduate and graduate students conducting literature reviews.
PhD candidates mapping prior work and identifying research gaps.
Researchers synthesizing findings across multiple papers.
Faculty members advising student research or designing courses.
Research labs and institutions needing scalable analysis tools.
Whether you're writing a thesis, conducting a meta-analysis, or mentoring junior researchers, Research Guru helps you extract what matters—fast.
Using a pay-per-use token model, Research Guru analyzes PDF documents (usually research papers) to extract structured outputs such as objectives, methods, findings, limitations, supporting points, and more. Enhanced analysis mode allows users to submit their research context, enabling our models to generate deeper, more relevant insights tailored to the specific focus of your work.
We believe AI should empower—not replace—human academic judgment. Our platform uses multiple models to analyze content, but we do not profile users, fine-tune models on your work, or make any attempt to evaluate who you are. We simply help you move faster with clarity.
Our approach is grounded in RAISEF, authored by our founder, which emphasizes ethical safeguards, operational integrity, and societal empowerment across the AI lifecycle.
Read more about our Responsible AI approach.
Research Guru is modular, secure, and cloud-based:
AI language models from top providers and open-source stacks.
Hosted in secure Microsoft Azure data centers located globally.
Integrated with Stripe for secure payments.
We don’t train on your content. We don’t sell your data. We don’t retain uploaded files unless you ask us to.
Read our Privacy Statement.
Research Guru is independently developed by a small team passionate about research, learning, and trustworthy AI. We’re based in Toronto and serve researchers around the world.
The platform was created by Richard R. Khan, an enterprise AI executive, published author, and the originator of RAISEF for Responsible AI. Richard brings over 20 years of experience leading AI strategy, automation, and enterprise software innovation across healthcare, finance, and education. His mission is to put trustworthy, transparent AI into the hands of researchers everywhere.
Meet the rest of our team at Our Team.
Behind every research project is a story. Maya’s began with a stack of papers and a big idea—and with the help of Research Guru, she transformed it into a thesis that mattered.
Read Maya’s JourneyHave a question, idea, or collaboration in mind? We’d love to hear from you. Email us at support@researchguru.ai.