IKI AI
IKI AI, or 'Intelligent Knowledge Interface', is an advanced artificial intelligence tool designed to serve as a smart library and a knowledge assistant. It is ...
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What is IKI AI?
IKI AI (Intelligent Knowledge Interface) is an AI-native workspace designed for research, strategy, and creative work. It serves as a smart library and knowledge assistant that helps professionals and teams capture, organize, and derive insights from their information. The tool allows users to save web pages, PDFs, YouTube videos, and notes into a self-organizing digital library that automatically tags content and creates knowledge threads.
Key features include an AI assistant that summarizes long reads into clear insights, highlights key information, and connects related dots across your library. The AI Editor provides writing assistance grounded in your own content rather than the internet. IKI offers advanced search with natural language queries, extracts key insights, figures, formulas, and tables from various sources, and supports integrations with cloud storage. Team spaces enable collaborative intelligence with a shared brain for knowledge, context, and decisions.
IKI AI is powered by top-tier LLMs and is intended for professionals and teams who need to store, retrieve, and manage large quantities of information efficiently. It is trusted by top teams and professionals across various knowledge-intensive sectors. The tool was built by Ivan Ilin and Max Orlov, is backed by 500 Global, and headquartered in the Netherlands.
IKI AI pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
IKI AI offers 4 tiers including a free plan. Basic plan is FREE with personal library, autotagging, 50 co-pilot requests per month, 5 collections, private materials & collections, and curated collections. Pro plan is $15/month (or $20/month billed annually) with 1 month free trial, includes everything in Basic plus 30h/month video transcription, 2k documents per month, select preferred LLM, unlimited co-pilot usage, cloud storage integrations, unlimited collections, writing assistant, and web browsing/data analysis. Researcher plan includes Pro features plus proactive research assistant, professional knowledge bases, agentic web search in background, custom LLMs, and customizable workflows. Teams plan offers collaborative intelligence with team spaces, team AI digest, branded collection pages, and priority support. Yearly billing saves 25%. No credit card required, cancel anytime.
IKI AI pros
- AI summarization turns long reads into clear insights
- Self-organizing library with automatic tagging and knowledge threads
- Natural language search for ultra-fast information retrieval
- AI Editor writes content grounded in your own materials
- Extracts key insights, figures, formulas, and tables automatically
- Chrome extension saves webpages, highlights, and notes in one click
- Supports web pages, PDFs, YouTube videos, and cloud storage
- Team spaces enable collaborative knowledge sharing
- Unlimited co-pilot usage on Pro plan
- 30 hours/month video transcription on Pro plan
- Select preferred LLM from top-tier models
- Web browsing and data analysis capabilities
- Proactive research assistant on Researcher plan
- Agentic web search runs in background
- Custom LLMs and customizable workflows on Researcher plan
- Private materials and collections for security
- Curated collections from professional community
- No credit card required, cancel anytime
IKI AI cons
- Basic plan limited to 50 co-pilot requests per month
- Basic plan only includes 5 collections
- Basic plan has only 2 hours/month video transcription
- Safari extension still coming soon, not available yet
- JavaScript must be enabled in browser for web app
- Researcher and Teams plan pricing not publicly displayed
- Agentic workflows described as coming soon, not fully available
- Customizable workflows only on highest Researcher tier
Frequently asked questions about IKI AI
What is IKI AI and what does it do?
IKI AI (Intelligent Knowledge Interface) is an AI-native workspace for research, strategy, and creative work. It serves as a smart library and knowledge assistant that helps professionals and teams capture anything—web pages, PDFs, YouTube videos, notes—and build a thinking library. The AI assistant summarizes long reads into clear insights, highlights key information, connects dots across your library, and provides structured answers grounded in your content.
Who is IKI AI designed for?
IKI AI is built for thinkers, professionals, and teams who need to store, retrieve, and manage large quantities of information efficiently. It is intended for knowledge-intensive sectors including researchers, strategists, and creative professionals who conduct research, reasoning, and creative generation work.
What content types can I save to IKI?
You can save web pages, PDF files, YouTube videos, and notes to your IKI library. The Chrome extension allows you to save links to webpages in one click along with highlights and your notes. You can also connect your cloud storage seamlessly to your self-organizing digital library.
How does the AI assistant work in IKI?
The LLM-powered assistant fetches information from your knowledge base, provides structured answers, extracts ideas, and writes text tailored to your needs. It is grounded in your content rather than the internet, using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to organize and surface information from your messy, unstructured data including files, links, and notes.
What is the AI Editor feature?
The AI Editor provides AI writing with real context that is grounded in your content, not the internet. It helps you create content from links, videos, and PDFs in your library, enabling brainstorming, research, and idea generation with logical reasoning through interconnected agent chains.
Does IKI AI have team collaboration features?
Yes, IKI AI offers team spaces that serve as your team's shared brain—one space for knowledge, context, and decisions. The Teams plan includes team spaces, team AI digest, branded collection pages, and priority support for collaborative intelligence.
What search capabilities does IKI offer?
IKI offers advanced search with natural language queries, allowing you to access your entire knowledge base through conversational asking. It features ultra-fast search powered by AI and includes agentic web search that runs in the background on the Researcher plan for deeper dives into topics.
What video transcription capabilities are included?
The Basic plan includes 2 hours/month of video transcription. The Pro plan upgrades this to 30 hours/month video transcription, allowing you to transcribe YouTube videos and other video content. This helps extract insights and key information from video materials in your library.
Can I choose which LLM model IKI uses?
Yes, the Pro plan lets you select your preferred LLM from top-tier models you trust. The Researcher plan further expands this with custom LLMs capability, allowing you to use customized models for your specific professional needs.
What is included in the free Basic plan?
The free Basic plan includes essential knowledge hub features: personal library, autotagging, 50 co-pilot requests per month, 5 collections, private materials & collections, curated collections, GPT-4o based co-pilot, 2h/m video transcription, summarization, browser extension access, peers feed, AI collection enhancement, and dark mode. No credit card is required and you can cancel anytime.