Alexander Griekspoor and Tom Groothuis originally created Papers while working on their PhDs to make it easier for researchers to organize and understand scientific literature. Today, the Papers AI Assistant builds on that vision by helping students, academics, and research teams chat with PDFs, summarize papers, discover related studies, identify research gaps, and search across millions of publications using AI. Users especially like its ability to provide contextual answers with highlighted source passages, making it easier to verify information and trust the results while saving hours of reading time. The AI Assistant is available with Papers Essentials and Papers Pro, with pricing starting at $65 per user/year for Essentials and $130 per user/year (or $11 per user/month) for Pro, with a free trial and academic discounts also available.