Firecrawl launches free life-science research index with 41M+ papers for AI agents, raises $75M Series B
devdigest · x · 2026-11-06
Firecrawl launched the free Alexandria life-science research index, giving ChatGPT, Claude and Grok agents access to 41M+ papers spanning drug discovery, clinical trials and gene studies — find papers behind claims, inspect metadata, read passages and follow citation chains, all callable through one Firecrawl API key across 18 research data providers.
Sources also include NIH grant notices and the Australian Food Composition Database. The company simultaneously announced a $75M Series B.
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