You.com ARI Enterprise crushes OpenAI during head-to-head testing, aiming at the deep research market

You.com is now available. ARI Enterprise announced today that its advanced research platform defeated OpenAI’s comparable offering in 76% of head to head tests and achieved industry-leading accuracy when benchmarked independently.

Upgraded The Advanced Research & Insights platform scored 80% accuracy in the FRAMES benchmark is a research evaluation system developed by Harvard, Google and Meta. It puts it ahead of major competitors. Richard Socher, former chief scientist of Salesforce and CEO of You.com, told me that the number one reason is that it goes into greater depth. “Our users tell us that it found things they couldn’t find online.

Deep research revolution accelerates as AI giants compete for dominance

ARI Enterprise joins a field that is becoming increasingly competitive, where tech giants are competing with AI startups to dominate the “new browser battles,” as some refer to it. Google Openai Perplexity Anthropicand others are developing their own deep-research agents, which have become the way people access and synthesize data across the web. You.com, unlike most competitors, has focused on enterprise applications. This is especially important for financial analysts and consultants who need to conduct extremely thorough and accurate research.

We didn’t notice any change [from Google] so we decided that someone had to do it. In a previous interview, he told CNET about launching You.com by 2020. Now, with ARI Enterpriseis doubling down its focus on specialized services.

Socher said, “This insane, untouchable, monopoly Google had for twenty years is over.” Business Insider was published in March. “I don’t believe any company will be able to have such a strong market share for such a prolonged period of time because users are more willing to switch and try new things.”

ARI Enterprise expands its research capabilities with 400+ sources, enterprise data integration and a new interface

ARI Enterprise doesn’t just represent a simple upgrade. You.com claims that it has 4x more depth and breadth than the previous version. It also provides twice as many unique references per report. According to the company, this increased comprehensiveness translates into 35% more facts and insights per research project. What really distinguishes this platform is its integration with enterprise data sources. Consumer-facing research tools rely on publicly available data. ARI Enterprise now allows you to connect to corporate data repositories such as SharePoint OneDrive Google Driveand custom data sources.

Socher said, “The problem with company internal data is that we can really show you our customers’ data.” “That’s one of the main reasons why ARI for Enterprise is now available is that we can connect company internal data with ARI so that you can have internal data like dozens, or terabytes or petabytes and we will search through all of that to make that data useful for your business.”

Socher said that when you reach 400 [sources] you will start to discover things you wouldn’t have found by simply doing your own Google searches. “Our 400th Page isn’t the 400th Page that you get when you scroll down on Google — we have better search index.”

Perhaps the most attention-grabbing aspect of the announcement is You.com’s claim of substantially outperforming competitors in objective benchmarks.

The company evaluated ARI against the FRAMES benchmark is a set of measurements for fact retrieval, reasoning, and reasoning. It was developed by researchers from Harvard, Google DeepMind and Meta. ARI achieved 80% accuracy using this standard which tests AI systems for fact retrieval and reasoning across constraints. This is a 30% improvement compared to its beta version.

In a more provocative move, You.com has created a benchmark called DeepConsult is a business research tool that uses DeepConsult (#19459085) to provide specific results. OpenAI’s o3 mini model was used to compare ARI’s Deep Research against OpenAI. ARI won 76% while OpenAI only won 14% of the comparisons.

Socher said, “This accuracy is a constant pursuit.” “When we launched it, we were alone in the class. But then OpenAI came along and saw what we did. And then when they released it, it was slightly improved. So now we are beating them and everyone else.” “We will publish all the details.” Socher stressed that everyone can run the code to see for themselves.

Early adopters use ARI Enterprise for financial analysis and healthcare

ARI Enterprise includes venture capital firms, research institutions, and consulting agencies.

We now have customers such as Socher said that WestCap a venture capital firm reported that ARI had significantly improved their investment process. “We also work with communications consulting firms that tell us ARI has improved their research capabilities and analytic workflows.” National Institutes of Healthalso uses the platform to answer complex research questions. In one demonstration Socher demonstrated how ARI could analyze cost-effectiveness for treatments for sickle cells disease, gathering data and running a Monte Carlo Simulation automatically to generate insights.

If you were working at the NIH it would have taken weeks to arrive at this kind of answer. “It’s just crazy,” Socher said.

An aspect that is distinctive of ARI Enterprise has an interactive approach that keeps humans involved in the research process. Unlike fully automated systems ARI is designed to work with users to refine research plans and to guide the analysis.

Socher said that our interactive approach is what sets us apart from our competitors. “When you ask a complicated question, ARI will respond by asking follow-up questions, and then present a plan of research, saying ‘Here is my approach.’ Then, you can intervene and redirect the plan, saying ‘Actually I want to focus on this specific aspect. This approach addresses one of the most common criticisms of AI research tools, that they can produce results that are too generic or misaligned when the initial query was ambiguous or wide.

Socher said that ARI is not meant to replace analysts or researchers. Instead, it’s intended to augment them.

He said, “I believe we are making analysts more efficient. They can produce consulting-level report in a fraction the time.” “It is similar to the way that the internet did not eliminate librarian jobs but transformed them into new roles and created many new professions. We’re seeing a similar pattern here.

Socher envisions a future in which ARI and other tools will democratize access high-quality research, previously only available to those with significant financial resources.

Currently, only senior executives are able to say, “I need a team of consultants to create a market report to help me better understand this market.” This typically costs between $10,000 to $100,000 and requires several weeks of work by consultants. “Now, you can get similar insights in 5-10 minute. This won’t replace jobs, but will certainly change them.

Founded by Socher in 2020, who previously founded deep-learning company You.com, which was acquired by Salesforce’s MetaMind has established itself as a competitor to Google’s dominance in search. The company has raised over $99 million, including a 50 million Series B funding round announced by Georgian in September 2024, with participation from Nvidia Salesforce Ventures .

You.com started as a search engine, but has evolved into a “productivity tool that gives you agents and a path to AGI.” According to the company, it has served over 1 billion requests since launch. You.com offers a starter pack for enterprises interested in ARI. The pricing is cheaper than any other competitor, according to Socher.

The deep research race – How AI is redefining enterprise intelligence

You.com ARI Enterpriseis a turning point in the way businesses access and process data. It changes the economics for specialized research by going beyond simple data retrieval and delivering comprehensive, verified analyses spanning hundreds sources in minutes.

Socher explained, “The higher-level thing we’re seeing is that we enable all our customers’ employees to level up, to become managers in AI, to operate at a higher level of abstraction, and to learn how delegate.”

When information overload paralyzes decisions, the battle is not about which AI can find more information. It’s about which AI can turn that information into actionable information. You.com believes that the winning formula is a combination of massive source processing and human guidance. The real disruption may not be how these tools answer questions, but how they change which questions we can ask.