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VOL launches v1.0

The better way to explore research knowledge

A semantic exploration platform for researchers, innovation teams and developers. Navigate papers, CORDIS projects, patents and clinical trials on a 3D knowledge map, and ask an assistant that cites every source.

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Trusted by fast-growing research teams around the world

  • Helix Labs
  • northwind
  • Quanta
  • atlas.bio
  • Meridian
  • COBALT
  • Lumen Institute
  • orbital
How it works

With us, exploring research is easy

Effortless discovery for curious individuals, powerful knowledge intelligence for fast-moving teams.

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Connect your corpus

We ingest papers, CORDIS projects, patents and trials and embed them, so you don't have to wrangle formats.

VOL.com
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Explore the map

Want only H2020 projects since 2019? Filter by year, programme or country. We make that easy.

  • Papers2019–2025
  • CORDISH2020–Horizon EU
  • PatentsEP–WO
03

Ask and get cited answers

It could be a quick fact, a literature review or a deep dive into a cluster!

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Benefits

Your all-purpose knowledge explorer

Discover a variety of our advanced features. Unlimited exploration, free for individuals.

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Avoid information overload

Only see what matters. Set relevance thresholds, date ranges and corpus filters, and let clusters summarise the rest so you can focus.

Filters and thresholds

Stand out with a shareable map link

Every view gets a short, memorable link. No more long, complicated URLs nobody can find again.

vol.com/m/hydrogen

Shared by Ana Ruiz

Green hydrogen landscape

412 projects and 2,380 papers on electrolysis, storage and distribution, clustered and ready to explore.

PapersCORDISPatents

3D map · 4 clusters

Streamline your team's research

Overlay topics on a timeline, see how clusters emerge and fade, pin evidence for your team and pick up exactly where a colleague left off.

Overlay my topicsYearMonth
2019202020212022202320242025
Graph neural netsmRNA platformsPerovskite PVSolid-state batteriesGreen hydrogenLLM retrievalQuantum sensing

Never miss new evidence with automated alerts

Watch a question or a cluster and get a digest when new papers, projects or trials land, with a cited summary of what changed.

VOL12 new papers in Solid-state batteriesJust nowYour watched cluster grew 4% this week.
VOLAnswer updated15 mins2 new sources changed the answer to your saved question.
VOLNew CORDIS project matched1 hrGigaPEM was added to the Electrolysers cluster.

…and so much more!

Cited answers

Every AI answer links each claim to its original source.

3D knowledge map

Fly through clusters of millions of documents in your browser.

Short map links

Each node and cluster has a short link that is easy to share.

Privacy first

Private corpora are encrypted and never used to train models.

40+ languages

Ask in your language with multilingual embeddings.

Easy embeds

Embed a map or a chat anywhere with a single script tag.

All your favorite sources

Bring papers, projects, patents, trials and your own files.

Simple customization

Theme maps and chat to match your brand in minutes.

Testimonials

Don't just take our word for it

Our users are our best ambassadors. Discover why research teams choose VOL to explore what the world knows.

  • “VOL feels like a search engine and a map had a very well-designed child. I found three related consortia I had never heard of.”
    LODr. Lena OkaforResearch Lead, Helix Labs
  • “The citations are the killer feature. I can finally trust an AI answer because I can click straight into the source.”
    MIMarco IlićInnovation Manager, Meridian
  • “We replaced two weeks of desk research with an afternoon on the map.”
    SBSofia BrandtHead of Strategy, Quanta
  • “Embedding the chat atom in our portal took less than an hour. Our users love it.”
    TFTomás FerreiraCTO, atlas.bio
  • “Seeing CORDIS projects next to the papers they produced changed how we plan proposals.”
    AVAino VirtanenGrants Officer, Lumen Institute
  • “For clinical evidence, provenance is non-negotiable. VOL shows provenance on every single line.”
    PRDr. Priya RamanMedical Affairs, Cobalt Health
App store

All your key sources in sync with your map

Connects to OpenAlex, CORDIS, Zotero, Slack and 100+ more. Answers show up where your team already works.

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OpenAlex
CORDIS
Patent offices
Clinical trials
PubMed
arXiv
Zotero
Mendeley
Wall of love

See why our users love VOL.com

Read the impact we've had from those who matter most - our users.

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documents mapped
12M+
CORDIS projects
35k
median cited answer
1.6s
answers with sources
98%
HWHannah Weiss@hweiss_lab
Just tried VOL on our lab's reading list. The clusters it found are exactly how we think about the field. Wild.
DODaniel Osei@dosei
Asked VOL AI about perovskite stability and it flew me to a cluster of 40 papers I'd never connected. Every sentence cited. This is the way.
MGMarta Gil@martagil
The 3D map is gorgeous AND useful. Rare combo.
KWKenji Watanabe@kwatanabe
We embedded the VOL map in our internal wiki. Search usage went up 3x in a month. The SDK is clean and typed, which made the integration painless.
EDElif Demir@elifd
Shareable map links are underrated. I drop them in Slack and people land exactly where I want them.
LMLucas Moreau@lmoreau
Finally an AI research tool that doesn't hallucinate references, because it only answers from the corpus you give it.
ILIngrid Larsen@ingridl
Our grants team uses VOL to map past Horizon projects before writing a proposal. It's become step zero.
SHSamir Haddad@samirh
The webhooks + workflows combo means we get a weekly digest of new trials in our indication, with a cited summary. Love it.
CMChloe Martin@chloem
Onboarded my whole class in ten minutes. Students actually read the sources now.
PNPavel Novak@pnovak
Patents + papers on one map is such a good idea. Spotted a white space in our domain on day one.
ASAna Souza@anasouza
Free tier is genuinely generous. I explore my PhD topic every day.
JBJonas Becker@jbecker
Clean API, great docs, sensible rate limits. Built a Slack bot over the weekend.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

These are some of our most frequently asked questions.

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What is VOL and how does it work?

VOL is a semantic exploration platform. We embed large corpora such as scientific papers, CORDIS projects, patents and clinical trials, and lay them out as an interactive 3D knowledge map where similar documents cluster together. You can fly through the map, filter it, and ask VOL AI questions that are answered from the corpus with citations.

What makes VOL different from a search engine or a chatbot?

Search engines give you lists and chatbots give you text. VOL gives you both on top of a map: every answer cites the documents it used, and clicking a citation takes you to that node and its cluster, so you always see the context around an answer.

How much does VOL cost and what is included in each plan?

Exploring public corpora is free for individuals, including the 3D map and a monthly allowance of AI answers. Teams adds shared workspaces, private corpora and more credits. Organizations adds SSO, admin controls and audit logs. Enterprise offers dedicated infrastructure, custom corpora and higher SLAs.

Can developers build on top of VOL?

Yes. VOL has a public REST API, a typed TypeScript SDK, embeddable React components for the graph and the chat, and a one-line script embed. OAuth clients let you integrate VOL into your own product securely.

Is my data private and secure?

Private corpora are encrypted at rest and in transit, isolated per workspace, and never used to train models. Organizations and Enterprise plans include SSO, granular permissions and audit logs.

Trusted by fast-growing research teams around the world

  • Helix Labs
  • northwind
  • Quanta
  • atlas.bio
  • Meridian
  • COBALT
  • Lumen Institute
  • orbital

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