Question 1

What is LitHypo?

Accepted Answer

LitHypo is an AI hypothesis engine built specifically for synthetic biology researchers. It retrieves real papers from Europe PMC and generates falsifiable hypotheses with cited papers, experimental outlines, confidence ratings, and identified risks.

Question 2

How is LitHypo different from ChatGPT?

Accepted Answer

Unlike general-purpose AI tools, LitHypo retrieves real papers from Europe PMC before generating anything. If your query returns zero matching papers, LitHypo refuses to generate hypotheses. Every hypothesis cites verifiable papers, eliminating the fabricated citations problem common to chatbots.

Question 3

What model does LitHypo use?

Accepted Answer

LitHypo runs on Claude Opus 4.7 by Anthropic, currently the strongest available reasoning model. The system is purpose-built for synthetic biology research workflows, not a general chatbot.

Question 4

Is LitHypo free?

Accepted Answer

Yes, LitHypo has a free tier with 5 hypothesis generations per day. The Researcher plan ($19/month) offers unlimited monthly generations and the Lab plan ($79/month) supports up to 5 researchers with shared workspace.

Question 5

Who is LitHypo for?

Accepted Answer

LitHypo is built for synthetic biologists, plant biologists, organoid researchers, biophysicists, PhD students, postdocs, and lab PIs working in synbio. It's especially useful for grant writing, pressure-testing ideas before committing lab resources, and stress-testing hypotheses against adversarial critique.

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