Most research tools help you collect links. Kerns is built for ongoing research.
You define topics and sources once. Kerns continuously tracks them over time, surfaces what changes, and structures the material so understanding compounds instead of resetting each session.
The key difference is the interface layer. Beyond feeds and summaries, Kerns organizes research into reasoning-ready views—maps, structured summaries, and synthesized perspectives—so you can actually think through complex areas rather than just store information.
We built this for people doing deep, long-running research (researchers, analysts, investors, founders, autodidacts) where the hard part isn’t finding sources, but keeping a coherent mental model as the space evolves.
Would love feedback, especially from people who’ve tried to maintain research across weeks or months.
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You define topics and sources once. Kerns continuously tracks them over time, surfaces what changes, and structures the material so understanding compounds instead of resetting each session.
The key difference is the interface layer. Beyond feeds and summaries, Kerns organizes research into reasoning-ready views—maps, structured summaries, and synthesized perspectives—so you can actually think through complex areas rather than just store information.
We built this for people doing deep, long-running research (researchers, analysts, investors, founders, autodidacts) where the hard part isn’t finding sources, but keeping a coherent mental model as the space evolves.
Would love feedback, especially from people who’ve tried to maintain research across weeks or months.