| What it does | AI research workspace that verifies every source
| Amharic-first AI assistants and official government knowledge for Ethiopia
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| Stage | Startup
| Startup
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| Founded | 2025
| 2025
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| Based in | Not given
| ET
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| Pricing model | Freemium
| Freemium
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| Pricing | Free: Unlimited messages with free models, access to Basic Models, real-time collaboration, side-by-side model comparison, 3 file uploads per day, 10 citation verifications, 10 GB Zotero Storage. Starter: $9 per month includes everything in Free plus Premium Models, 5x higher usage, 20 file uploads
| Free to try with daily limits; Business and Government plans available on request
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| Key features | - Search 200M+ academic papers
- Verify citations against CrossRef and Semantic Scholar
- Real-time collaboration with advisors and co-authors
- Compare responses from multiple AI models
- 250+ integrations with research tools
- Automated research workflows
- Generate literature review tables
- Create flashcards and study materials
- PRISMA diagram generation
- Cloud workspace to run code
| - Bini citizen assistant for everyday questions about passports, IDs, taxes, courts, land, utilities and Addis Ababa life
- Dr Afiya health guidance with Ministry of Health documents and emergency detection
- Asmat legal information from proclamations and regulations with cited articles
- MCP connector to use BinaSmart in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity
- Knowledge API to query government-services index with ranked passages and source links
- Owner dashboard for AI-assisted business management of tenants, orders, bookings and invoices
- Embeddable chat widget for branded Amharic assistant on websites
- Bini Browser Chrome extension for navigating government and business websites
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| What makes it different | - Verifies every citation against academic databases instead of guessing
- Addresses the citation problem where 1 in 4 citations misrepresent their source
- Built on Open WebUI, the most widely used open-source AI interface
- Real-time team collaboration in the same AI workspace
- Cross-reference AI model outputs to catch hallucinations
| - Built in Ethiopia, Ethiopian-owned and Amharic-first
- Works inside ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity without installation
- Private document deployment available for banks and government offices
- Customizable assistants trained on your own documents and knowledge
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| Free plan | Not given
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| Open source | Not given
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| Platforms | Not given
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| Public API | Not given
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| Community votes | 0 | 0 |
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 11 ▼ −23 (down) since last check | 8 ▲ +2 (up) since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 7 | 5 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 28 | 15 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 123 | 31 |
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