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CollectivIQ offers more accurate AI answers by querying multiple large language models simultaneously and fusing their results.Summary
John Davie, founder of Buyers Edge Platform, created CollectivIQ, a Boston-based startup incubated within his company, to address the unreliability and security concerns associated with using various public AI tools.
CollectivIQ queries several large language models concurrently, including those from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI, then fuses the overlapping and differing information to generate a single, more accurate response. The platform ensures enterprise-grade privacy by encrypting and deleting all prompt data after use, alleviating concerns about company information being used for training.
Initially rolled out internally, the software was released publicly after Buyers Edge Platform customers expressed similar hesitations about AI adoption. CollectivIQ operates on a usage-based payment model, covering the token costs itself, which Davie hopes will appeal to companies wary of long-term LLM commitments.
(Source：TechCrunch)