Tiangong AI Search 天工AI搜索
Kunlun's Chinese AI search engine with a 200M-paper academic index
Overview
Tiangong AI Search (天工AI搜索) is Kunlun Tech's Chinese answer-engine app, running multi-step "deep search" with cited, structured answers plus dedicated finance and academic modes backed by a 200M+ English-paper database. Built for Chinese-speaking researchers, analysts and students.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 12 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- Standard AI search
- Chat interface
- Writing assistance
- Academic paper deep search
- Finance/investment search mode
- Data analysis & mind-map export
What you can produce with Tiangong AI Search 天工AI搜索
- Multi-step "deep search" with cited, structured answers (tables, mind-maps)
- 200M+ English academic paper index with PDF-to-citation mapping
- Finance mode: real-time filings, cross-company earnings comparison
- Document upload & summarization up to 1M characters
- Auto-generated PPT outlines and mind-maps from documents
- 20+ round follow-up conversational search
- iOS/Android/PC/web apps
ASEAN Perspective
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Tiangong AI Search is Kunlun Wanwei's answer engine, and its strongest angle is depth rather than breadth: a 200-million-paper English academic index it can trace PDF claims back to source, plus a finance mode that pulls live filings and compares company reports. Multi-step reasoning with 20-plus follow-up rounds puts it ahead of a basic search box.
The interface works against it. Zhihu reviewers describe a homepage cluttered with trending-topic cards and clickbait, and the underlying knowledge base still trails Google's Deep Research or Metaso for hard technical queries. Document handling (1-million-character summaries, PPT outlines) is a genuine convenience but exports need manual cleanup. Pricing is opaque -- a paid "Advanced" tier exists but the app doesn't post rates. Worth trying for finance or literature-review work inside the Chinese-language ecosystem; skip it if you need transparent pricing or English-first polish.
What people say
Kunlun Wanwei markets Tiangong as China's first all-in-one AI assistant, and by mid-2026 the company's AI-native businesses were posting over $800 million in annualized revenue -- though the bulk of that comes from Kunlun's AI short-drama platform, not the search product itself; AI tooling (which includes Tiangong AI Search) accounts for a smaller slice, over $100 million ARR.
Reviewers on Zhihu and trade outlets like Technode consistently flag two strengths: the academic search mode, which indexes more than 200 million English papers and can map arXiv PDFs directly to the claims in an AI-generated answer, and the finance mode, which pulls real-time filings and lets users compare earnings across companies. One long-form Zhihu review calls the multi-step reasoning "a genuine step up from New Bing or Google's AI search" for multimodal results -- charts, tables and mind-maps generated alongside text answers with source citations attached.
The same reviewers are sharper on what doesn't work. A Technode writeup titled its hands-on piece "hard to sum up in one word" after finding the homepage cluttered with trending-topic cards that felt more like a social feed than a search tool, including content the reviewer called borderline clickbait. Multiple Zhihu posts note that generated content -- PPT decks in particular -- often misreads current events or produces layouts that need manual rework before they're usable. The underlying knowledge base, while broad, doesn't match Google DeepResearch on specialized technical topics, according to at least one detailed comparison.
Pricing draws its own complaints. One Zhihu thread is literally titled "you haven't even let me try it and you're already charging?", reflecting frustration that advanced features sit behind a paywall with no free trial and no published price list -- unlike competitors that show tiers upfront. The product ships across web, PC, and a dedicated iOS/Android app, with the mobile app functioning as the main consumer touchpoint.
Net effect: a search tool with real academic and financial depth, let down by a busy interface and pricing that isn't upfront about what it costs to unlock the good parts.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
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