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Animus turns every video, thread, article, and carousel you save into a searchable research library — so when you sit down to create, the source material is already there.
You've saved the research — a thread with data points you want to cite, a carousel with a framework you want to riff on, a YouTube video where someone explained it better than you could. But when you sit down to create, you spend more time finding the research than using it.
You saved it in five different places. You search your bookmarks and get nothing useful. You go back to Google and lose an hour.
The problem isn't your process. It's that your tools store links, not knowledge.
Ask: “What have I saved about building an email list?” Get excerpts from every article, thread, and video transcript in your library that's relevant — with links back to the originals. That's your research phase, done in 30 seconds.
Animus reads the content you actually save. Not just articles — video essays, Twitter threads, Instagram carousels, podcast clips. It auto-categorizes as you save. No filing, no tagging, no organizing. Just search when you need something.
Every time you save something relevant to your topics, your searchable knowledge base grows. Six months in, you have a research library most journalists would envy.
| Content Type | What Animus Does |
|---|---|
| YouTube video essays | Full transcription with timestamps |
| Twitter/X threads | Parsed into key points |
| Instagram carousels | OCR — every slide's text extracted |
| Articles and essays | Full-text indexed |
| TikTok explainers | Full transcription |
Pre-production research. Before writing your next video script: “Find everything I've saved about [topic].” Pull from video transcripts, threads, and articles instantly.
Building an argument. “What data points and frameworks do I have on [claim]?” Surfaces specific excerpts with sources.
Finding examples and stories. “What stories did I save about founders who overcame [problem]?” Pull narrative material from across your library.
Reference library for a series. Building a 10-part series? Create a collection for the topic. Save everything relevant as you find it. Pull from that collection each time you sit down to write.
Staying current. “What new things have I saved about [topic] in the last 30 days?” Keeps you current without manually reviewing everything.
Browser bookmarks — you already know why these don't work.
Notion — good for drafting, but manual capture and tagging. No AI search. Terrible for passive save-and-retrieve.
Readwise — strong on newsletters and books. Weak on video and social formats. No AI questioning across your library.
Pocket — gone, and even at its best it only read articles. Couldn't touch video or carousels.
Creators are multi-format researchers. Animus is the only tool that reads all of it.
No credit card. No commitment. Your source material, always within reach.
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For casual savers
Save $18/yr
For serious collectors
Save $30/yr
For heavy researchers
Save $50/yr