The Ask AI agent allows you to discover companies using plain English queries, without applying manual filters.
You can access Ask AI directly from the sidebar, or go to: https://app.tryspecter.com/agent
The agent automatically parses your query and extracts relevant criteria such as:
Total funding
Last funding type and date
Growth stage
Location
Customer focus
Results are semantically matched and ranked by relevance, helping you quickly identify companies that best fit your request.
How It Works
Describe Your Target
Simply type in a description of the market segment or company you want to explore, for example "Quantum computing companies in North America that last raised a Series A".
2. Semantic Search
The AI Search Agent processes data from multiple sources, including websites and company descriptions, to understand each company’s true focus.
3. Ranked Results
Once you submit a query, results are ranked by Semantic Score, an AI-generated percentage indicating how closely a company matches your search.
Tips & Best Practices
Saved Searches
Like our other Specter products, you can save your AI-powered searches. Just click Save Search, give it a name, and it will appear in your Saved Company Searches.
Results Limit
The AI Search Agent returns a maximum of 2,000 results.
It’s designed to highlight the most relevant companies, not to serve as a comprehensive list of every company.
Choose Your Search Mode
Standard, Precise, or Broad—pick your mode based on how narrow or expansive you’d like your results.
Use Precise for a smaller, highly relevant set of companies, or Broad for more exploratory searches.
Searching Similar Companies & Competitors
You can also use the AI Search Agent to find similar companies or competitors.
Company Tagging
Enhance your results by tagging the company you’re referencing. This helps the AI Search Agent pinpoint accurate competitors or similar companies.
