Why Sokrateque exists—and why I believe it matters.
I did not set out to start a company. Like many entrepreneurs, I just kept bumping into the same problem until ignoring it became so frustrating that I decided to tackle it head-on.
It began with a simple question, really: Why does finding the right, reliable information take so long in the age of technology? That question turned into Sokrateque.
The Universal Struggle
I know what it’s like to be a student—staring at fifteen browser tabs, second-guessing every source, wanting to do good work but having four other projects as well. Now I watch my children and their friends go through the same thing. The volume of information is overwhelming and growing fast. And AI, while full of promise, often raises more questions than it answers: Where did this answer come from? Can I trust it? And for students, 'will AI take my future job before I am even graduated?'
That’s not just a student problem. Professionals feel it too. Consultants, researchers, analysts, journalists—they all face the creeping anxiety of “Did I miss something important?” They’re bombarded with information, not always sure what’s real and what’s noise. Often stuck searching for specific insights they need, even though the search itself does not make the best use of their minds.
A Tool Born Out of a Deadline
The seed for Sokrateque was planted back in 2017. A client asked a big, specific question: When will we hit the global inflection point for electric vehicle adoption—and what forces will drive it?
The research team had six weeks. Five were spent just finding and organizing relevant information. That left only one week to do the thinking—the actual value. After that project we flipped the question: What if we could spend one week gathering the material and five weeks analyzing it?
That was the start of something different.
Not Another AI Toy
There are many companies building advanced AI models. That’s great. We benefit from that. But too few are asking: How do we help people think better?
We believe that’s the real frontier.
At Sokrateque, we don’t try to dazzle you with endless AI-generated text. We try to simplify. We filter instead of flood. You ask a question, Sokrateque returns multiple, short, verifiable answers—each with the original source. We don’t rewrite the source; We don’t rewrite the source; we surface and highlight for you where the answer is found in the source. So you easily verify and trust it.
We even started to help you ask better questions. Sokrateque nudges you with follow-ups that challenge assumptions and reveal blind spots—like confirmation bias. It's a small thing with a big impact: better questions, better answers. Even though it is just the beginning.
Why This Matters
Because students today deserve better tools to make sense of a complex world. And professionals deserve to spend less time searching and more time thinking. Because AI should augment our intelligence—not replace it, not distract from it.
Building a company is hard. Some days, I agree with the advice: “Don’t do it.” Finding and convincing investors is hard. But when they see what you see and support it, it feels quite magical.
But here’s the thing—I’m building a product I need, too. That gives me stamina. That gives our team direction.
We do it for the students studying late in the university library.
For the professionals chasing clarity in the noise.
And for anyone who still believes in the joy—and the importance—of understanding the world better. Those who cherish the joy of discovery.
If that’s you, Sokrateque was built with you in mind.
We hope you’ll join us.
