Step-AI has officially launched its new research assistant, "Step Deep Research," which is now available for trial on the Step-AI App and stepfun.com platform, and also opened for internal invitation testing. This intelligent tool is designed for fields such as finance, consulting, healthcare, law, policy, and academic research. It can independently complete complex research tasks within about ten minutes and generate in-depth and professional research reports, providing efficient support for researchers.
The core advantage of "Step Deep Research" lies in its powerful information processing and integration capabilities. In the Chinese deep search benchmark test xbench-DeepSearch released by Sequoia China, this product ranked first with a 70% pass rate, outperforming other similar products. Additionally, in the latest BrowseComp benchmark test released by OpenAI, its pass rate reached 23%, achieving industry-leading levels, further verifying its research capabilities in complex internet information environments.
Users simply need to input their needs through natural language, and "Step Deep Research" will actively clarify research objectives, plan research plans, and independently use tools such as search, knowledge base, code execution, and visualization output to complete research tasks. When encountering unreliable information sources, it will proactively develop search strategies, cross-validate information, and ensure the reliability of research results. The final research report is detailed, including charts, data, and source tracing information, and supports exporting in multiple formats such as PDF, Word, and HTML, making it convenient for sharing and collaboration.
On the technical level, "Step Deep Research" is developed based on end-to-end self-reinforced learning and multi-agent architecture, enabling it to simulate complex tasks in the real world. Its internal evaluation criteria are built through in-depth interviews with industry experts, covering real demand analysis, mainstream product comparisons, and core question selection, ensuring the professionalism and authority of the evaluation results. At the same time, the product has accumulated more than 2000 professional information sources and 10 million professional documents, and supports advanced features such as focused search, custom information sources, and dedicated knowledge bases, meeting personalized research needs.
To ensure the trustworthiness of research reports, "Step Deep Research" integrates verification capabilities throughout the entire process, systematically verifying the authenticity of data, the relevance of evidence, and the applicability of information. Based on user feedback, the team also launched an independent in-depth verification Agent product, which can verify viewpoints, long texts, web pages, and AI answers, further enhancing the credibility of information.
Currently, "Step Deep Research" has been applied in multiple fields such as technology research, industry analysis, and market research, with user groups including college students, patients with rare diseases, investors, and entrepreneurs. For example, college students can obtain the retrieval and summary of hundreds of cutting-edge papers within ten minutes; investors can quickly complete cross-industry research; entrepreneurs can comprehensively understand the procedures for setting up e-commerce companies.
The Step-AI team stated that they will continue to optimize product functions and look forward to evolving "Step Deep Research" together with users, providing support for more knowledge creators. Starting today, users can log in to stepfun.com to apply for trial of this intelligent research tool.