Academic work, moving at the speed of thought.
Colleague clears administrative drag and thinks with you properly, across an intertwined portfolio of ideas, grants, papers, deadlines, documents and decisions.
Collaborate on live documents with an agent that has its own workspace.
I'm applying to this funder. Can you work out what they actually want?
I'll extract eligibility, criteria, word limits, attachments and deadlines from the funder site.
And turn that into a starting document?
Yes. A section-by-section application template, with prompts and compliance checks built in.
Can you check whether the proposal, ethics form and annex still match?
I've found a work package numbering error running through three clinical studies sections.
Anything else?
The ethics form needs text on safety in community settings, which is a requirement of the call.
The analysis is done, but the draft paper has been stuck for months.
I'll map the claims against the evidence before rewriting anything.
The target journal needs a different structure.
Then we audit the draft for overclaiming and reshape the argument, results headings, discussion and methods.
Before we write, can we see what has already been funded?
I'll search grant registries and cluster funded projects by funder, theme, population, method and stage.
I don't just want a list.
You need the pattern: where the money has gone, what's missing and how this proposal should stand apart.
Can you read this deck before I present it?
The opening sets up your central argument, but the conclusion never comes back to it.
I knew the connection, but it isn't on the slides.
Exactly. Add a closing slide that says what your results contribute to the concept you opened with.
I need to explain public health research to primary school children.
Let's make it concrete: streets, parks, trees, food shops, air quality and safe places to play.
Not just slide ideas?
No. Slides, notes and a small interactive website where children design a healthier street.
I need a cover letter, funder reply, invitation letter and ethics checklist.
Send the documents. I'll draft each one and flag anything that needs your judgement.
They are all small, but they are blocking my day.
That's why they're worth taking off your desk. They need context, not your best thinking.
Colleague handles the repetitive, annoying, necessary work that eats academic time: structuring documents, checking requirements, tidying materials, preparing drafts and keeping things moving.
Colleague thinks with you: interrogating weak logic, improving explanations, connecting literatures and helping turn vague ideas into something publishable, fundable or decision-ready.
Colleague has its own Google Workspace account, so you can work with it like an external collaborator: share the documents, folders, calendars and email context you choose.
Colleague is for senior researchers whose work does not fit neatly into one prompt: multiple projects, many collaborators, grant deadlines, paper drafts, meetings, admin and ideas that need a sharp second mind.
Bring in papers, notes, links and ideas.
Ask questions. Get clarity across your sources.
Find connections, gaps and new angles.
Turn insights into structured writing.
Prepare responses and strengthen your case.
Most AI is task-shaped: answer this, rewrite that or complete one specific bounded workflow and stop there. Colleague is portfolio-shaped: it understands the full body of work you're carrying and helps across all of it. It is built for the messy reality of academic work: many projects, many documents, many conversations, many moving deadlines, all entangled.
Colleague has its own Google Workspace account. Share a document, a subfolder, a calendar or a forwarded email thread, just as you would with a trusted collaborator.
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