Lens

Search the web, the Lens index and your own documents in one place.

Smart Search returns ranked source and document results, not a written answer. You see where each result came from, how it ranks and why, then open the ones that matter.

A ranked result
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reuters.com38 copies collapsed into one

The board approved the measure in a 9 to 2 vote, with the two dissenting directors citing the timeline rather than the terms.

Web · ranked 1 of 214 · no answer written over the top
Illustrative composition. The live tool ranks your own query.

Enterprise search that shows its sources.

Point one query at the open web, the Lens index and the documents your team has uploaded. Results come back ranked and grouped by where they came from, with the passage attached. No model writes over the top of them.

Pick what you search across.

An Index selector, not a model picker. Turn each source on or off per query.

Web
  • Live public web results
  • Ranked, not just listed
  • Source shown on every hit
Lens index
  • Read and checked, not just linked
  • Copies and syndication fold into one source
  • Coverage grows continuously
Custom Indexes
  • Your own files: PDF, DOCX, TXT and MD
  • Private to your org, permissions carried through
  • Google Drive and Notion connectors coming soon

Ranked on what the source says, not who paid to rank.

Web search sorts for speed and relevance, tilted by ad spend, brand image and hidden ownership ties. Smart Search reads the document instead. Single-owner sources collapse into one voice, repeats count once and what remains is ranked on what the source actually says.

How a result earns its place
The source is read, not just matched

Ranking reflects the content of the document, not keyword overlap with your query.

Duplicates and syndication count once

The same story across forty outlets does not crowd out forty different views.

Ownership ties are visible

Sources under one owner fold together so the count reflects distinct voices.

What a result gives you.

Source and document links

Source and document links

  • Every result opens to its origin
  • No answer written over the top
  • You decide what to trust
The ranked list it returns
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reuters.com38 copies collapsed
Web
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apnews.com12 copies collapsed
Web
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sec.govprimary filing
Lens index
Illustrative composition. The live tool ranks your own query.
The passage in view

The passage in view

  • See the text that made it rank
  • No second research project to verify
  • Skim ten results in the time one page takes
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Search

Your query runs against every Index you selected.

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Collapse

Duplicates and syndication fold into one source each.

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Rank

What remains is ordered on what the source says.

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Return

You get ranked links and passages, never a generated answer.

What happens when you search.

Four steps run between the query and the ranked list. No result skips them.

Questions about Smart Search.

Does Smart Search write an answer?

No. It returns ranked source and document results with the passage attached. You read the sources and decide. Chat is the surface that generates an answer.

How is this different from Chat?

Smart Search has an Index selector, not a model picker, and never generates text. Chat runs on a model you pick and writes an answer grounded in the Indexes you choose.

Are results ranked or just listed?

Ranked. Duplicates and single-owner sources collapse into one, then what remains is ordered on what the source actually says.

What can I search across?

The open web, the Lens index and your own uploaded documents, on or off per query.

The next thing your team looks up should come back ranked and sourced.