Actually Intelligent podcast: Seth Watson, Moara

If AI is going to shape the future of research, it doesn’t get a free pass. It has to earn its place. And in academia, trust isn’t assumed.

On the latest episode of Actually Intelligent, host Max Thon sits down with Seth Watson, co-founder of Moara, for a clear-eyed conversation about what it really takes to bring AI into research environments where rigor, sourcing, and credibility are non-negotiable.

That grounding matters.

Because selling into universities isn’t like selling into startups, speed alone won’t win. Novelty won’t either. Researchers care about methodology. They care about metadata. They care about sourcing and being able to trace an insight back to its roots. In short: they care about trust.