James Reilly · Person in New York Tech

Overview

James Reilly serves as co-founder and CEO at Latent Knowledge, a position held since September 2019[1][2]. Reilly's background spans biotechnology and entrepreneurship, including research roles at the United States Military Academy at West Point from September 2021 to January 2024[3] and a research consultant position at GE Research from March to May 2021[7]. Reilly participated in the Techstars Tech Central Sydney Accelerator as a founder in cohort 1 from July to October 2023[4] and served as an entrepreneurial lead with the I-Corps Hub Northeast Region from February to May 2023[6]. Educational credentials include a Master of Education from Boston University (2013–2015)[11], study in cell biology and biochemistry at West Point (2015–2017)[12], and enrollment in the UC Launch Spring 2025 Cohort at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business[10].

Career history

Co-founder & CEOSep 2019 to presentLatent Knowledge
Researcher, Life Science program + Hosptial (KACH)Sep 2021 to Jan 2024United States Military Academy at West Point
Cohort 1, founder participantJul 2023 to Oct 2023Techstars Tech Central Sydney Accelerator
Board of TrusteesJul 2020 to Sep 2023Cosmopolitan Soccer League
Entrepreneurial LeadFeb 2023 to May 2023I-Corps Hub Northeast Region
Research ConsultantMar 2021 to May 2021GE Research
Business Development RepresentativeNov 2019 to Aug 2020Skopenow
Biotechnology ConsultantOct 2019 to Jan 2020Libra 2 - family office

Education

UC Launch Spring 2025 Cohort, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial StudiesFeb 2025 - Apr 2025University of California, BerkeleyHaas School of Business
Master of Education2013 - 2015Boston University
Cell Biology, Biochemistry2015 - 2017United States Military Academyat West Point

Insights & ideas

The through-line

Reilly's argument is a single one, pressed from several angles: research is drowning in its own output, and the tools people use to navigate it are the bottleneck. He frames the growth in published literature as good for innovation while being "a bit overwhelming" for the individual researcher, particularly because funding now demands proof that an idea is "not just a great idea it's the next great idea" [1]. That proof depends entirely on literature discovery, which is where he locates the failure. His pitch for the platform, presented as Litview, is not a better ranking of results but a reinvention of the act of searching itself [1].

On why keyword search fails researchers

The specific complaint is precision and recall at the same time. With Google and Google Scholar, he argues, "it's very easy to miss critical content with a somewhat specific keyword search," and he illustrates it with a query returning nineteen thousand articles, a volume that "takes weeks months years" to parse and "stifles innovation" [1]. The cost is framed in researcher time rather than search quality abstractly: hours lost to sifting are hours not spent on the work that moves a project forward [1].

On search by document rather than by keyword

His proposed replacement has two moves. The first is a search bar that accepts many keywords at once and, more distinctively, lets a researcher embed their own documents, whether "an excerpt from a manuscript that you're preparing or just some idea that off the cuff from your Journal," and ask the system to "show me stuff that's very similar to my unique idea" [1]. The second is to "take the reading out of the literature Discovery process," representing each title and abstract as a point on a plot, assessing "the context the key features in these titles and abstracts" and matching documents against both the uploaded material and the entered keywords [1]. He describes the combined effect as "a more robust search Discovery and a more tailored and curated document Discovery process" [1].

On traction as the proof point

Reilly treats one observation as the reason the company exists at all: experienced researchers find articles on his platform that they cannot find on the native databases, using the same keywords and the same sources [1]. The comparison he draws is between researchers who "spend hours and hours" on Google Scholar and the same people running the same search with what he calls refined techniques and getting "straight to the articles that actually move the needle for their project" [1].

On the business model

The commercial thesis is B2B SaaS sold into research departments at hospitals and universities, on a team-wide rather than individual basis [1]. He argues the search engine is subject matter agnostic, so any vertical is reachable "as long as they're doing due diligence or intense research," and describes the product as vertically integrated: not only a search builder but a collaboration suite, a notes page, manuscript preparation, and admin features to track who is doing what and who is saving articles [1]. His summary of the shape of the business is "vertically integrated software with horizontally scalable opportunity" [1]. On the raise, he was seeking three million dollars in seed capital, reported roughly half committed, and aimed to close by mid-January, with the stated purpose of supporting the team he had bootstrapped together to build the MVP full time [1].

Takeaways

The core problem he identifies is not finding results but missing critical ones: a specific keyword search can return nineteen thousand articles and still hide what matters [1].
Funding pressure drives the need, because researchers must demonstrate their idea is "the next great idea," which requires exhaustive literature discovery [1].
The product's differentiator is letting researchers upload their own text, including unpublished manuscript excerpts or rough journal notes, and retrieve documents similar to it [1].
The second phase aims to "take the reading out of the literature Discovery process" by plotting titles and abstracts and matching on context and key features [1].
The validating signal is that experienced researchers surface articles on the platform they could not find natively using identical keywords and databases [1].
The go-to-market is B2B SaaS to hospital and university research departments, subject matter agnostic and extensible to any field doing intense research or due diligence [1].
The roadmap goes beyond search to collaboration, notes, manuscript preparation and admin analytics, summarised as vertically integrated software with horizontally scalable opportunity [1].

Media & appearances

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StarTalk RadioApple Podcasts2025-06-27
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Review RevueApple Podcasts2023-07-25
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Review RevueApple Podcasts2023-02-21
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The Pediatric Lounge, Where Pediatric Physicians Come to Share Their Stories and SuccessApple Podcasts2022-09-27
029 Part #1, Metabolic Changes in the Over weight child, with James Reilly MDDr. James Reilly MD Dr. James Reilly MD graduated from SUNY HSC at Brooklyn medical school. Then completed his pediatric residency at Albert Einstein where he also served as chief resident. He is triple boarded in pediatrics, weight management, and lipidology. Pediatrician at RBK since 1997, where he is a managing partner. He is a Diplomate of the board of obesity medicine, diplomate board of clinical lipidology, and Clinical Assistant Professor at Hofstra. Please subscribe to our podcast on apple or amazon and give us a great review. You can make suggestions for guests and topics on our website below. Thanks for listening. Follow us on social media YouTube, Instagram, WebPage The Pediatric Lounge - A Podcast taking you behind the door of the Physician's Lounge to get a deeper insight into just what docs are talking about today, from the clinically profound to the wonderfully routine...and everything in between. The conversations are not intended as medical advice and the opinions expressed are solely those of the host and guest. Support the show 🔴 Subscribe for more Doctor stories like this: 🎧Apple and give us a 5-star review.
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#105: Milk Store with Geoffrey James and Reilly Anspaugh!Everyone start cleaning the house-we have guests! The delightful hosts of Review Revue, Geoffrey James and Reilly Anspaugh, are here! You can find this fellow Headgum podcast wherever you find podcasts! We can’t recommend it enough! In this episode we have gambling, rambling letters, vampires and JP Riddles. There are some audio issues in this episode! Just a heads up. Starring: Adal Rifai John Patrick Coan Erin Keif Editing by: Casey Toney Theme by: Arne Parrott Logo by: Emily Kardamis & Emmaline Morris Want more? Get Weekly Bonus Eps on Patreon! Want merch? Visit our TeePublic Store! or pins, buttons & prints Want to advertise on the show? Check out Hey Riddle Riddle via Gumball.fm See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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MQ Incubator Pitch Final 2022 (Latent Knowledge) - YouTubeJames Reilly presents Latent Knowledge (referred to as 'Litview' in the pitch), a research performance platform designed to improve literature discovery. He explains that the platform allows researchers to search using multiple keywords and upload their own documents to find similar content more efficiently than Google Scholar, and describes their B2B SaaS enterprise model targeting research departments at hospitals and universities.

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