One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots
Summary
CollectivIQ is a new tool that addresses problems with AI reliability by querying multiple large language models (LLMs, which are AI systems trained on large amounts of text data) simultaneously and combining their responses to produce more accurate answers. The company was created to solve issues like hallucinations (when AI generates false or made-up information), data privacy concerns, and employee frustration with inaccurate AI outputs that were appearing in business presentations.
Solution / Mitigation
CollectivIQ's approach involves querying several LLMs including those from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and xAI at the same time, then searching for overlapping and differing information to produce a combined answer intended to be more accurate. The company also implements encryption and automatic deletion of prompt data after use to maintain enterprise-grade privacy.
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Original source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/04/one-startups-pitch-to-provide-more-reliable-ai-answers-crowdsource-the-chatbots/
First tracked: March 4, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Classified by LLM (prompt v3) · confidence: 85%