Historians spend lifetimes combing through digitized records looking for overlooked details that could rewrite history. The recent dodo discovery shows what's possible.
A specialized search tool that uses AI to surface connections between disparate historical documents. Could flag potential eyewitness accounts, contradictions, or corroborations.
Academic institutions would pay for subscriptions. Museums and documentary teams might license notable finds.
MVP: Focus on one archive (like Early English Books Online) with simple semantic search.
Risk: Requires deep domain expertise to tune the AI properly.