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Rade Joksimovic

Pointer - AI editing co-pilot for Google Docs

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Pointer is your AI copilot, working directly within Google Docs to offer smart, real-time edits. Say goodbye to manual copy-pasting from ChatGPT and fixing broken text formatting. Enjoy efficient, polished suggestions that you can easily approve.

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Rade Joksimovic
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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 I'm Rade, the developer behind Pointer AI, and I'm thrilled to unveil my latest creation with you all. This is my 5th product launch this year, and it's especially exciting because Pointer AI transforms how you interact with Google Docs! Imagine having an intern who follows your exact instructions, clicking around and making suggestions right within Google Docs. That's what Pointer AI does! It's not just a chat interface—it actively types out suggestions for you to approve, complete with insightful comments that explain the reasoning behind each change. Inspired by Claude's "Computer Use," Pointer AI is specifically built for Google Docs, eliminating the hassle of copying from ChatGPT and fixing formatting issues. You'll be amazed at how smoothly it integrates your feedback, making your documents shine 5x faster. For me, watching Pointer AI in action is like witnessing magic—seeing your ideas come to life with remarkable precision and efficiency, all without leaving the familiar Google Docs environment. I can't wait for you to try it out and hear your feedback. Head over to the Chrome Web Store to check Pointer AI out! Thanks for being such a supportive community. I hope you find as much joy in using Pointer AI as I did in creating it! 😊
Tony Tong
@whoisrade Congrats on the launch of pointer ai! It is exactly what Google Docs needed! The AI intern idea is brilliant. Any plans to bring this to other tools like sheets or slides?
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@tonyabracadabra thanks Tony! 🙏 Yes, I’m already working on supporting the rest of the Google Workspace apps. Let me know if you have any other suggestions 🤗
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@mogabr Happy you like it Tony! Much appreciated 🙏
@whoisrade Sounds cool! How does Pointer AI ensure that the suggestions align with a user's unique writing style?
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@victoria_wu Thanks Victoria! Pointer is like an intern for editing your documents, it mimick the writing style of the document it is editing.
Sofia Bettari
Hey @whoisrade and @djordjevic_nikola, congrats on the launch! 🎉 I love the loading animation, it's giving 2030. Besides summarising or expand the text, is it possible to change the tone of voice or ask it for example to divide the text doc in H-sections like a blog post? good luck with today's launch, you did a great job😼
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@djordjevic_nikola @sofia__bettari Thanks Sofia, and yes it can! It can do most of the things an actual intern can, I'd invite you to watch the video and give it a go, we've included some free generations for trying it out. We've tested it on editing some long legal contracts and it was so fast at it that we just laughed.
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@sofia__bettari Thank you so much for your kind words and support—it truly means a lot! 🎉😺
Brandon Palin
Congrats on the launch, @djordjevic_nikola @whoisrade - We use docs as a primary source of content creation. Which LLM is powering the tool? Is it something you guys have developed or are you building off Anthropic / Openai / other?
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@djordjevic_nikola @brandon_palin Hey Brandon, thanks! Would be cool to hear your feedback considering you're a Google Docs power user. We've built an agent on top of a fine tuned OpenAI's GPT-4o, but it was a close call between OpenAI and Anthropic's models.
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@brandon_palin thank you so much! 😊
Brandon Palin
@djordjevic_nikola @whoisrade Do you have a promotion for PH to test the product out for a longer duration than the free 5 prompts?
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@djordjevic_nikola @brandon_palin We haven't thought of that to be honest, but as the feedback was so overly positive and it surpassed our expectations, I've created a 50% discount for the first month for this launch (limited to 100 uses), just use this code on checkout: PHLAUNCH
Ashit from Draftly.so
Congrats on the launch, @whoisrade @djordjevic_nikola ! Love the idea - especially because it gives chagnes as suggestions rather than just overwrite the content. Quick question - how does it handle different voice accents? Do you rely on the native voice recognition?
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@djordjevic_nikola @ashitvora Yes, we felt it is crucial to not overwrite the content, but rather provide changes as suggestions with descriptive reasons for each suggestion, so a user can approve or reject each change. Yes, it relies fully on the native voice recognition from within the document it is editing.
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@ashitvora Thank you so much! 🙌
André J
Does it work with BYO OpenAI key?
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@sentry_co Hey André, I haven't built that in. Not sure if people would pay for an extension that asks for their own API key, but I may be mistaken... What would be the reasoning for this?
Nik Laufer-Edel
@whoisrade privacy in a work context!
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@nikdotca Hey Nik, thanks for reaching out! We're fully protecting our users' privacy, check out our terms of service and privacy policy - no users' data is being stored whatsoever, except for user's email address for logging in. The OpenAI is used through a company account with Tier 5 API access, where the agreement guarantees that they are also not storing any data.
André J
@whoisrade You would not earn any money. But you would get a lot of powerful early adopters that would bring in "novice users" that would pay.
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@sentry_co I'm fortunate to have a group of incredible early adopters who are eager to invest in a product that genuinely benefits them. From my nearly 20 years of experience in software development, I've learned that monetary transactions are essential to validate the market demand for a product.
Brody Slade
Congrats on the launch! Pointer is great!
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@brody_slade Thank you so much!
Lyudmila Popova
@whoisrade congrats on the launch! Looks cool, nice it explains every step. Good job :)
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@lyudmila_popova Thanks Lyudmila, much appreciated! :)
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@lyudmila_popova Thank you so much! 😊 We’re glad you like it and appreciate your kind words. Your support means a lot to us! 🙌
Ohans Emmanuel (remention.ai)
Just gotta say the scroll effect on the landing page initial viewport is brilliant! Congrats on the launch, and I look forward to giving the tool a try. Congrats on the launch! 🚀
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@ohansemmanuel Thanks Ohans :D Webflow makes it easy to build these scroll animations. Wait until you see the animations when the AI agent is making changes to your Google Docs! :D
Oliver Stafurik
One of the cleanest AI integrations I've used this year! For someone who stashes almost anything in Google Docs, this is an absolute game changer. Love the product, keep going guys. Congrats on the launch.
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@oliverstafurik Wow, thanks for saying that Oliver, it really means a lot! Looking forward to improving the product further with your feedback!
Tanoy Chowdhury
This is brilliant! And neat. I really liked how it adds suggestions and doesn't make the changes right away. It's almost like working with a thoughtful editor. Thanks for working on this @whoisrade. I hope it gets all the attention it deserves.
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@tanoy27 Thank you Tanoy, I really appreciate it! That was exactly what I was going for, I'm happy it feels in the product :)
Olya Zabalkanska
It looks like can save quite a lot of time!
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@olya_zabalkanska It sure can Olya, there's a limited free trial account, so please try it out and let me know if you have any ideas how to make it even more effective :)
Ruben Benarroch Esayag
amazing! i used to use gptforworks mostly for google sheets but it had some bugs and UX that wasnt of my liking so i stopped using it, im happy this new approach is way cooler than them
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@rupgo Thanks Ruben, it feels great being on the right path! Thank you for your support.
Torben Friehe
Copy pasting between Google Docs and ChatGPT is really annoying and I hate to deal with the formatting issues, especially when copying longer texts that are mostly research which only need light editing.
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@tfriehe_ Yes, that is exactly the frustration I had as well! Let me know if Pointer solves that problem for you :)
Kate Prasniak
@djordjevic_nikola @whoisrade Congrats on the launch! How does it handle more complex formatting like tables or embedded images? Curious about its capabilities beyond text :)
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@kate_prasniak it handles data in tables, but not images I’m afraid. It’s a good idea though, we’ll be working on updating the product based on feedback like this, so you might expect it in one of the next updates! 😅
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@kate_prasniak thank you so much! 🙌
Gabriel Ferraz
Very nice, congrats on the launch @whoisrade Do you have any plans on implementing a Pay as you go model for billing? I wonder if that could be something that would make users more willing to try it out
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@sudoferraz Thanks Gabriel! We do have a pay as you go model for buying additional fast requests as add-ons after the generations quota have been exhausted. 😊
Richard Song
Awesome product! Saves me a lot of time editing google docs. Does it also support google sheet, slides, etc?
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@renchu_song Thanks Richard! I'm working on supporting the full suite of Google WOrkspace products starting with Google Sheets and Google Slides, but currently only Google Docs is supported. We'll do a launch of these new features here on PH as soon as they're live!
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@renchu_song thank you so much! 😊
Vukašin Stojkov
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Had me at changes as suggestions. It's insane this doesn't come baked in. Hope to see Pointer in more of the apps I write in, I need it in each and every one.
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@vukasin Thank you so much! 😊 Your support means a lot to us! 🙌
Rade Joksimovic
Maker
@vukasin Thanks Vukašin! That's the plan, let me know if you have any apps you would like me to prioritize outside of Google Workspace!
Ramit Koul
Seems very useful for my daily workflow. Congrats on the launch, Nikola and the team!!
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@ramitkoul thank you so much 🙌!
Jack Simpson
Google docs needs something like this! Well done @whoisrade fascinating to watch it work
Dontell Levesque
Making me more talented than actually I am loving it. @djordjevic_nikola
Nikola Djordjevic
Maker
@dontell_levesque Thank you! I’m so happy to hear it’s helping you. 😊