I built this because GPT kept hallucinating what PG “might say.” This custom GPT only pulls from paulgraham.com — no summaries, no fluff, just cited answers straight from his essays. Built for builders who want clarity, not noise.
I’m a founder and like many here, I often turn to Paul Graham’s essays when I’m stuck, thinking about ideas, markets, ambition, or just getting unstuck.
But asking GPT “What would PG say about this?” often returned vague summaries, hallucinations, or web-scraped noise. So I built a GPT that only pulls from the essays on paulgraham.com. No web search. No guesswork. Just direct answers with citations.
You can ask:
• What does PG say about cofounders?
• How to find startup ideas?
• What mistakes do early founders make?
…and it will respond with actual passages from his essays + links.
Love this, turning Paul Graham’s essays into a GPT is genius.
I do UI/UX + Framer development and recommend build the landing for conversions. Would love to connect and help if you’re open.
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I’m a founder and like many here, I often turn to Paul Graham’s essays when I’m stuck, thinking about ideas, markets, ambition, or just getting unstuck.
But asking GPT “What would PG say about this?” often returned vague summaries, hallucinations, or web-scraped noise. So I built a GPT that only pulls from the essays on paulgraham.com. No web search. No guesswork. Just direct answers with citations.
You can ask:
• What does PG say about cofounders?
• How to find startup ideas?
• What mistakes do early founders make?
…and it will respond with actual passages from his essays + links.
Would love your feedback, feature ideas, or thoughts on expanding this to other thinkers (e.g. Naval, Ben Horowitz, etc).
Interesting. Are you also planning any series? Like Essays by [... add any personality] :)
@busmark_w_nika +1, good idea
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@busmark_w_nika Definitely can, was thinking of the YC library as well, that's another resource I frequent. Do you have any recommendations?
@raunaqvaisoha Actually, when this is mentioned, why not reach out to YC Combinator to create such an initiative and get their support as well?
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@busmark_w_nika That's a great idea, would love your advice as we launch that one.
@busmark_w_nika Good idea!
interesting product