Gist: Hyperfocused reading for ADHD brains

Tracking since Apr 4, 2026.

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• Jun 14, 2026
  short_description

  Distill academic research PDFs, legal cases and 5-hour YouTube interviews into concepts you can comprehend in seconds.

  Argument. Counter-Argument. Steelman. Read. Listen. Hyperfocus.

• Jun 14, 2026
  name

  Gist: Read More. Learn Faster.

  Gist: Hyperfocused reading for ADHD brains

• Apr 18, 2026
  description

  If you are suffering from information overload, Gist is for you.
  If you have 47 unread tabs open right now, Gist is for you.
  If your appetite for learning exceeds your time budget, Gist is for you.
  
  Gist is a tool to expand your mind and accelerate your comprehension.
  
  Gist makes the:
  
  - Complex → Comprehensible
  - Boring → Interesting
  - Slow → Fast
  
  Gist is your anti-slop Instagram filter for the internet.
  
  ⸻
  
  ONE CLICK. LAYERED UNDERSTANDING.
  
  - First slide: One sentence — the irreducible core of the entire piece
  - Swipe: Context, complications, evidence, counter-arguments
  - Stop anytime: You control the depth
  - No new tabs: Gist overlays the page you’re reading
  
  The original is always there.
  
  Gist is a pre-read — helping you decide whether to invest the time, and priming your mind to comprehend it if you do.
  
  ⸻
  
  GIST IS ANTI-SLOP
  
  Most AI summarizers give you slop.
  
  Gist gives you PhD-level frameworks:
  
  - Stories → Dramatic structure: situation, complication, question, resolution
  - Arguments → Logical structure: thesis, evidence, counter-argument, synthesis
  
  ⸻
  
  THINK DEEPER, FASTER
  
  For analytical content, Gist stress-tests ideas:
   - Counter-Argument: The strongest possible case against the author’s position
   - Steelman: An even stronger version of the author’s argument
  
  You don’t just learn what the author thinks — you expand your mind.
  
  It’s a graduate school seminar in your browser, on-demand.
  
  ⸻
  
  SPEED VS QUALITY? WHY NOT BOTH
  
  - Max Speed: Fast AI delivers you the Gist instantly
  - Max Quality: #1 frontier AI generates the best possible Gist in parallel
  
  Upgrade with one click. Richer insights. Sharper counter-arguments. Same structure.
  
  ⸻
  
  GET THE GIST OF ANYTHING
  
  - Articles: Any webpage—news, blogs, essays, research, documentation
  - PDFs: Academic papers, reports, white papers
  - YouTube: Transcripts for lectures, interviews, tutorials
  - Google Docs: Your documents or shared files
  
  If you can read it in Chrome, you can get the Gist of it.
  
  ⸻
  
  SHARE THE GIST
  
  Share the Gist of anything as a link.
  
  - Recipient doesn’t need Gist installed
  - Recipient doesn’t need to sign up
  - They click, they see the same Gist you saw (with a link to the original)
  
  Share the Gist of a 40-page arXiv PDF in a Slack message.
  Send the Gist of a 2-hour YouTube podcast over WhatsApp.
  
  ⸻
  
  DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY
  
  Nothing leaves your device until you take action.
  
  - Suggestions: Runs entirely on-device. No data sent to servers. No browsing history tracked
  - When you click: Source material goes to our servers for processing. We cache the Gist and delete the original
  
  Full policy: gist.is/privacy
  
  ⸻
  
  WHAT GIST IS NOT
  
  Gist does not replace reading. It replaces:
  
  - Reading things you don’t remember
  - Re-reading things you should have understood the first time
  - Never reading things that sit in tabs until guilt forces you to close them
  
  ⸻
  
  READ MORE. THINK DEEPER. LEARN FASTER.

  If you are suffering from information overload, Gist is for you.
  If you have 47 unread tabs open right now, Gist is for you.
  If your appetite for learning exceeds your time budget, Gist is for you.
  
  Gist distills complicated research, papers, legal opinions, etc. into layered summaries you can grok in seconds  — then tells you why the author is wrong, and why they might be right anyway.
  
  - Complex → Comprehensible
  - Boring → Interesting
  - Slow → Fast
  ⸻
  
  ONE CLICK. LAYERED UNDERSTANDING.
  
  - First slide: One sentence — the irreducible core of the entire piece
  - Swipe: Context, complications, evidence, counter-arguments
  - Stop anytime: You control the depth
  - No new tabs: Gist overlays the page you’re reading
  
  The original is always there.
  
  Gist is a pre-read — helping you decide whether to invest the time, and priming your mind to comprehend it if you do.
  
  ⸻
  
  ARGUMENT. COUNTER-ARGUMENT. STEELMAN.
  
  Most summarizers give you AI slop.
  
  Gist gives you PhD-level frameworks:
  
  - Stories → Dramatic structure: situation, complication, question, resolution
  - Arguments → Logical structure: thesis, evidence, counter-argument, synthesis
  
  ⸻
  
  THINK DEEPER, FASTER
  
  For analytical content, Gist stress-tests ideas:
   - Counter-Argument: The strongest possible case against the author’s position
   - Steelman: An even stronger version of the author’s argument
  
  You don’t just learn what the author thinks — you expand your mind.
  
  It’s a graduate school seminar in your browser, on-demand.
  
  ⸻
  
  GET THE GIST OF ANYTHING
  
  - Articles: Any webpage—news, blogs, essays, research, documentation
  - PDFs: Academic papers, reports, white papers
  - YouTube: Transcripts for lectures, interviews, tutorials
  - Google Docs: Your documents or shared files
  
  If you can read it in Chrome, you can get the Gist of it.
  
  ⸻
  
  SHARE THE GIST
  
  Share the Gist of anything as a link.
  
  - Recipient doesn’t need Gist installed
  - Recipient doesn’t need to sign up
  - They click, they see the same Gist you saw (with a link to the original)
  
  Share the Gist of a 40-page arXiv PDF in a Slack message.
  Send the Gist of a 2-hour YouTube podcast over WhatsApp.
  
  ⸻
  
  DESIGNED FOR PRIVACY
  
  Nothing leaves your device until you take action.
  
  - Suggestions: Runs entirely on-device. No data sent to servers. No browsing history tracked
  - When you click: Source material goes to our servers for processing. We cache the Gist and delete the original
  
  Full policy: gist.is/privacy
  
  ⸻
  
  WHAT GIST IS NOT
  
  Gist does not replace reading. It replaces:
  
  - Reading things you don’t remember
  - Re-reading things you should have understood the first time
  - Never reading things that sit in tabs until guilt forces you to close them
  
  ⸻
  
  READ MORE. THINK DEEPER. LEARN FASTER.

• Apr 18, 2026
  short_description

  Distill articles, PDFs, Google Docs and YouTube videos into concepts you can comprehend in seconds - without opening a new tab.

  Distill academic research PDFs, legal cases and 5-hour YouTube interviews into concepts you can comprehend in seconds.

• Apr 18, 2026
  name

  Gist - Anti-Slop Filter for the Internet

  Gist: Read More. Learn Faster.

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