u/Low_Preparation556

A few weeks ago I posted here asking if anyone would use a browser extension that lets you highlight any text on a webpage and instantly query multiple AI models at once. The response was genuinely useful — you asked good questions, pointed out real gaps, and one of you gave me a product idea I actually built in.

So here it is. It is almost live - just the final checks remaining.

What it does: { Updated MVPs }

Highlight any text on any webpage. A small popup appears right next to your selection. Your query fires to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & more models simultaneously. You read all six answers without leaving the tab. No copy-paste. No new tabs. No switching.

If two models give conflicting answers on something factual, Akai flags it — so you know exactly when to dig deeper and when to trust the response.

One thing to know before you install:

Akai uses your own API keys. You plug in your Open AI, Anthropic, Google keys once in the settings — and that's it. Your queries go directly from your browser to the model. Nothing passes through my servers. Nothing is logged. I never see what you highlight or what the models respond with.

This is intentional. It's the whole privacy model.

About the pricing,
No subscription. Ever.

• Free trial — 25 free queries the moment you install. No credit card, no signup wall. Just install and use it.
• Full access — $9.99 one-time. That's it. Pay once, use forever.

If you wanna try it and have feedback — good or brutal — drop it in the comments. Still early and building in public.

So I've been reading a ton lately — and every time I start reading a dense paragraph, I'd have to open a new tab, paste it into ChatGPT, then wonder what Gemini would say, then check Claude. It was genuinely annoying.

So I built Akai — a Chrome extension just for myself.

Here's how it works: you highlight any text on any webpage, a small popup appears, and you can instantly query it across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Llama — side by side, in one place, without leaving the tab.

I built it purely because I needed it. Just me using it every day to read faster.

But lately a few friends saw it over my shoulder and were like "share it with us too" — so I figured I'd ask here too.

If you regularly:

• Read long-form content (papers, docs, news, code)
• Bounce between multiple AI tools to cross-check answers

...this might be for you.

My questions for this thread:

1. Would you actually use this, or is this a "me problem"?
2. Which models matter most to you — is there one you'd drop from the four?
3. Would you want it as a standalone extension or built into something else?

Not pitching anything. Happy to share a beta link if there's genuine interest — drop a comment or DM me.

So I've been reading a ton lately — and every time I start reading a dense paragraph, I'd have to open a new tab, paste it into ChatGPT, then wonder what Gemini would say, then check Claude. It was genuinely annoying.

So I built Akai — a Chrome extension just for myself.

Here's how it works: you highlight any text on any webpage, a small popup appears, and you can instantly query it across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Llama — side by side, in one place, without leaving the tab.

I built it purely because I needed it. Just me using it every day to read faster.

But lately a few friends saw it over my shoulder and were like "share it with us too" — so I figured I'd ask here too.

If you regularly:

• Read long-form content (papers, docs, news, code)
• Bounce between multiple AI tools to cross-check answers

...this might be for you.

My questions for this thread:

1. Would you actually use this, or is this a "me problem"?
2. Which models matter most to you — is there one you'd drop from the four?
3. Would you want it as a standalone extension or built into something else?

Not pitching anything. Happy to share a beta link if there's genuine interest — drop a comment or DM me.

So I've been reading a ton lately — and every time I start reading a dense paragraph, I'd have to open a new tab, paste it into ChatGPT, then wonder what Gemini would say, then check Claude. It was genuinely annoying.

So I built Akai — a Chrome extension just for myself.

Here's how it works: you highlight any text on any webpage, a small popup appears, and you can instantly query it across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Llama — side by side, in one place, without leaving the tab.

I built it purely because I needed it. Just me using it every day to read faster.

But lately a few friends saw it over my shoulder and were like "share it with us too" — so I figured I'd ask here too.

If you regularly:

• Read long-form content (papers, docs, news, code)
• Bounce between multiple AI tools to cross-check answers

...this might be for you.

My questions for this thread:

1. Would you actually use this, or is this a "me problem"?
2. Which models matter most to you — is there one you'd drop from the four?
3. Would you want it as a standalone extension or built into something else?

Not pitching anything. Happy to share a beta link if there's genuine interest — drop a comment or DM me.

So I've been reading a ton lately — and every time I start reading a dense paragraph, I'd have to open a new tab, paste it into ChatGPT, then wonder what Gemini would say, then check Claude. It was genuinely annoying.

So I built Akai — a Chrome extension just for myself.

Here's how it works: you highlight any text on any webpage, a small popup appears, and you can instantly query it across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Llama — side by side, in one place, without leaving the tab.

I built it purely because I needed it. Just me using it every day to read faster.

But lately a few friends saw it over my shoulder and were like "share it with us too" — so I figured I'd ask here too.

If you regularly:

• Read long-form content (papers, docs, news, code)
• Bounce between multiple AI tools to cross-check answers

...this might be for you.

My questions for this thread:

1. Would you actually use this, or is this a "me problem"?
2. Which models matter most to you — is there one you'd drop from the four?
3. Would you want it as a standalone extension or built into something else?

Not pitching anything. Happy to share a beta link if there's genuine interest — drop a comment or DM me.

Hey Everyone.

I'm 18, from India, and I just built something I've been wanting myself over for months — and I need honest people to tell me if I'm onto something or if I completely missed the mark.

Actually I built this product to scratch my own itch too. Every time I had a big PDF — a textbook chapter, a research paper, a course module — I'd open it, stare at it for 20 minutes, highlight two lines, and close it.

So I built mai.

You upload a PDF. The platform turns it into:

• An audio summary you can listen to on the go
• A podcast-style breakdown (like two people actually discussing it)
• A PowerPoint you can present or review
• YouTube links curated around the topic
• Flashcards for spaced repetition
• A quiz to test yourself
• XP and rewards

You get credits. You spend them on what you actually need that day. No subscription forcing you into features you don't use.

Different people learn differently. I shouldn't have to use 4 separate apps to process one document. mai is one place, one upload, multiple outputs — you pick what works for your brain that day.

Did I overcomplicate this? Should I have just picked one output type and gone deep on it instead of going wide