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We didn't build Gavel for founders with a board and an advisor on speed dial. We built it for the solo founder who picked $19 by copying competitors and has no one to ask.

That's why every answer starts from a named founder and ends with steps for your business.

Each number in an answer opens the expert's own words and a link to the second they said them. Before a quote goes into Gavel, code checks it word for word against the recording's transcript.

When we checked in September 2026, a model citing from memory made up about half its links.

ChatGPT answers from what it remembers of the internet. Gavel first finds the experts whose recorded advice fits your question, then writes the answer from what they said.

Answers are written by Gemini 3.6 Flash, with Claude Haiku 4.5 as the backup if it fails, and either model can be swapped. The experts, their checked words and the matching are Gavel's own, and ChatGPT has none of them.

Both answer from one source: YC's essays, or Lenny's show. That works when your question fits one person's view.

Gavel answers from 100 people across 15 domains, from pricing to leadership. When two of them point to opposite moves, the answer shows both and says which one fits you.

Yes. Onboarding asks what your company does, who you sell to and what your role is. You can edit any of it at any time.

Every answer is written for that business. When no expert's advice fits your question, Gavel says so instead of stretching one that doesn't.

Each answer starts from a named expert's recorded advice, then gives two to four steps for your business.

When two experts point to opposite moves, the answer shows both sides and says which one fits you and why.

Gavel says so in one line and stops. The line reads: "No expert in Gavel covers this, so there is nothing cited to give you here." It won't fill the gap with generic advice.

We read those questions to decide which experts to add next.

Yes. Each domain above names people Gavel answers from, and most names open a page with their frameworks and sources.

Your business profile is private to your account. You can view and edit every field of it at any time. We don't train models on your content.

That profile is attached to every answer on every plan, free included.