Explore
Every resource founders actually use, in one library.
The essays, videos, podcasts, books and tools behind every answer across eChai's hubs, from starting up to go-to-market, D2C, founder money and AI, each with a note on why it is here.
What founders use most, ranked by how many answers lean on it.
- Meta's note on the model now behind the Thinking mode of the Meta AI app and meta.ai. ai.meta.com Article · How Founders Use AI Introducing Muse Spark 1.1 Meta Superintelligence Labs
- The launch post: how study mode uses questions, hints and knowledge checks, and the limits OpenAI admits to. openai.com Article · How Founders Use AI Introducing study mode in ChatGPT OpenAI
- Where Guided Learning sits in the Gemini app and how it uses images and YouTube videos to explain a topic. support.google.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Use learning tools in Gemini Apps Gemini Apps Help
- Anthropic's announcement of learning mode, which guides a student's reasoning rather than giving the answer. anthropic.com Article · How Founders Use AI Introducing Claude for Education Anthropic
- The 16 July 2026 rename to Gemini Notebook, and how notebooks now sync with the Gemini app. androidauthority.com Article · How Founders Use AI Google's handy NotebookLM tool is dropping the worst part of its name Taylor Kerns, Android Authority
- Google's step-by-step for a first notebook and everything the Studio panel can make from your sources. support.google.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Create a notebook in Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Help
- Which file types count as sources and the free plan's limits of 50 sources and 500,000 words each. support.google.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Add or discover new sources for your notebook Gemini Notebook Help
- How to set the difficulty, track the cards you missed and retake only those. support.google.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Generate Flashcards or Quizzes in Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Help
- Turning your sources into a spoken discussion, with the choice of more than 80 output languages. support.google.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Generate Audio Overview in Gemini Notebook Gemini Notebook Help
- Google's announcement of free JEE Main practice tests in Gemini, grounded in PhysicsWallah and Careers360 content. blog.google Article · How Founders Use AI New AI Tools to Support India's Next Generation Google India Team
- How to start a practice test, which exams are supported (SAT, JEE Main, NEET UG) and what the results screen shows. support.google.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Create quizzes, flashcards, practice tests & more in Gemini Apps Gemini Apps Help
- Independent reporting on the JEE launch and how the feedback and study plans work. techcrunch.com Article · How Founders Use AI Google pitches Gemini to students studying for India's most competitive college entrance exam Jagmeet Singh, TechCrunch
- The official site, with the current syllabus, information bulletin and the actual 2026 question papers to practise on. jeemain.nta.nic.in Guide · How Founders Use AI Joint Entrance Examination (Main) National Testing Agency
- Altman's figures for India, including that it has the largest number of student users of ChatGPT in the world. techcrunch.com Article · How Founders Use AI India has 100M weekly active ChatGPT users, Sam Altman says TechCrunch
- OpenAI's India education programme with IIT Madras and AICTE, and why study mode was shaped by Indian learners. openai.com Article · How Founders Use AI Introducing the OpenAI Learning Accelerator in India OpenAI
- Harvard's free introduction to programming, built for people who have never coded before. cs50.harvard.edu Course · How Founders Use AI CS50x 2026 Harvard University (David J. Malan)
- The course's AI rule: its own CS50 Duck is allowed, other assistants that complete answers are not. cs50.harvard.edu Guide · How Founders Use AI CS50x Academic Honesty Harvard University
- How a verified student on GitHub Education gets Copilot's features at no cost. docs.github.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Access GitHub Copilot for free as a student GitHub Docs
- The EEG study of 54 essay writers, a preprint not yet peer reviewed, which is worth reading past the headlines. arxiv.org Article · How Founders Use AI Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task Nataliya Kosmyna and others (MIT Media Lab)
- The CHI 2025 survey of 319 knowledge workers linking confidence in AI to less critical thinking. microsoft.com Article · How Founders Use AI The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers Hao-Ping Lee, Advait Sarkar and others (Microsoft Research and Carnegie Mellon)
- An analysis of a million student conversations, split between asking for answers and working through problems together. anthropic.com Article · How Founders Use AI Anthropic Education Report: How university students use Claude Anthropic
- OpenAI's minimum age of 13, the parental consent rule up to 18, and advice for classroom use. help.openai.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Is ChatGPT safe for all ages? OpenAI Help Center
- Every setting a linked parent can change, from quiet hours and study hours to safety notifications. help.openai.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Managing parental controls in ChatGPT OpenAI Help Center
- The launch post, updated in July 2026 to widen when parents are notified. openai.com Article · How Founders Use AI Introducing parental controls OpenAI
The hubs
Starting Up
Find an idea, validate it, build, and land your first customers.
GTM
Go-to-market, from breaking in to how the best teams do it.
D2C
Building a direct-to-consumer brand, India-first.
Wealth
Paying yourself, ESOPs, secondaries, and de-risking founder wealth.
How Founders Use AI
How founders actually put AI to work, mapped topic by topic.
Glossary
Plain-language definitions of the startup and VC terms you'll hit.
eChai Partner Brands
The partnership →