Discover Business Ideas from HackerNews Posts with GPT-4.1 Analysis and Google Sheets

📰 Turn Hacker News into a goldmine of startup insights—automatically!

This automation monitors top Hacker News front-page posts and uses GPT-4.1 to extract and summarize real business pain points. High-engagement posts are analyzed, and results are neatly logged into Google Sheets for easy review and ideation.

Perfect for founders, product managers, and researchers looking to mine community-driven problems for product inspiration.

What it does:

🔥 Filters high-engagement Hacker News posts (comments > 80, points > 200)
🧠 Uses GPT-4.1 to identify and summarize business pain points
📄 Extracts and analyzes full article content
📊 Logs results into Google Sheets for tracking and research
🔁 Runs on a schedule to keep insights fresh

✅ Setup guide & importable automation included — YouTube tutorial linked!

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