Shepherd is an all‑in‑one AI learning OS. Imagine combining NotebookLM’s ability to synthesize across multiple files and turn them into flashcards and quizzes, Notion’s notetaking ability, and the ability to generate your own Coursera to learn ANY topic.
True story: I came to the US when I was 16 for college. High School had always been a relative breeze, and so I had not built any strong studying skills. In my college chemical engineering classes, I was drowning in PDFs, complicated equations, long lectures, and problem sets and nearly failed my sophomore year. The “study stack” of six different apps barely kept me afloat, and it was super hard to juggle. I ultimately survived, but I can't seem to shake that fear of failing.
So we built the tool I wish I’d had, so others never feel it.
We built this for the student I was - we built this for the learners like me. The strivers and stragglers. The ones who want to stay ahead and don’t want to cheat. The ones who want to learn.
This is for you.
🐑 Shepherd, the AI learning Operating System — and today it fits in your pocket.
After months of testing our web version (shepherd.study) with 100,000+ early users, our mobile app is live on the app-store. Here’s what you can do while waiting for coffee:
Interact and Understand complex materials REALLY quickly: Upload in a PDF, slide deck, or website or YouTube link → get an instant summary, chat with the files and make flashcards and quizzes to test yourself.
Get Homework help without cheating: Take a picture and ask Shepherd and it will guide you to the right answer
Record, transcribe your lectures…play it back in the future, use AI to summarize, expand and convert it into flashcards and quizzes
Make your own Coursera: Turn any content into a personalized roadmap with deadlines, reminders, progress tracking.
Even if this is not for you, please share this with your loved ones who are going through finals week now.
About Shepherd on Product Hunt
“All in one personalized learning assistant”
Shepherd launched on Product Hunt on April 28th, 2025 and earned 158 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #12 on the daily leaderboard. Shepherd is an all‑in‑one AI learning OS. Imagine combining NotebookLM’s ability to synthesize across multiple files and turn them into flashcards and quizzes, Notion’s notetaking ability, and the ability to generate your own Coursera to learn ANY topic.
On the analytics side, Shepherd competes within Education, Artificial Intelligence and Online Learning — topics that collectively have 548.1k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Shepherd performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Shepherd?
Shepherd was hunted by Garry Tan. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Shepherd including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Garry Tan
True story: I came to the US when I was 16 for college. High School had always been a relative breeze, and so I had not built any strong studying skills. In my college chemical engineering classes, I was drowning in PDFs, complicated equations, long lectures, and problem sets and nearly failed my sophomore year. The “study stack” of six different apps barely kept me afloat, and it was super hard to juggle. I ultimately survived, but I can't seem to shake that fear of failing.
So we built the tool I wish I’d had, so others never feel it.
We built this for the student I was - we built this for the learners like me.
The strivers and stragglers.
The ones who want to stay ahead and don’t want to cheat.
The ones who want to learn.
This is for you.
🐑 Shepherd, the AI learning Operating System — and today it fits in your pocket.
After months of testing our web version (shepherd.study) with 100,000+ early users, our mobile app is live on the app-store.
Here’s what you can do while waiting for coffee:
Interact and Understand complex materials REALLY quickly: Upload in a PDF, slide deck, or website or YouTube link → get an instant summary, chat with the files and make flashcards and quizzes to test yourself.
Get Homework help without cheating: Take a picture and ask Shepherd and it will guide you to the right answer
Record, transcribe your lectures…play it back in the future, use AI to summarize, expand and convert it into flashcards and quizzes
Make your own Coursera: Turn any content into a personalized roadmap with deadlines, reminders, progress tracking.
Even if this is not for you, please share this with your loved ones who are going through finals week now.