Show HN: Kerns – An AI space to understand anything

Since LLMs came out, I’ve been amazed at how much faster I can learn. But I wanted one place to truly understand a topic across multiple sources (docs, books, web).

I’m building Kerns to solve this. Spaces are interactive collections that let you:

1. Explore a map from summary to high-detail

2. Switch modalities (text → podcast)

3. Chat with an agent that searches both web + documents

Share and explore community-curated spaces

Examples: Paul Graham’s essays on writing, a comparison of open models, or current news like U.S. visa changes and AI copyright lawsuits.You can create your own space starting from a query and/or sources (pdfs/epubs/htmls).

I'm experimenting with this as a new format for learning and sense-making with AI. Curious if this feels useful to you, please give me feedback.