About Paperzilla

Hey, I'm Mark. I built Paperzilla because I was tired of people throwing scientific papers around on X and LinkedIn, and having no clue if I should take them seriously. You know how it goes, someone drops a "studies show" bomb in a discussion, links to some 47-page academic paper, and suddenly you're supposed to just nod along?

The problem is, I'm not a scientist. I don't have time to read through dense research papers to figure out if the study was done on 12 college students, funded by the soda industry, or based entirely on rat experiments. But I also didn't want to just ignore potentially valid research or get steamrolled by people waving around impressive-looking PDFs.

So I built Paperzilla as my personal BS detector. Now when someone refers to a paper about a subject that interests me, I can quickly see what it's actually about, spot the major red flags, and decide whether it's worth taking seriously. Sometimes I can just think: "yeah, but the authors work for Big Pharma." Other times I just roll my eyes and move on because the whole thing is based on a study of 8 people.

Turns out other people had the same problem, so here we are. Think of it as your scientific paper translator and BS detector rolled into one.

Simply upload a PDF of any research paper, and our AI will analyze it to provide:

By default, uploaded papers are public and can be discovered by anyone. This creates a valuable community resource. Pro users can make their papers private.

Have questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you!