Question 1

What is Gridlines?

Accepted Answer

Gridlines is an AI-powered presentation generator that creates institutional-quality PowerPoint slides. It combines web research, document analysis, and professional formatting to help investment bankers, consultants, and business professionals create presentations in seconds instead of hours.

Question 2

How do I get started with Gridlines?

Accepted Answer

Create a project, choose your agent mode (Basic, Investment Banking, or Consulting), set up your theme by uploading an existing slide or letting AI generate one, then start describing the presentation you want to create.

Question 3

What file formats does Gridlines support?

Accepted Answer

Gridlines can import PDFs, Word documents, and PowerPoint files as reference materials. It exports to native PowerPoint (.pptx) with fully editable objects, as well as PDF format.

Question 4

Can Gridlines recreate charts from images?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Upload a screenshot or image of a chart, and Gridlines will recreate it as a native, editable PowerPoint chart with the same data and styling.

Question 5

What are the different agent modes in Gridlines?

Accepted Answer

Basic mode creates clean, versatile slides at the lowest cost. Investment Banking mode specializes in pitchbooks, CIMs, and data-dense materials. Consulting mode uses frameworks like SCQA and Pyramid Principle for strategy presentations.

Question 6

Does Gridlines have an API?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Gridlines offers a RESTful API for programmatic presentation generation, with real-time streaming, session continuity, and native PowerPoint output. See docs.gridlinesapp.com for documentation.

Starting point	What to do
From scratch	Create a project → Choose agent mode → Have Gridlines generate a theme → Start creating
Have company slides	Create a project → Choose agent mode → Save your existing theme → Upload reference files → Save templates from past slides → Start creating

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