# Welcome to gnbox — What Is a gn?

A gn (pronounced "gin") is a knowledge object: a structured, addressed, AI-readable unit of knowing that any AI assistant can retrieve by URI. Reading it in a browser or via llms.txt takes no login at all; connecting an AI assistant to it over MCP takes one extra step, a one-tap Google sign-in. 'gn' is not an acronym; it is the consonant kernel of the Proto-Indo-European root for 'to know', the same root behind gnosis, cognition, and the silent-k in 'know'. This gn explains what a gn is, how it is pronounced, where the name comes from, how gn differs from the static-page and social-feed web that came before it, and gives you starter questions to try with your AI assistant.

More: https://gnosphere.ai/ (rendered page) · https://gnosphere.ai/llms.txt (machine-readable index) · https://gn.gnosphere.ai/mcp (connect via MCP)