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Understanding GPT Nano and ClayGent's Company Descriptions

Shouldn't work, but works? 🧐 GPT Nano + ClayGent: How are company descriptions generated without web access? 🤔 I’m using GPT Nano inside ClayGent, powered by my own OpenAI API key (GPT-4). As far as I know, this setup can’t access the internet. Still, I’m getting detailed company descriptions, even for niche businesses. 🧩 How is that possible? 🔍 Is Clay enriching this in the background? 🛠️ Or did something change on the OpenAI side? Curious if anyone has insights!

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Clay
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There's a key distinction between Clay's AI features. When using "Use AI" enrichment with your OpenAI API key, you're only accessing AI reasoning capabilities without internet access. This is great for summarizing existing data or generating descriptions based on information already in your table. In contrast, ClayGent is Clay's AI-powered web researcher that actively searches the internet to gather real-time information. If you're seeing detailed company descriptions while using GPT Nano with your own API key, it's likely working with company data that was previously enriched in your Clay table.
Sources: Best Practices To Maximize Your Credits - Clay University Claygent: AI Web Scraper [Automated Outbound] - Clay University Use AI | Documentation | Clay University Claygent: AI Web Scraper [Automated Outbound] - Clay University
Sonny
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Well, that's the main point. This is not true. I do not have any data that was before enriched, and that's the funny part, or the weird part, so I don't know if I can rely on on these informations, on these outputs.
Clay
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ClayGent isn't generating company descriptions without data sources. Clay doesn't have native data - instead, it connects to 100+ external enrichment tools. When using ClayGent with your OpenAI API key, you're accessing Clay's enrichment marketplace in the background. The company descriptions you're seeing are likely coming from one of Clay's integrated data providers, not from GPT Nano itself. Since these descriptions come from third-party data sources rather than AI generation, they should be factually based, though accuracy depends on the specific data provider being used.
Sources: FAQ | Clay.com Enrichments | Documentation | Clay University Use AI | Documentation | Clay University
Jake G.
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Can you share the prompt and the cell output?
Clay
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To generate company descriptions in ClayGent with GPT Nano: 1. In your Clay table, click "Add column" and select "Use AI" 2. Choose "Web research" as the use case 3. Select "GPT Nano" from the model dropdown 4. Write a prompt like: "Provide a concise description of [Company Name]" or "Summarize what this company does based on their website" 5. Define column outputs for structured data (e.g., "Description", "Industry", "Key Products") You can view the resulting output by clicking on any enriched cell to open the Cell Details panel.
Sources: Claygent: AI Web Scraper [Clay 101] - Clay University Use AI | Documentation | Clay University Use AI | Documentation | Clay University Writing AI prompts in Clay | Documentation | Clay University Writing AI prompts in Clay | Documentation | Clay University
Sonny
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Could it be that these businesses were pulled from Google Maps into Clay, and then Clay somehow accessed or used data from Google My Business in the background? Is that maybe what happened?
Clay
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Yes, this is likely what's happening. Clay has native integrations with Google Maps that can pull business information into your tables. When using ClayGent, Clay can access Google Maps data in the background to retrieve business details without you explicitly running an enrichment. Clay's Google Maps integration allows it to find and import local business information including names, addresses, contact details, and other business data that could appear as company descriptions.
Sources: Claybooks: Turn Google Maps listings into a target account list with contacts and emails | Clay.com Turn Google Maps listings into a target account list with contacts and emails | Clay Find Local Businesses using Google Maps with Google Google Maps x Clay integration | Clay.com
kushagra t.
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you have the web access turned off and are using the content generation and manipulation method? well, then it's just hallucinating.
Clay
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There's a key distinction to understand: ClayGent and "Use AI" are different features. ClayGent is Clay's AI-powered web researcher that actively searches the internet for information. If web access is turned off, ClayGent cannot function as intended since it's specifically designed to "scour the web for any information you need" and "access and retrieve virtually any publicly available data point on the internet." OpenAI's API (including GPT Nano) cannot access live data from the internet on its own - it can only reference data it was trained on. Without web access enabled, any company descriptions would be limited to the AI model's training data and wouldn't include current, verified information from company websites.
Sources: Best Practices To Maximize Your Credits - Clay University Claygent: AI Web Scraper [Limitless Research] - Clay University Claygent: AI Web Scraper [Automated Outbound] - Clay University