Audio Tools

  • Adobe Podcast - adobepodcast.com Free audio cleanup tool for noise removal and clarity enhancement.
  • Descript - descript.com AI-driven video/audio editing with transcription and overdub features.
  • ElevenLabs - elevenlabs.io Hyper-realistic AI voices for text-to-speech and cloning.
  • Play.ht - play.ht Multilingual, off-the-shelf AI voices for quick audio content.

Chat with PDF Tools

  • ChatPDF - chatpdf.com Chat with PDFs for summaries and Q&A.
  • PaperGuide - paperguide.ai Smooth PDF interaction with strong contextual responses.

Content Generators

  • Byword - byword.ai SEO-focused content creation at scale.
  • Jasper - jasper.ai Business-oriented content tool for marketing and long-form writing.

Content Repurposing

  • Quso - quso.ai Converts long videos into short-form clips seamlessly.

Customer Support

  • Bland AI - bland.ai Highly conversational AI for phone-based support.
  • Chatbase - chatbase.co Easy-to-build chatbots for customer queries.

Developer Tools

  • Hugging Face - huggingface.co All-in-one hub for exploring and using AI models.
  • OpenAI - openai.com Foundational AI APIs and tools like ChatGPT.

Image Generators

  • Midjourney - midjourney.com Artistic, high-quality AI images via Discord.
  • Stable Diffusion - stability.ai Open-source, cost-effective image generation.

Interface Design

  • Figma - figma.com Collaborative design tool with new AI features.

Legal

  • Harvey AI - harvey.ai AI-powered legal research and document analysis.

Meetings

  • Fireflies - fireflies.ai Meeting notes and summaries for Zoom, Meet, and Teams.
  • Metaview - metaview.ai Recruiting-focused interview analysis.
  • Otter AI - otter.ai Top-tier meeting transcription and notes.

Music

  • Suno - suno.ai AI-generated songs from text prompts.
  • Udio - udio.com Customizable music creation with genre control.

Productivity

  • Eightfold - eightfold.ai Comprehensive AI for HR and talent management.
  • Mem.ai - mem.ai AI-powered “second brain” for organization.
  • Notion AI - notion.so/ai ChatGPT-like features within Notion.
  • Poised - poised.com Personal AI communication coach.
  • Rewind AI - rewind.ai Remembers everything you’ve seen or heard.

Search Engines/Research

  • Consensus AI - consensus.app Research-backed answers from academic sources.
  • Perplexity - perplexity.ai AI-driven search alternative to Google.

Slide Decks

  • Canva AI - canva.com/ai AI-enhanced design suite for presentations and videos, with templates and auto-resizing features.
  • Gamma - gamma.app AI-powered slide creation for PowerPoint haters.

Software Engineering

  • ChatGPT (Coding GPTs) - chatgpt.com Custom GPTs for coding within ChatGPT.
  • Claude - anthropic.com Coding and writing with human-like precision.
  • Phind - phind.com Coding-specific AI search engine.

Spreadsheets

  • Equals - equals.com AI-enhanced spreadsheets for startups.
  • Numerous AI - numerous.ai Easy Excel/Sheets plug-in for data tasks.

The Chatbot-verse

  • Claude (Anthropic) - anthropic.com Excels in writing and coding tasks.
  • ChatGPT - chatgpt.com Versatile chatbot with coding GPTs.
  • Grok - x.ai Elon’s edgy chatbot with X integration.

Video Generators/Tools

  • HeyGen - heygen.com AI avatars for marketing and sales videos.
  • Luma Dream Machine - lumalabs.ai Hyper-realistic video generation.
  • Opus Clip - opus.pro AI-powered tool that repurposes long videos into viral short clips for social media.
  • Runway Gen 3 Alpha - runwayml.com Fast, polished AI video creation.

Coolest AI Agents

  • xAI’s Max - x.ai (Tied to Grok, no standalone link yet) Automates research and tasks with X data.
  • Adept’s ACT-1 - adept.ai General-purpose agent for software tasks.
  • AutoGPT - agpt.co Autonomous agent for multi-step projects.
  • Lindy.ai - lindy.ai No-code platform for creating AI agents to automate workflows across 3,000+ tools.
  • Manus.im - manus.im Emerging AI agent platform from China, focused on agentic workflows (beta access).

 
 
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