88 TOOLS · 11 CATEGORIES

The AI Toolkit

Every tool we've featured in The Aiwire, organized by what you need to get done. Pick a category to jump straight to it.

Chat & Research Writing Productivity Coding & Building Design Images Video Audio & Voice Marketing & Sales Learning Money & Data

01 · CHAT & RESEARCH

Ask anything. Get a real answer.

8 tools

ChatGPT

The default assistant for quick answers, brainstorms and voice.

chatgpt.com ↗

Claude

A thinking partner for drafts, research and long documents.

claude.ai ↗

Gemini

Google's assistant, built into Gmail, Docs and Search.

gemini.google.com ↗

Perplexity

Search that answers the question and shows its sources.

perplexity.ai ↗

Microsoft Copilot

AI inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Windows.

copilot.microsoft.com ↗

Grok

xAI's assistant with live access to what's happening on X.

grok.com ↗

Le Chat (Mistral)

Fast European assistant with a generous free tier.

chat.mistral.ai ↗

Poe

Every major model in one app, one subscription.

poe.com ↗

02 · WRITING

Write faster. Sound like you.

8 tools

Jasper

Marketing copy that stays on brand across a whole team.

jasper.ai ↗

Copy.ai

Sales and marketing copy, plus workflows that run on their own.

copy.ai ↗

Grammarly

Fixes grammar and tone everywhere you type.

grammarly.com ↗

Writesonic

SEO blog posts and articles built to rank.

writesonic.com ↗

Notion AI

Summarize, draft and ask questions across your workspace.

notion.so ↗

Sudowrite

A writing partner built for fiction and storytelling.

sudowrite.com ↗

Wordtune

Rewrite any sentence until it says exactly what you mean.

wordtune.com ↗

QuillBot

Paraphrase, summarize and cite in seconds.

quillbot.com ↗

03 · PRODUCTIVITY

Get the busywork off your plate.

8 tools

Zapier

Connect your apps and let AI handle the repetitive steps.

zapier.com ↗

Make

Visual automations for people who outgrow simple zaps.

make.com ↗

Motion

Plans your calendar and to-dos for you, then re-plans when things slip.

usemotion.com ↗

Reclaim

Protects focus time and habits on your Google Calendar.

reclaim.ai ↗

Otter

Live meeting notes and summaries you can search later.

otter.ai ↗

Fireflies

Records, transcribes and pulls action items from every call.

fireflies.ai ↗

Fathom

Free meeting recorder with sharp, shareable summaries.

fathom.video ↗

Wispr Flow

Talk instead of type, in any app, and get clean text.

wisprflow.ai ↗

04 · CODING & BUILDING

Ship an idea without a dev team.

8 tools

Cursor

The AI code editor most builders switch to.

cursor.com ↗

Claude Code

An agent that works in your terminal and finishes whole tasks.

claude.com ↗

GitHub Copilot

Autocomplete and chat inside VS Code and GitHub.

github.com/copilot ↗

Lovable

Describe an app in plain English and get a working one.

lovable.dev ↗

Bolt

Prompt-to-app builder that deploys in one click.

bolt.new ↗

v0

Vercel's generator for polished UI and landing pages.

v0.dev ↗

Replit

Build, host and run apps from your browser with an AI agent.

replit.com ↗

Windsurf

An agentic IDE that keeps the whole codebase in mind.

windsurf.com ↗

05 · DESIGN

Look professional without a designer.

8 tools

Canva

Social posts, decks and ads with Magic Studio built in.

canva.com ↗

Figma

The design tool teams use, now with AI for layouts and copy.

figma.com ↗

Gamma

A pitch deck or one-pager from an outline, in minutes.

gamma.app ↗

Beautiful.ai

Slides that lay themselves out as you add content.

beautiful.ai ↗

Framer

Design and publish a real website, with AI to start the layout.

framer.com ↗

Uizard

Turn a sketch or a sentence into an app mockup.

uizard.io ↗

Looka

A logo and brand kit for a new business in an afternoon.

looka.com ↗

Relume

Generates sitemaps and wireframes for client websites.

relume.io ↗

06 · IMAGES

Product shots and visuals from a sentence.

8 tools

Midjourney

Still the benchmark for beautiful, stylized images.

midjourney.com ↗

Ideogram

The best at rendering readable text inside images.

ideogram.ai ↗

Leonardo

Consistent characters and assets for games and brands.

leonardo.ai ↗

Adobe Firefly

Commercially safe generation inside Photoshop and Express.

firefly.adobe.com ↗

Krea

Real-time generation, upscaling and enhancement in one place.

krea.ai ↗

Recraft

Vector graphics, icons and brand-consistent illustrations.

recraft.ai ↗

Flux

Black Forest Labs' open model behind many image apps.

bfl.ai ↗

Stable Diffusion

Open-source models you can run on your own machine.

stability.ai ↗

07 · VIDEO

Video without a camera or a crew.

8 tools

Higgsfield

Cinematic camera moves and VFX-style shots from a single image.

higgsfield.ai ↗

Runway

Text-to-video and editing tools used in real productions.

runwayml.com ↗

Synthesia

Training and explainer videos with AI presenters in 140+ languages.

synthesia.io ↗

Descript

Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript.

descript.com ↗

OpusClip

Turns one long video into dozens of captioned short clips.

opus.pro ↗

CapCut

Free editor with auto-captions and AI effects for Reels and TikTok.

capcut.com ↗

Pika

Playful text-to-video and effects for social content.

pika.art ↗

Luma Dream Machine

Cinematic clips from text or a single image.

lumalabs.ai ↗

08 · AUDIO & VOICE

Sound like a studio.

8 tools

ElevenLabs

The most natural voiceovers, cloning and dubbing.

elevenlabs.io ↗

Suno

Full songs with vocals from a text prompt.

suno.com ↗

Udio

High-fidelity music generation for creators and brands.

udio.com ↗

Murf

Studio-quality voiceovers for ads, courses and videos.

murf.ai ↗

Adobe Podcast

Enhance Speech makes a laptop mic sound like a studio.

podcast.adobe.com ↗

Krisp

Removes background noise from any call, plus meeting notes.

krisp.ai ↗

Speechify

Listen to any article, PDF or email in a natural voice.

speechify.com ↗

Play.ht

Text-to-speech and conversational voice agents via API.

play.ht ↗

09 · MARKETING & SALES

Find customers. Close more of them.

8 tools

beehiiv

The newsletter platform we run The Aiwire on, with AI writing and growth tools.

beehiiv.com ↗

HubSpot

Free CRM with AI agents for email, content and support.

hubspot.com ↗

Apollo

Find leads, verify emails and run outbound sequences.

apollo.io ↗

Clay

Enrich any lead list and personalize outreach at scale.

clay.com ↗

Lavender

Scores and fixes your sales emails before you hit send.

lavender.ai ↗

Surfer

Write and optimize articles that rank on Google.

surferseo.com ↗

Semrush

Keyword research, competitor spying and AI content briefs.

semrush.com ↗

AdCreative.ai

Generates and scores ad creatives for Meta and Google.

adcreative.ai ↗

10 · LEARNING

Learn anything, faster.

8 tools

NotebookLM

Upload your sources, then chat with them or turn them into a podcast.

notebooklm.google.com ↗

Khanmigo

Khan Academy's AI tutor that guides instead of giving answers.

khanacademy.org ↗

Duolingo

Languages (and now math and music) with AI conversation practice.

duolingo.com ↗

Coursera

University courses with an AI coach, many of them free to audit.

coursera.org ↗

Quizlet

Turns your notes into flashcards and practice tests.

quizlet.com ↗

Brilliant

Interactive lessons in math, data and how AI actually works.

brilliant.org ↗

Elicit

Finds and summarizes research papers for any question.

elicit.com ↗

Consensus

Answers backed by peer-reviewed studies, not blog posts.

consensus.app ↗

11 · MONEY & DATA

Know your numbers. Make the money move.

8 tools

Julius

Upload a spreadsheet, ask questions, get charts and answers.

julius.ai ↗

Rows

A spreadsheet with AI analysis and live data connections built in.

rows.com ↗

Numerous

Run ChatGPT inside Google Sheets and Excel formulas.

numerous.ai ↗

Fiscal.ai

Stock research with AI that reads the filings for you.

fiscal.ai ↗

Monarch

Personal finance tracking with AI categorization and insights.

monarchmoney.com ↗

Cleo

A chat-based budgeting coach that roasts your spending.

meetcleo.com ↗

QuickBooks

Small-business bookkeeping with Intuit Assist for invoices and cash flow.

quickbooks.intuit.com ↗

Akkio

No-code forecasting and dashboards for marketing and sales data.

akkio.com ↗

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