The AI Tools We Actually Use
We only recommend tools we use ourselves — in our own workflows and with the founders and teams we work with. Start here if you want a no‑nonsense stack to build on.
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AI Assistants & Agents
Claude (Cowork)
Our go-to reasoning + writing partner.
Try Claude Cowork free for a week. We use Claude daily for long-form thinking, document review, and drafting client deliverables.
Try Claude (Cowork)Manus
Autonomous AI agent for multi-step work.
Manus runs full task sequences on its own — research, build, deliver. Great for offloading repeatable knowledge work.
Try ManusGenspark
AI search + agent workspace.
Fast, source-grounded AI search and agent flows. We use it for research sprints and side-by-side model comparisons.
Try GensparkGenspark Speakly
Desktop text-to-speech that just works.
Incredibly smooth — it has doubled our work efficiency. Highly recommended for anyone who consumes a lot of long-form text.
Build, Create & Operate
Base44
Build apps with AI agents that just work.
An agentic AI app builder that ships production-ready apps from a prompt. Great for spinning up internal tools, dashboards, and customer-facing apps fast.
Try Base44Lovable
Build production apps with AI.
How this site (and most of our internal tools) gets built. Ship full-stack apps by describing what you want.
Try LovableReplit
Code, prototype, and deploy in the browser.
Zero-setup dev environments. Perfect for spinning up quick scripts, AI agents, or experiments.
Try ReplitOpus Clips
Turn long videos into shareable shorts.
AI-powered clipping for podcasts, talks, and webinars. Signing up through this link gives you referral credits for video generation.
Try Opus ClipsGoogle Workspace
Custom email, Docs, Drive, and Meet.
The foundation we recommend for every small business. Custom domain email, shared docs, and storage in one place.
Try Google WorkspaceNot sure which tool fits your workflow?
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