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Well, Sam did it: OpenAI successfully completed its new funding round, and raised $6.6B in the “largest VC deal of all time.” The new valuation? $157B. That’s $7B more than everybody reported, and $7B more than we have! So, like, congrats, we guess?!

Other startups, for scale.

It’s not all rainbows and buckets of money, though. All this funding comes with a two year countdown to convert into a corporation… or else Sam A can kiss that (still TBD) equity goodbye!

OpenAI also apparently asked its investors to commit to NOT investing in rivals like xAI. Some on X have pointed out this might not be a wise move:

Here’s what you need to know about AI today:

• We share the 50+ tools you need in your arsenal.
• Amazon added AI to Fire tablets.
• A Swiss robot climbed a ladder.
• Pika Labs launched new model with wild effects.

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Here are the 51 AI tools we recommend you ACTUALLY use, across 18 categories.

We’ve curated a database of Top AI Tools just for you. Whether you're a busy professional, developer, content creator, or just someone interested in exploring the capabilities of AI, this list has something for you.

Audio

• Play.ht: Voice options in many languages.
• ElevenLabs: "Scary good" voices.
• Adobe Podcast: Audio cleanup tool.
• Descript: Video/audio editing tool.

Chat with PDF

• ChatwithPDF: The best one.
• ChatPDF: Useful alternative.

Content Generators

• Byword: SEO at scale.
• Jasper: Best content tool for businesses.
• Writer.com: Content writer for enterprises.

Content Repurposing

• Wondercraft: Turn writing into podcasts.
• Vidyo: Convert long-form video to short-form video.

Customer Support

• Bland AI: The most human-sounding AI.
• Chatbase: Chatbot to answer customer questions.

Developer Tools

• OpenAI: The one you know and (mostly) love.
• Amazon Bedrock: For enterprises deploying AI models.
• Hugging Face: All-in-on platform to test the latest models.

Image Generators

• Stable Diffusion: Free, open-source image generator.
• DALLE 3: Generate images inside ChatGPT.
• Midjourney: Top image generator.
• Adobe Firefly: Images for creatives (copyright safe).

Interface Design

• Figma: Try their new AI features.

Legal

• Harvey AI: The best option for lawyers.

Meetings

• Otter AI: Best meeting note-taker for Zoom/Meet/Teams.
• Metaview: For recruiting interviews.
• Vowel: Better than Google Meet/Zoom.
• Fireflies: For teams who have to stick with Meet/Zoom.

Music

• Udio: For customized, AI-generated music.
• Suno: Become a musician with AI even if you’re not.

Productivity

• Eightfold: Most complete tool for HR.
• Zapier: Easiest automations across all your workflows.
• Poised: Personal communications coach.
• Mem.ai: “Second brain” app.
• Rewind AI: Remember everything you’ve seen on your screen.
• Notion AI: Power of ChatGPT inside Notion.

Search Engines/Research

• Consensus AI: Research-backed answers to your questions.
• Perplexity: Best search alternative to Google Search.

Slide Decks

• Canva AI: When you need AI in your design suite.
• Tome: Slides for founders & creatives.
• Gamma: For anyone who hates PowerPoint.

Software Engineering

• ChatGPT: Use specific GPTs when coding.
• Claude: Another great chatbot for writing code.
• Cursor: Dev tool our friends can’t shut up about.
• GitHub Copilot: Write code faster and better.
• Phind: Search engine for coders.

Spreadsheets

• Equals: Spreadsheet app built for startups with AI features.
• Numerous AI: Excel/Sheets plug-in.

The Chatbot-verse

• Copilot: ChatGPT inside of Microsoft Windows.
• Grok: Elon Musk’s edgy chatbot on X.
• Llama 3.1 (Meta): The best open-source chatbot out there.
• Gemini: Google’s rival to ChatGPT.
• Claude (Anthropic): The 2nd best for writing and coding.
• ChatGPT: You already know.

Video Generators/Tools

• HeyGen: Marketing/sales videos.
• Luma Dream Machine: Videos that look real.
• Runway Gen 3 Alpha: Create videos in < a minute.

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Around the Horn.

• Check out this WILD launch video for Pika Labs’ new “Pikaffects” tool, which lets you fold up and squish a chart of data, melt a VW bus, or slice any object like its made out of cake.
• Amazon’s new Fire tablets will come with writing assistance, webpage summaries, generative wallpapers…and maybe a new Alexa subscription.
• Watch this four-legged robot learn to climb a ladder (more about it here).
• Elon Musk decided to move xAI into OpenAI’s old HQ… probably out of spite.

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2. Expression Editor allows you to change a character's facial expressions in real-time—try it here (watch how it works here).
3. Semblian 2.0 turns your meetings into actionable documents and insights.
4. Tilores helps you search and combine customer data from different sources so your AI can answer questions accurately.
5. Hedy listens to your meetings and provides real-time suggestions to help you contribute more confidently and intelligently.
6. Seamailer helps you create, send, and automate marketing emails.
7. Hubmee organizes your daily life by combining tasks, calendars, documents, and finances in one app,

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