The list keeps growing…
| AI App/Site | Description | Link | Cost | Why it’s essential? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notion AI | AI-powered workspace | https://www.notion.so/product/ai | $5 / month for now | AI Summaries / Keywords. Writing and search tools are best-in-class. |
| Github Copilot | AI-powered coding | https://github.com | Free (expires Jan 2026 - then $8 / month) | Most compatible ai coding tool. Cursor ecosystem is not as good. Cursor also made the imo poor decision to fork VScode editor. |
| Shortwave | AI email | https://www.shortwave.com | $7 / month | Best AI email. Gmail or outlook may eventually overtake this. Keep checking to make sure. So far, it’s a somewhat slow but effective ai email agent |
| Raycast | part app launcher, part AI orchestrator / omni text box | https://www.raycast.com/ | Free | |
| ChatGPT | Conversational AI for various tasks | https://chat.openai.com | Free | |
| Google Gemini | Conversational AI for various tasks | https://gemini.google.com/u | Free | |
| Anthropic Claude | Large language model for various tasks | https://www.anthropic.com | Free | |
| Meta AI | Conversational AI for various tasks | meta.ai | Free | |
| Perplexity Pro | Large language model for various tasks | https://www.perplexity.ai | Free (until October 2025) | |
| NotebookLM | Google Notetaking + Document Analyzer | https://notebooklm.google.com/?pli=1&authuser=1 | Free (for now) | |
| Illinuinate | Google Podcast / Audio Explainer | https://illuminate.google.com/explore?pli=1 | Free (for now) | |
| Apple Voice Memos | AI transcription and note-taking | n/a | Free | |
| Apple Siri | AI voice assistant | n/a | Free | |
| Google Assistant | AI voice assistant | n/a | Free | |
| Perchance | Image generation | https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generator | Free | |
| DALL-E | AI image generation | https://labs.openai.com | Free | |
| Stable Diffusion | AI image generation | https://replicate.com/home | per query |