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Top Tools for AI-First Workflows

If you're like me, you're always on the hunt for the best tools, resources, and insights to stay ahead of the tech curve. That's why I've personally curated and tested this ultimate tool list.

Whether you're a beginner looking to dip your toes in or a seasoned pro seeking to sharpen your edge, this list has something for everyone.

So read on, level up, and let's build an AI-first business together.

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TOOLS

General assistant

OpenAI logo with a black background and white text.

ChatGPT+

Voice Transcription

Logo with soundwave icon and the word 'Flow' in white on a black background.

Wispr Flow

General assistant

The word "ANTHROPIC" in white capital letters on a black background.

Claude

Task bots and model testing

Logo with a chat bubble icon resembling a robot face and the text 'Poe' next to it.

Poe

Internet search

Perplexity logo with a geometric design and the word 'perplexity'

Perplexity AI

Voice transcription

Otter.ai logo with the text 'Otter.ai' in white letters on a black background.

OtterAI

Voice transcription

The word 'sync' in bold white text on a black background.

Async

Automation

Gumlopp logo in white on black background.

Gumloop

AI Code Editor

Logo for Cursar AI with a paper airplane icon and the text 'Cursar AI' in white on a black background.

Cursor

AI Code Editor

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Replit

COURSES AND LESSONS

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AI for Everyone

Text 'GENERATIVE AI LEARNING PATH' in bold black letters on a yellow background, with the word 'Google' in white below, next to a large Google logo circle with red, yellow, green, and blue sections on a black background.

Generative AI Learning Path

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AI for Business Leaders

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Implications for Business Strategy

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What is Generative AI?

Book cover titled "Practical Deep Learning for Coders" by Jeremy Howard, featuring a smiling man with curly hair wearing a blue shirt, with a coastline in the background.

Practical Deep Learning for Coders

Book cover titled 'How to Use AI to 10x Your Productivity' by Allie K. Miller, featuring a photo of a woman with long dark hair, wearing a brown blazer and white shirt, inside a circular frame with a yellow border and the Maven logo.

Use AI to 10x your Productivity

Webinar or workshop promotional image with the title 'Achieve More with Gen AI', featuring a group of four diverse people smiling and standing together, with presenter Allie K. Miller's name and collaborators Ethan Mollick, Don Allen III, and Manuel Sainsly, and the MasterClass logo.

Achieve More with GenAI

Promotional graphic for a LinkedIn Learning course titled "How to Use Generative AI: Building an AI-First Mindset" featuring Allie K. Miller, with a black background, a photo of Allie Miller in a circular frame, and bold yellow and white text.

How to Use Generative AI

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Two Real Ways to 10x Your Team

Title slide for a presentation on AI-first enterprise with headshots of Allie K. Miller, Conor Grennan, and Brian Solis, with text emphasizing the exponential power of AI in business.

Power of an AI-First Enterprise

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AI for Business Leaders (Team)

NEWSLETTERS

These are all free and either daily or weekly. Great for staying up-to-date on news.

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Ben’s Bites

Book cover titled 'AI WITH ALLIE' with subtitle 'BUILDING A CAREER & BUSINESS IN THE AI AGE'; background features a close-up of a computer motherboard.

AI with ALLIE

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The Rundown AI

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TDLR AI

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AI Exchange

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Neuron Daily

PODCASTS

Many options: news, interviews, short- and long-form

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This Week in ML (TWIML)

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Gradient Dissent

SuperDataScience logo with a stylized DNA helix and the text 'SuperDataScience' in blue on a light blue background.

Super Data Science

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AI Chat

Logo with the word 'Toy' in pink with black outlines and a black underline reading 'The Best One Yet'

The Best One Yet (TBOY)

VOICES IN AI

Too many to name, plus 90+ women and non-binary voices here

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Ethan Mollick

Image of a woman with shoulder-length hair, smiling, on a yellow circle background. To the left, text reads 'CASSIE KOZYRKOV' in black letters on a yellow rectangle.

Cassie Kozyrkov

Graphic with yellow and black background featuring a portrait of a man in a light blue shirt and the name "Andrew Ng".

Andrew Ng

Graphic design featuring SINÉAD BOVELL's name with a woman with dark hair and a white shirt in a circular photo on a black and yellow background.

Sinéad Bovell

Portrait of Connor Grennan with his name on a yellow background

Connor Grennan

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Joy Buolamwini

BOOKS

Plus 30+ book recommendations on tech and business here

Book titled 'Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence' with pink cover featuring a pair of eyes, on a yellow background

Prediction Machines

Book titled 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' by Daniel Kahneman on a yellow background

Thinking Fast and Slow

Book titled 'AI Superpowers' by Kai-Fu Lee on a yellow background.

AI Superpowers

Book titled 'Life 3.0' by Max Tegmark against a yellow background.

Life 3.0

Book cover titled 'Invisible Women' by Caroline Criado Perez on a yellow background, with a graphic of black and white stylized women figures and a blue sticker indicating an award or recognition.

Invisible Women

Cover of a book titled 'The Worlds I See' by Dr. Fei-Fei Li, with a yellow background.

The Worlds I See

COMMUNITY ENDORSED

The most popular tools loved by the public – feel free to test them out, safely!

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Eleven Labs

HeyGen logo with stylized purple and blue geometric icon and the words 'AI Avatars' above and 'HeyGen' to the right.

HeyGen

A logo featuring a sailboat on water with the word 'Midjourney' in bold next to it.

Midjourney

Runway logo with a stylized 'R' and the word 'runway' on a black background.

RunwayML

Logo for Synthesia with a blue geometric icon and the company name in black text.

Synthesia

Black background with the word 'Pika' in large, white text.

Pika

Blue background with white text that reads "Meeting Assistant Otter.ai" and the Otter.ai logo.

OtterAI

Logo for Character.AI featuring a blue cartoon face with glasses and a hat, and the text 'Companionship Character.AI'

Character AI

Meeting assistant logo with stylized pink and purple floral icon and the words 'Meeting Assistant' and 'Fireflies'.

Fireflies.ai

Text reading "Companionship" above the word "Inflection" with decorative lines connecting the words.

Inflection AI

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Descript

Builder.ai logo with purple text on a white background, labeled 'No Code' above.

Builder.ai

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LlamaIndex

STARTUPS

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OpenAI logo with black text on a white background
The word 'ANTHROPIC' written in black capital letters on a beige background.
Runway logo with a black background and green icon.
The word 'ADEPT' in bold black letters on a white background.
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Logo of Synthesa with a blue abstract shape and the company name in black text.
Imbue logo with a stylized interconnected pattern in orange and the word 'imbue' in black text on a light beige background.
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TOP AI PARTNERS

Infrastructure

Amazon Web Services (AWS) logo with the text 'aws' in black and a curved orange arrow underneath.

AWS

Microsoft Azure logo with a blue sailboat icon and the word 'Azure' in blue text.

Azure

Nvidia logo with an abstract green eye symbol and the word 'NVIDIA' in bold black letters.

Nvidia

Google Cloud Platform logo featuring a hexagon with blue, yellow, and red segments and the text "Google Cloud Platform" below.

GCP

CoreWeave logo featuring a hexagonal shape and stylized letters, with the text "CoreWeave" underneath.

CoreWeave

AI Consulting Firms

TRIBE AI logo with purple geometric symbol and black text

Tribe AI

Provectus logo with a stylized blue and yellow abstract icon and the company name in black text.

Provectus

AI Investors

The word 'Accel' is written in purple font on a white background.

Accel

Khosla Ventures logo with black and gray text on a white background.

Khosla

Lightspeed logo with red abstract icon and black text on white background.

Lightspeed

Logo of Index Ventures featuring five horizontal red bars of decreasing length stacked vertically beside the black text 'Index Ventures' on a light background.

Index Ventures

Insight Partners logo with the word 'INSIGHT' in large orange letters and 'PARTNERS' in smaller black letters below.

Insight Partners

The word "CONVICTION" written in white capital letters on a dark blue background, with the letter 'V' stylized as a blue downward-pointing triangle.

Conviction

Logo for Radical Ventures featuring a stylized pink R and the words 'RADICAL VENTURES' in blue capital letters.

Radical Ventures

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Anthony Goldbloom

A professional headshot of Elad Gil with a yellow circular background on a black background, and his name in bold black letters on a yellow rectangle.

Elad Gil

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Nat Friedman