# PickAI

> The best AI tools for builders, ranked by what you want to do. An independent directory of AI tools for vibe coders and builders, organized by use case.

## AI Coding
- [Cursor](https://cursor.com): AI-first code editor with agentic coding, codebase chat and smart autocomplete.
- [GitHub Copilot](https://github.com/features/copilot): GitHub's AI pair programmer inside VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub.
- [Claude Code](https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code): Anthropic's agentic coding tool that works in your terminal and IDE.
- [OpenAI Codex](https://openai.com/codex/): OpenAI's coding agent for writing, reviewing and fixing code.
- [Windsurf](https://windsurf.com): Agentic AI IDE built around the Cascade coding agent.
- [Replit](https://replit.com): Browser-based IDE with Replit Agent that builds and deploys apps from prompts.
- [Lovable](https://lovable.dev): Build full-stack web apps by chatting with AI.
- [Bolt.new](https://bolt.new): Prompt, run, edit and deploy full-stack apps in the browser.
- [v0](https://v0.dev): Vercel's AI app builder that generates React/Next.js UIs and apps.
- [Tabnine](https://www.tabnine.com): Privacy-focused AI code assistant for enterprise teams.
- [Lispa](https://lispa.ai): Cloud AI coding agents for GitHub and GitLab repos, mixing strong and low-cost models.
- [Kynage Cockpit](https://www.kynage.com): Coordinates AI coding agents via MCP with project context, tickets, roles and workflows.
- [REA](https://github.com/morluto/rea): Open-source AI agent for reverse engineering binaries and apps locally.

## AI Writing
- [ChatGPT](https://chatgpt.com): OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for writing, coding and analysis.
- [Claude](https://claude.ai): Anthropic's AI assistant, strong at long-form writing and reasoning.
- [Gemini](https://gemini.google.com): Google's AI assistant integrated with Google apps.
- [Grammarly](https://www.grammarly.com): AI writing assistant for grammar, tone and clarity.
- [Jasper](https://www.jasper.ai): AI content platform for marketing teams.

## AI Images
- [Midjourney](https://www.midjourney.com): High-quality artistic image generation from text prompts.
- [DALL·E / ChatGPT Images](https://openai.com/index/dall-e-3/): OpenAI image generation available inside ChatGPT.
- [Adobe Firefly](https://firefly.adobe.com): Adobe's generative AI for images, integrated with Creative Cloud.
- [Ideogram](https://ideogram.ai): Image generator known for accurate text rendering in images.
- [Leonardo.Ai](https://leonardo.ai): Image and asset generation platform for creators and game art.
- [Stable Diffusion (Stability AI)](https://stability.ai): Open image generation models from Stability AI.
- [AutoSprite](https://www.autosprite.io): Turns a single sprite into engine-ready spritesheets for games.

## AI Video
- [Runway](https://runwayml.com): AI video generation and editing suite for creators.
- [Sora](https://openai.com/sora/): OpenAI's text-to-video generation model.
- [Google Veo](https://deepmind.google/models/veo/): Google DeepMind's video generation model.
- [Pika](https://pika.art): Create and edit short videos from text and images.
- [Synthesia](https://www.synthesia.io): AI avatar videos for training and business content.
- [HeyGen](https://www.heygen.com): AI avatars, video translation and lip-sync.
- [Descript](https://www.descript.com): Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript.
- [OpenScreen](https://getopenscreen.com): Free, open-source screen recorder and video editor for all platforms.

## AI Audio & Voice
- [ElevenLabs](https://elevenlabs.io): Realistic AI voices, text-to-speech and voice cloning.
- [Suno](https://suno.com): Generate full songs with vocals from a text prompt.
- [Udio](https://www.udio.com): AI music generation from text prompts.
- [Otter.ai](https://otter.ai): AI meeting transcription and notes.
- [Whisper](https://openai.com/index/whisper/): OpenAI's open-source speech recognition model.
- [BetterWispr](https://betterwispr.com): Free, open-source local voice dictation app for macOS.
- [Tonefold](https://tonefold.vkfolio.com): Open-source AI music composer with an editable piano roll.

## AI Agents & Automation
- [Zapier](https://zapier.com): No-code automation connecting thousands of apps, with AI features.
- [n8n](https://n8n.io): Fair-code workflow automation with AI agent nodes; self-hostable.
- [Make](https://www.make.com): Visual automation platform for building workflows.
- [LangChain](https://www.langchain.com): Open-source framework for building LLM apps and agents.
- [CrewAI](https://www.crewai.com): Framework for orchestrating multi-agent AI systems.
- [Manus](https://manus.im): General-purpose autonomous AI agent that completes tasks end to end.
- [Toolspoke](https://toolspoke.com): Build hosted AI agents that use your business tools and run on a schedule.
- [Relvato](https://www.relvato.com): Continuous website monitoring with regression tests in a real browser.

## AI Research & Search
- [Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai): AI answer engine with cited web sources.
- [NotebookLM](https://notebooklm.google): Google's research assistant grounded in your own documents.
- [Elicit](https://elicit.com): AI research assistant for finding and analyzing papers.
- [Consensus](https://consensus.app): Search engine that finds answers in scientific research.

## AI Productivity
- [Notion AI](https://www.notion.com/product/ai): AI built into Notion for writing, search and summaries.
- [Granola](https://www.granola.ai): AI notepad that enhances your meeting notes.
- [Fireflies.ai](https://fireflies.ai): AI meeting recorder, transcription and summaries.
- [Raycast](https://www.raycast.com): Mac launcher with built-in AI chat and commands.
- [Tale](https://tale.dev): Open-source project workspace where teams plan and delegate tasks to AI agents.

## AI Design & Presentations
- [Gamma](https://gamma.app): Create presentations, docs and websites with AI.
- [Canva](https://www.canva.com): Design platform with Magic Studio AI tools.
- [Figma](https://www.figma.com): Collaborative design tool with built-in AI features.
- [Framer](https://www.framer.com): Design and publish websites, with AI site generation.

## APIs & Model Platforms
- [OpenAI API](https://platform.openai.com): API access to OpenAI's GPT, image and audio models.
- [Anthropic API](https://www.anthropic.com/api): API access to Anthropic's Claude models.
- [Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com): Prototype with Gemini models and get an API key.
- [Hugging Face](https://huggingface.co): Hub for open models, datasets and ML demos.
- [OpenRouter](https://openrouter.ai): One API for hundreds of LLMs from many providers.
- [Groq](https://groq.com): Very fast LLM inference on custom LPU hardware.
- [Ollama](https://ollama.com): Run open LLMs locally on your machine.
- [Supabase](https://supabase.com): Postgres backend with auth, storage and vector search.
- [Vercel](https://vercel.com): Frontend cloud with AI SDK for deploying AI apps.
- [OpenAI Agents API](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/agents-api/overview): Build agents on a managed Codex harness with durable sessions, sandboxes, MCP and computer use.
- [OpenAI Decisions API](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/decisions): Beta API that turns text and images into typed answers, much faster than the Responses API.

## New AI Models
- [GPT-6.1 Sol](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6.1-sol): OpenAI model for complex coding and professional work, cheaper than GPT-6 Astra; supports multi-agent (beta).
- [GPT-6 Luna](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-6-luna): OpenAI's low-cost reasoning model with text and image input via the Responses API.
- [GPT Image 2.5](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2.5-flare): OpenAI image models: Flare for fast generation, Sunburst for precise editing.
- [GPT-Live 1](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-live-1): OpenAI full-duplex voice model for live conversations while an agent reasons in the background.

## Latest AI news
- [Ricursive Intelligence bets on AI-designed chips](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/ricursive-intelligence-is-betting-on-ai-designed-chips-to-help-solve-the-compute-crisis/) (TechCrunch, 2026-10-15): The startup is building AI that designs chips and improves with each iteration, aiming to speed up chip design.
- [Google and Meta re-enter the AI model race](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1011311/the-ai-race-is-back-on) (The Verge, 2026-10-14): The Verge argues that new releases from Google and Meta have broken the recent lead Anthropic and OpenAI seemed to hold.
- [Eight US states sue OpenAI over ChatGPT and kids](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1011500/openai-state-lawsuits-chatgpt-safety) (The Verge, 2026-10-14): Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia and other states filed separate lawsuits accusing OpenAI of harming children and misleading users about ChatGPT's safety.
- [OpenAI accuses ex-employee of taking plans to Apple](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1011276/openai-employee-unreleased-product-plans) (The Verge, 2026-10-14): In a court filing, OpenAI says a former employee sent over 100 product-planning files to a personal account before joining Apple.
- [Anthropic warns of self-replicating small AI models](https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/anthropic-warns-small-ai-models-could-self-replicate-through-iot-devices/) (Ars Technica, 2026-10-14): Ars Technica covers an Anthropic warning that small models could spread through IoT devices, potentially enabling a new kind of computer worm.
- [Guardrail-free chatbots can aid extremists, study finds](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-models-can-be-easily-modified-to-assist-terrorist-and-extremist-activity/) (Wired, 2026-10-14): Wired reports researchers got a chatbot with its safety guardrails removed to give detailed weapon instructions, showing how easily models can be modified.
- [Microsoft uses ML for longer-range weather forecasts](https://www.theverge.com/science/1011127/ai-weather-forecast-microsoft) (The Verge, 2026-10-14): Microsoft researchers say a cost-effective machine-learning method improves forecasts beyond the usual two-week reliability limit.
- [YouTube labels AI-generated songs](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1011369/youtube-music-ai-label) (The Verge, 2026-10-14): YouTube is adding a 'Made with AI' label to music that was altered or fully generated with AI, similar to its video labels.
- [Deezer to let listeners filter out AI music](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/14/deezer-will-soon-let-you-filter-out-ai-generated-music/) (TechCrunch, 2026-10-14): Deezer says a toggle for hiding AI-generated tracks will roll out by the end of the year.
- [Android adds AI scam detection to Google Messages](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1010928/android-scam-protection-enhanced-protection-google-messages) (The Verge, 2026-10-14): Google is expanding AI-based scam defenses in Google Messages and adding new safeguards against mobile fraud on Android.
- [AI moves from math into the rest of science](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-coming-for-science-next-watch-out/) (Wired, 2026-10-14): MIT researchers tell Wired that AI may soon be the default way to tackle theoretical problems in economics, physics and beyond.
- [Square launches a conversational AI ordering kiosk](https://www.theverge.com/tech/1009086/square-kiosk) (The Verge, 2026-10-14): Square's new touchscreen kiosk includes a voice AI layer that lets customers talk through their orders.
- [McKinsey adds an AI client to job interviews](https://www.theverge.com/news/1011654/mckinsey-ai-client-interview) (The Verge, 2026-10-14): Some entry-level McKinsey candidates will hold a 10-minute conversation with a simulated AI client, per The Wall Street Journal.
- [Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-argon/) (Google AI, 2026-10-13): Google introduced Gemini 4 Argon, a new Gemini model it pitches for its hardest reasoning and problem-solving tasks.
- [Judge lets Apple see OpenAI hiring records](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/judge-orders-openai-to-turn-over-hiring-records-in-apple-trade-secrets-case/) (TechCrunch, 2026-10-13): In the Apple trade-secrets case, a federal judge ruled Apple can access OpenAI interview materials involving former Apple staff, plus related messages and testimony.
- [OpenAI and Anthropic ask UK lawmakers for regulation](https://www.wired.com/story/openai-and-anthropic-tell-british-lawmakers-regulate-us/) (Wired, 2026-10-13): AI company leaders, whistleblowers and security experts appeared at a UK parliamentary session where the labs said they want to be regulated.
- [NVIDIA RTX Spark: a personal AI supercomputer chip](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/local-ai-rtx-spark-laptops-software-updates/) (NVIDIA, 2026-10-13): NVIDIA says RTX Spark combines gaming, creative and local AI workloads in one superchip with up to 128GB unified memory and 1 petaflop of AI compute.
- [Liquid AI's LFM2.5 targets fast on-device agents](https://huggingface.co/blog/LiquidAI/lfm25-24b-a2b) (Hugging Face, 2026-10-13): A Hugging Face post introduces LFM2.5-24B-A2B, a model designed to run private, fast agents directly on devices.
- [AI labs buy data from failed startups](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1145755/ai-labs-buying-data-from-dead-startups-to-train-models/) (MIT Technology Review, 2026-10-13): MIT Technology Review reports that founders of shut-down startups are selling their companies' archives to AI labs as training data.
- [Do open AI models' benefits outweigh the risks?](https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/13/1146366/open-models-have-real-benefits-do-they-outweigh-the-risks/) (MIT Technology Review, 2026-10-13): MIT Technology Review explains the debate over open-weight models, sparked by a recent Anthropic report on their risks.
- [Cerebras CEO predicts personal AI assistants at home](https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/cerebras-ceo-says-were-nearing-a-future-where-everyone-has-a-personal-ai-assistant-at-home/) (TechCrunch, 2026-10-13): Andrew Feldman said at TechCrunch Disrupt that home AI assistants will become common, running partly on device and partly in the cloud.
- [Wikipedia's struggle in an age of AI answers](https://www.wired.com/story/book-excerpt-the-last-best-place-on-the-internet-wikipedia-artificial-intelligence/) (Wired, 2026-10-13): A Wired book excerpt looks at declining Wikipedia use as AI summaries answer questions directly, and what that means for the project.
- [Meta's Muse Wonder brings it back to the frontier](https://www.wired.com/story/muse-wonder-puts-meta-back-at-the-ai-frontier/) (Wired, 2026-10-12): Wired reports that Meta's largest model now competes with the best available, and adds features aimed at keeping AI agents on track.
- [NVIDIA opens Vera Rubin architecture at OCP Summit](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ocp-global-summit-vera-rubin-scale-ai-factories/) (NVIDIA, 2026-10-12): At the Open Compute Project summit, NVIDIA opened its Vera Rubin architecture to partners to help scale large AI data centers on open standards.
- [Asana makes its browser agent 76x cheaper with OpenAI](https://openai.com/index/asana-browser-agent) (OpenAI, 2026-10-09): OpenAI says Asana's browser agent became 76x cheaper and 5x faster in tests after switching models via Codex.
- [OpenAI disrupts two AI-powered influence operations](https://openai.com/index/disrupting-ai-enabled-false-front-operations) (OpenAI, 2026-10-08): OpenAI says it shut down two operations that used fake journalists and a fake think tank to push geopolitical messaging.
- [NVIDIA and Microsoft bring AI agents to Windows PCs](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/local-ai-rtx-spark-microsoft-windows-event/) (NVIDIA, 2026-10-07): Jensen Huang and Satya Nadella described how the two companies are co-designing hardware and software so AI agents can run on Windows PCs.
- [ChatGPT for Teens adds a college planner](https://openai.com/index/teens-learn-and-plan) (OpenAI, 2026-10-07): OpenAI is bringing a College Planner, flashcards and quizzes to ChatGPT for Teens, and is creating a teen AI council.
- [Falcon ASR speech recognition model released](https://huggingface.co/blog/tiiuae/falcon-asr) (Hugging Face, 2026-10-07): TII introduced Falcon ASR, a new automatic speech recognition model, on the Hugging Face blog.
- [NVIDIA fine-tunes Nemotron to gold at IOI and IMO](https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/nemotron-ioi-and-imo-2026) (Hugging Face, 2026-10-07): NVIDIA describes fine-tuning its Nemotron model family to reach gold-level results at both the informatics and math olympiads.

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