Entrepreneur / Startup: the best AI tools
Do the work of five people, solo.
When you're starting up, AI is your first all-rounder hire: it writes, designs visuals, builds a pitch, automates admin and even codes a prototype. The trick is staying focused on what matters.
Our pick covers the general assistant, decks, visuals, automation and product prototyping.
Recommended AI tools
ChatGPT
The all-round AI assistant that started the wave.
Claude
The assistant that shines at long-form writing and reasoning.
Gamma
Create presentations, documents and sites from a prompt.
Canva (Magic Studio)
The mainstream design suite, supercharged with generative AI.
Zapier
Connect your apps and automate without code.
Notion AI
AI built right into your Notion workspace.
Lovable
Build a full application by chatting, without coding.
Emergent
NewDescribe an app, and AI designs, codes and deploys it.
KrispCall
NewAn AI cloud phone system: calls, SMS and transcripts in a single app.
Limova AI
A team of AI agents to automate your small business, run from WhatsApp.
More tools for this job
Beautiful.ai
AI presentation software with auto-laid-out smart slides.
Decktopus
The AI presentation generator, with a speaking coach.
monday.com
The all-in-one work management platform, boosted with AI.
Pipedrive
The visual sales CRM, now AI-assisted.
ClickUp
The project-management Swiss-army knife, supercharged with AI.
Manus
An autonomous AI agent that completes tasks end to end.
folk
NewThe light, pleasant CRM, boosted by AI to manage relationships.
DeepL
The most natural-sounding machine translation on the market.
NotebookLM
Google's research assistant grounded in YOUR documents.
Grammarly
Write right, everywhere: grammar, style and generative AI.
Raycast
The supercharged Mac launcher, with AI built in.
Granola
Augmented meeting notes, without a bot in the call.
Fathom
The meeting notetaker with a remarkably generous free tier.
Otter.ai
AI meeting notes and transcription.
Fireflies.ai
The meeting assistant that takes notes and syncs your CRM.
Microsoft Copilot
The AI assistant woven into Microsoft 365 and the web.
Concrete use cases
As a Entrepreneur / Startup, here's how to get the most out of these tools day to day: