Claude
4.7Built by former OpenAI safety researchers around a written constitution
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NotebookLM
4.5Google's source-grounded notebook, distinctive for generating audio discussions
Canva
4.7The design tool most competitors in this category get compared to
Runway
4.4The category's pioneer for filmmakers, with traditional AI-VFX tools beyond generation
Zapier
4.5Still the widest app library after more than a decade
Cradle
3.8AI models that retrain on every round of your wet-lab data to guide the next protein design cycle – claimed 2-12x faster development, and your data never trains models for anyone else.
Surfer SEO
4.5Combines content scoring with an always-on alert for AI-visibility drops
Cursor
4.7The AI-native editor most competitors now get compared against
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Writing178 toolsAI writing tools help you draft, rewrite, and polish text in seconds, from blog posts and…Show all Writing tools Image Generation266 toolsAI image generators turn a text description into original artwork, photos, logos, and illustrations in seconds,…Show all Image Generation tools Video260 toolsAI video tools create clips from text, turn scripts into talking-avatar presenters, and automate editing like…Show all Video tools Audio159 toolsAI audio tools generate lifelike voiceovers, clone voices, compose royalty-free music, and clean up or transcribe…Show all Audio tools Design221 toolsAI design tools help marketers, founders, and product teams create graphics, websites, logos, and interface mockups…Show all Design tools
Chatbots130 toolsAI chatbots hold natural conversations to answer questions, automate customer support, and act as everyday assistants…Show all Chatbots tools Research86 toolsThese tools help researchers, graduate students, and academics discover relevant papers, map citation networks, question documents,…Show all Research tools Customer Support168 toolsAI customer support tools answer questions, resolve tickets, and take actions across chat, email, and voice,…Show all Customer Support tools
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Plagiarisma
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Kasisto
3.8Conversational and agentic AI for banks and credit unions, built on the KAI-GPT banking model; now part of Backbase.
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Datumbox
3.0Open-source Java machine learning framework and REST API for sentiment analysis, topic classification and text extraction.
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FusionCharts
3.5JavaScript charting library for web and mobile apps, with Ask FusionDev AI as a documentation and code assistant.
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Keboola
3.9Unified data and AI platform with 1,500+ sources, the Kai assistant, finance agents and an open-source MCP server.
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Shanghai AI company behind the SenseNova multimodal model series, SenseCore compute and SenseFoundry vision solutions, with US sanctions context.
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Probo
3.9Compliance handled end to end by dedicated officers, with a free, self-hostable open option
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Hawk AI
4.1AML and fraud detection built in Munich, raised $56M to expand financial crime coverage
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Scytale
4.0AI GRC platform paired with human compliance experts, supporting over 80 security and privacy frameworks
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Sprinto
4.1Autonomous compliance platform from founders who built and sold a recruiting startup before pivoting to GRC
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Contrario
3.9Pairs AI agents with expert human recruiters, handling 90% of sourcing and screening from inside Slack
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Spott
3.8AI-native ATS and CRM built specifically for recruitment agencies, not internal talent-acquisition teams
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Ashby
4.2Applicant tracking system built with recruiting analytics baked in, not bolted on as an afterthought
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Findem
4.0Talent Data Cloud built on a large expert-labeled dataset, priced for enterprise workforce planning
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Landbot
4.0No-code builder that turns static web forms into conversational, chat-style lead capture flows
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Juicebox
4.1PeopleGPT search engine lets recruiters describe a candidate in plain language instead of building boolean filters
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ManyChat
4.2Messaging automation for Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger built for creators and e-commerce, not enterprise support
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SendPulse
3.9Bundles chatbots into a broader marketing platform alongside email, SMS, and web push in one account
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WotNot
3.9No-code chatbot builder with ready-made industry templates for healthcare, real estate, and insurance
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SiteGPT
3.9Trains a support chatbot directly from a website's own content in minutes, no separate knowledge base needed
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Voiceflow
4.1Collaborative chatbot and voice-agent design tool used by teams to build, test, and ship conversational AI together
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Exa
4.2Search API built for AI agents, valued near $2.2B after an a16z-led round
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Tavily
4.1Search API for AI agents that became part of Nebius after fast adoption across the LangChain ecosystem
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Nscale
3.9European sovereign AI cloud that raised over $3B to build GPU capacity outside US hyperscalers
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Baseten
4.1Model deployment infrastructure that lets teams ship custom AI models to production without managing GPUs
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Lambda
4.1GPU cloud built by an AI hardware company that's sold workstations to ML teams since 2012
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Qdrant
4.3Open-source vector database that raised a $50M Series B to power retrieval for AI agents
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Groq
4.3Custom LPU chips built by a former Google TPU architect for near-instant AI inference
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Cerebras
4.2Wafer-scale AI chips that run inference faster than GPU-based clouds on public benchmarks
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CoreWeave
4.3GPU cloud that IPO'd in 2025 and now powers training runs for OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta
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Scale AI
4.0Data-labeling infrastructure that trained early GPT and Waymo models, now backed by Meta
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Inworld
4.2Cut voice AI pricing by more than 50% while topping the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena
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Figma Make
4.1Turns Figma designs into functional prototypes and production code with AI credits
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Listen Labs
4.1Ran over 1 million AI-powered interviews, growing revenue 15x in 9 months
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Nabla
4.2Processes 20 million-plus patient encounters yearly, priced below most US-based competitors
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OpenEvidence
4.4Used by 40% of US physicians, doubling its valuation to $12B in under a year
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Regard
4.1Reviews the entire patient chart to surface diagnoses clinicians might otherwise miss
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PathAI
4.3First AI pathology platform FDA-cleared for primary diagnosis, now deployed nationwide via Labcorp
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Twelve Labs
4.2Built the video embedding model Amazon and Nvidia backed with a $100M round
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Sixfold
4.2Its AI Underwriter cut processing time by up to 97% for insurers worth $265B in premium
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Harmonic
4.1Tracks 35 million companies, roughly 12x more early-stage coverage than PitchBook
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ComplyAdvantage
4.1AML screening backed by Goldman Sachs, with secondary shares trading at a $5B valuation
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Greenhouse
4.2One of the most established ATS platforms, built for structured, fair hiring since 2012
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Workable
4.0AI-native ATS priced by headcount, from $149 a month for small teams
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Humanly
4.0Combines an AI Recruiter, AI Interviewer, and ATS after a $25M round focused on candidate experience
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Phenom
4.1A $1.3B talent experience platform that acquired Plum to add skills intelligence in 2026
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Feedzai
4.2A $2B fraud-prevention platform now partnered with the European Central Bank
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Salesloft
4.1Merged with Clari in December 2025 to manage over $10 trillion in revenue across 5,000+ customers
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Chorus
4.0Conversation intelligence acquired by ZoomInfo for $575M, now bundled into its enterprise sales motion
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Nooks
4.1Evolved from a parallel dialer into a full AI Sales Assistant Platform
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LegalFly
4.0Bank-level security and default anonymization for in-house legal, compliance, and procurement teams
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Attio
4.3An AI-native CRM built from scratch, not a legacy platform with AI features bolted on
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LegalOn
4.2Japan's most-adopted contract review AI, now partnered with OpenAI after crossing $65M ARR
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Definely
4.0Nearly tripled ARR in a single year, built by two former Freshfields lawyers
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