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Each card: what you get + the top tools.33 scenarios, each with 3 top AI picks
Build a slide deck in 10 minutes
Generate AI short videos from text or images
Turn an idea into a working web app, with zero coding experience
Write captions for Xiaohongshu, IG and FB, then design and schedule them
Remove backgrounds and retouch product photos in one click
Making an indie game solo: how to handle the art
Vibe Coding
Ship products without coding, or code faster if you already do
Turn an idea into a working web app, with zero coding experience
Build a personal portfolio / product landing page in an hour
You already have a code project and want AI to help you code faster
Let an AI Agent complete coding tasks on its own in the terminal
AI Agents
Automation, support bots and agents that browse the web for you
Hand repetitive daily work to automation + AI
Build a support / knowledge-base bot that knows your product
Let an AI Agent research the web and write up a report for you
Writing & Content
English polishing, long Chinese articles, fiction and creative writing
Make English emails and reports sound natural and professional
Tailor a CV and cover letter to a job ad with AI
Write long Chinese articles, WeChat posts and reports
Write novels, stories and scripts
Design & Images
Background removal and retouching, logos, social posters and covers
Remove backgrounds and retouch product photos in one click
Make a logo for a small shop or project
Design social posters, covers and promo images
Video & Audio
AI short videos, clipping long videos, avatar explainers and audio clean-up
Generate AI short videos from text or images
Cut long videos and livestreams into short clips
Make explainer videos without showing your face (AI avatar + voice-over)
Clean up recordings: podcasts, online lessons and voice-overs
Office & Productivity
Slide decks, meeting notes and Excel data analysis
Build a slide deck in 10 minutes
Take meeting notes automatically
Analyse Excel spreadsheets without formulas
Study & Research
Reading papers, cited research, translation and exam revision
Understand English papers and organise the literature fast
Research a question with reliable citations
Understand foreign web pages, documents and videos (Chinese, English, Malay)
Revise for exams with AI: turn textbooks and notes into Q&A and quizzes
Marketing & Social
Xiaohongshu / IG captions, social scheduling, ad creatives, SEO and AI search
Write captions for Xiaohongshu, IG and FB, then design and schedule them
Schedule a month of social posts in one go
Batch-produce Facebook / IG / TikTok ad creatives
Get Google and AI search to recommend your brand (SEO / GEO)
Game Creation
Art, 3D, voice and music, and no-code game making
Making an indie game solo: how to handle the art
Quickly generate 3D props and models for your game
Voice-over, music and sound effects for your game
Make a playable little game without writing code
Latest
Latest releases
Discovered on Hacker News, GitHub and Hugging Face, added after human review.
Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
Google's video model Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash is now generally available: clips up to 15 seconds, multi-turn conversational editing of the same clip, and better adherence to reference images and audio. Gemini API pricing is $0.07 per second at 720p (30% lower than 1.1). 15-second videos in the Gemini app are rolling out first to Google AI Ultra subscribers.
ChatGPT Images 2.6
OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Images 2.6, a new version of the image maker inside ChatGPT that can also create short animated GIFs, plus two new image API models. It is rolling out gradually, so you may not see it right away. Plan availability and pricing: to be verified.
Kino
Kino (YC S23) relaunched as a desktop video editor and media manager where your team and agents such as Claude Code and Codex work on the same timeline. Footage is transcribed and searchable, and pro formats like ProRes, BRAW and R3D are supported. The full editor is free; Pro is $25 per editor per month. Desktop only for now, no browser version.