LLMs & AI Assistants
Conversational, reasoning, and research models I use daily and teach in workshops.
Claude
Anthropic's conversational AI, top-tier reasoning and writing.
claude.aiGemini
Google's multimodal AI assistant across text, image, and video.
gemini.google.comPerplexity
AI-first search engine with cited, reasoned answers.
perplexity.aiCopilot
Microsoft's conversational assistant, deep Office 365 integration.
copilot.microsoft.comDeepSeek
Open-weight reasoning model competitive with the closed frontier.
chat.deepseek.comZ.ai
Subscription AI workbench bundling multiple models.
z.aiMeta AI
Meta's generative assistant across Llama models.
www.meta.aiYou.com
Privacy-focused AI search with custom modes.
www.you.comGenspark
AI research and answer-engine with deep search agents.
www.genspark.aiIthy
Lightweight AI research assistant for fast lookups.
ithy.comNotebookLM
Google's AI notebook, feed it your docs and ask anything.
notebooklm.google.comGoogle AI Studio
Direct interface to Google's models with media gen + prompting.
aistudio.google.comVertex AI Studio
Google Cloud's enterprise model studio (media, agents, evals).
console.cloud.google.comAgents & Automation
Autonomous agents that act on the web and in apps, the next frontier.
Image Generation
Text-to-image platforms, from photoreal commercial art to stylised illustration.
Midjourney
The gold standard of aesthetic text-to-image generation.
www.midjourney.comIdeogram
Best-in-class for text rendering inside images.
ideogram.aiAdobe Firefly
Commercially-safe generative AI inside Adobe's creative stack.
firefly.adobe.comKrea
Real-time canvas + multi-modal image and video generation.
www.krea.aiLeonardo
Powerful image and short-form video generation suite.
app.leonardo.aiRecraft
Vector + raster AI design tool with brand-locked styles.
www.recraft.aiFreepik AI
Pikaso AI image generation inside the Freepik library.
www.freepik.comTensor Art
Community-driven Stable Diffusion model marketplace.
tensor.artMage Space
Fast Stable Diffusion image generation with model marketplace.
www.mage.spacePlayground
Browser-based AI image creation with strong editing controls.
playground.comDreamina (CapCut)
ByteDance's AI image and short video generator.
dreamina.capcut.comReve.art
Image gen platform with high aesthetic ceiling.
preview.reve.artNano Banana
Lightweight AI image generator (fast, free tier).
nanobanana.aiPixverse
Image and text-to-video generation.
app.pixverse.aiDiffusion Art
Curated diffusion model gallery + free generation.
diffusionart.coMicrosoft Designer
AI-powered visual design and image creation.
designer.microsoft.comCanva AI
Design suite with magic media, magic edit, magic write.
www.canva.comImage Editing & Enhancement
Cleanup, upscale, background removal, and pro-grade retouching with AI.
Video Generation
Text-to-video, image-to-video, and AI avatars.
OpenAI Sora
OpenAI's flagship text-to-video model.
sora.chatgpt.comHiggsfield
Cinematic AI video with strong camera-motion controls.
higgsfield.aiKling AI
Photoreal AI video generation, image and text-to-video.
app.klingai.comLumaLabs Dream Machine
Text-to-video with smooth camera and physics.
lumalabs.aiHeygen
AI avatars + presenter-style video generation.
app.heygen.comWan
Alibaba's text/image-to-video model.
create.wan.videoPollo.ai
Video-to-video transformation and stylisation.
pollo.aiMindvideo
Free Sora 2 wrapper for accessible video generation.
www.mindvideo.aiPippit
End-to-end AI video creation for marketing.
www.pippit.aiGoogle Flow
Google Labs' creative video tool.
labs.googleVideo Editing & Upscaling
Polish, upscale, and edit footage, AI-augmented.
Music Generation
AI-composed full tracks and soundtracks.
Voice, Speech & Audio
TTS, voice cloning, conversational voice agents, sound effects.
ElevenLabs
Industry-leading text-to-speech and voice cloning.
elevenlabs.ioElevenLabs Voice Changer
Voice transformation between cloned identities.
elevenlabs.ioElevenLabs Sound Effects
Generate any sound effect from text.
elevenlabs.ioElevenLabs Conversational AI
Build real-time voice agents.
elevenlabs.ioPlay.ai
AI voice agents and text-to-speech platform.
play.aiAdobe Podcast
Enhances voice recordings to studio quality.
podcast.adobe.comSpeechMA
Multilingual speech synthesis and recognition.
speechma.comHume AI
Emotion-aware AI voice and conversational tech.
www.hume.aiPrompt Helpers & Image-to-Prompt
Build better prompts, or reverse-engineer them from any image.
PromptoMANIA
Visual Midjourney prompt builder with style presets.
promptomania.comPromptFolder MJ Helper
Midjourney prompt assistant with parameter pickers.
promptfolder.comImagePrompt Describe
Image-to-detailed-prompt converter.
imageprompt.orgImageToPrompt
Browser-based image-to-prompt analysis.
imagetoprompt.comFlux Image-to-Prompt
Flux model image-to-prompt converter.
flux1.aiProductivity & Meeting AI
Transcription, decks, messaging hub, AI inside the daily workflow.
Web & App Building
Prompt-to-app AI builders.
Train your team.
Hands-on sessions built around your workflow, not generic demos. Tell me what you want to learn or build and I will map the right stack for it.