Best AI Tools for Startups — 2025
A minimal, founder-focused directory of AI tools for writing, design, code, automation, analytics and customer growth. Click “View Tool” to visit the product page (replace with affiliate URL if needed).
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Writing
Design
Code
Automation
Analytics
Customer
Video
Speech
Writing & Content
OpenAI (ChatGPT)
Multimodal LLM for prototypes, product copy, pitch drafts and AI assistants.
Writing & Content
Jasper
AI writing assistant for marketing copy, blog drafts and landing pages.
Design & Images
Midjourney
Creative image generation for brand assets and hero imagery.
Design
Canva AI
Design + generative features for quick marketing creatives and templates.
Developer Tools
GitHub Copilot
AI pair programmer for faster prototyping and code completion.
Developer Tools
Replit (Ghostwriter)
In-browser code assistant and rapid prototype environment.
Automation
Zapier
No-code automation builder for stitching together apps and workflows.
Automation
Make (Integromat)
Visual automation for multi-step integrations and APIs.
Analytics & Insights
Amplitude
Product analytics for event-driven user behaviour analysis.
Analytics
Mixpanel
User analytics with funnels, retention and A/B insights.
Customer Support
Intercom
Conversational support platform with automation and AI triage.
Customer Support
Ada
Self-serve AI chatbots for conversational automation at scale.
Video & Media
Descript
All-in-one audio/video editor with AI transcription and overdub.
Video & Media
Runway
Generative video and editing tools for product videos and effects.
Speech & Voice
ElevenLabs
High-quality AI voice synthesis for narration and product videos.
Speech & Transcription
AssemblyAI
Speech-to-text APIs and voice intelligence for products.
Design
Adobe Firefly
Generative imaging inside Adobe for polished production assets.
Copywriting
Copy.ai
Quick marketing copy, product descriptions, and landing page content.
Data & ML Ops
DataRobot
AutoML platform for faster model building and deployment.
CRM & Growth
HubSpot (AI)
CRM with AI features for content suggestions, scoring and outreach.
Research
Perplexity
AI research assistant for quick facts, sourcing and summarization.
Research
Claude (Anthropic)
Conversational AI assistant focused on safety and helpfulness.
ML Ops
Weights & Biases
Experiment tracking and model monitoring for production ML systems.
Design
Figma (+ AI Plugins)
Design collaboration with AI plugins for icons, layouts and copy suggestions.
Search & Discovery
Algolia
AI-powered search and recommendations for better product discovery.
Search & CX
Coveo
AI-driven search, personalization and recommendations for CX.
Video
Synthesia
AI video generation with synthetic presenters for explainers and ads.
Hiring & HR
HireEZ
AI sourcing and talent discovery for fast-growing teams.
Models & Hub
Hugging Face
Model hub, datasets and tools for open-source ML models and inference.
Vector DB
Pinecone
Managed vector database for semantic search and embeddings at scale.
Voice
Murf
AI voice generator for narration and marketing videos.
Transcription
Otter.ai
Automatic transcription and meeting notes with collaboration features.
Generative Models
Stability AI
Creators of Stable Diffusion and open-source image generation models.
Indexing
LlamaIndex
Tools for building data connectors and indices for LLM retrieval applications.
