Forget ChatGPT: Here Are 6 (New) AI Tools That Will Blow Your Mind — and They’re Free!
These AI tools are incredibly valuable, yet most people don’t even know they exist.
Let’s be honest, AI is moving so fast it’s hard to keep up.
Every day, many new AI tools come out that can change how we work, make us more productive, handle boring tasks, and even help us earn money.
But if you’re still only using ChatGPT or Claude… you’re missing out.
There are more useful AI tools that you need to know. And that’s why I write posts like this.
Well, I spend hours everyday testing dozens of AI tools so you don’t have to, and I’m back with another 6 killer AI tools that’ll make you wonder how you ever lived without them.
These AI tools aren’t just useful — they’re free, and there are no affiliate links.
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So, if you’re ready to level up, let’s get to it.
1. Raena AI
You may know, I use ChatGPT, Claude, and other similar AI tools a lot to learn complex concepts.
Recently, I found out about an AI tool that could be helpful to students and has capabilities similar to the popular LLMs.
I am talking about Raena AI.
It is an AI tool that helps students study better by turning notes into quizzes, giving summaries, generating podcasts, and acting like a personal tutor.
Here’s an example of the podcast it generated based on this post.
It was like two people talking in a podcast — way better than I thought.
In a similar way, I tried generating quizzes and summaries by uploading content, and the outputs blew my mind.
You see how helpful these features can be for students in their learning process.
2. Napkin AI
If you follow me, you may know I write posts related to practical use cases of AI, and I also have an AI newsletter where I spend 90% of my time.
I want to make them more informative by writing quality and practical content, and adding charts and similar visuals.
Sure, I tried ChatGPT, Claude, and other similar AI tools, but in this process, I started using the Napkin AI tool extensively.
You just need to paste the text, and it will generate a number of visuals from which you can select your preferred one.
If you don’t have the text, you can even generate text using AI within the tool.
You can then further customize the generated visuals since they are fully editable.
The best part? It is in the beta stage, so you can use the ‘Professional Plan’ for free.
3. NotebookLM
You may know this AI tool is from Google, and it can act as a personalized AI research assistant that you can use for multiple purposes.
How to use it? Visit their website, create a new notebook, and add your sources for which you need to ask questions.
The best part?
It creates a podcast from the sources you upload, giving you the exact needed content in a natural, human-like voice that you can listen to while doing manual tasks.
Now, here are 3 game-changing ways I’m using it:
1. Stock analysis on autopilot
- Upload up to 50 annual reports
- Get AI-powered investment insights
- Receive detailed stock recommendations with risk analyses
2. Book summaries that actually make sense
- Upload entire books
- Extract specific strategies instantly
- Generate audio summaries in natural voice
- Listen while working out or commuting
3. Research paper simplification
- Upload complex papers
- Get plain-English explanations
- Use AI-suggested questions to deepen understanding
- Save hours of reading time
4. Lottielab
You may all know about Figma and Canva and how easy it is to create web & mobile designs, PPTs, invoices, and more.
They have become super useful for everyday tasks.
And today I want to talk about Lottielab which helps you create and edit Lottie animations with ease.
You can design your dream animation with everything customizable from speed to path to ease curve, and so on.
Here are some great examples of what you can create.
And the best part? You can create unlimited Lottie files for free, and they have tutorials on how to create animations.
Note: I don’t think this is an AI tool but thanks to its use case, I have to add this in this post.
5. Chatsimple AI
If you follow me you may know that I’ve previously written about Chatsimple, and now I want to write again thanks to their new features.
To be precise, the team behind Chatsimple is literally changing the way we interact with websites.
They started by building an AI chatbot that can be easily integrated into websites, making it much simpler for individuals to resolve their queries.
Later, they introduced a new feature called ‘AI Nav,’ with a design like Google in terms of simplicity.
It’s more like a personalized inbound AI sales agent living on a website, helping visitors navigate and find what they want with just a simple search bar.
And now they have added a new feature, i.e., now your website can talk to your visitors.
Insane, right?
You see, they are actually transforming the way we interact with websites so that visitors can easily resolve their queries, and find what they need, and businesses can easily generate more leads.
6. Thunderbit
Now, let me talk about an AI tool that will help you automate most of your tasks related to the web.
I am talking about Thunderbit.
They call themselves a ‘Personalized Web AI Copilot,’ which helps users with tasks related to web automation.
It can be useful for getting a post summary, extracting webpage data into a table, extracting data from bulk PDFs into a table, and much more.
It can even be helpful for automating tasks inside Google Sheets, Slack, Gmail, and other useful apps.
To give it a try, visit their official website, download the Chrome extension, create an account, and start using it to automate most of your tedious tasks.
Hope you like it.
That’s it — thanks.
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