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16 December 2022

6 A.I. Tools That Will Save You 1-Hour/Day

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Tool00:30

Mem.ai Organizes Your Workspace Without Manual File Management

Mem.ai is presented as a self-organizing workspace that combines knowledge management with built-in AI. It can capture material such as Twitter threads and make workspace content easier to organize and retrieve.

  • Uses AI to organize workspace content
  • Captures Twitter threads through tagging
  • Reduces manual file and content management
  • Positions itself as an AI-native alternative to Notion

So it is a self-organizing workspace.

Kieran Flanagan · 00:30

So this is the easy way to basically organize your entire workspace and find things really easy.

Kieran Flanagan · 01:00
#ai tools#productivity#file management#knowledge management
Tool01:30

Interior AI Stages and Redesigns Rooms in Minutes

Interior AI generates staged or redesigned versions of rooms, helping users who lack spatial or design expertise. The hosts highlight its value for homeowners and real estate professionals who would otherwise pay for renderings or endure a lengthy design process.

  • Generates room designs with AI
  • Virtually stages empty properties
  • Helps users without spatial-design skills
  • Can reduce rendering costs for real estate professionals

AI will stage or design your room for you.

Kip Bodner · 02:00

And you can save a ton of time and a ton of money by having AI do that for you.

Kip Bodner · 02:30
#ai tools#interior design#real estate#virtual staging
Tool03:00

Pepper Content Combines AI Drafting With Human Editorial Talent

Pepper Content is described as an all-in-one content marketing platform where AI supports keyword discovery and first drafts while human talent handles refinement. Its integrated talent marketplace lets businesses hire and manage freelancers without moving work to a separate platform.

  • Uses AI to identify relevant keywords
  • Creates AI-assisted first drafts
  • Includes an integrated talent marketplace
  • Keeps freelancer management inside the content platform
  • Combines automation with human editorial judgment

So they don't they have a complete platform and AI is a feature of that platform, but they also have a thing that I think…

Kieran Flanagan · 03:30

And I think there's two elements of that that I love, which is AI is an assistant to the platform, and then the talent is…

Kieran Flanagan · 04:30
#ai tools#content marketing#freelancers#small business#editorial
Tool05:00

Heyday Acts as an AI Memory for Your Internet Research

Heyday.ai recalls and aggregates material a user has already viewed while researching a subject. It functions as a personal internet memory, reducing the need to remember or manually rediscover previously encountered sources.

  • Recalls pages and material previously viewed
  • Aggregates research around the current topic
  • Reduces repeated searches
  • Acts as a virtual memory assistant

Okay, so Heyday acts as like an AI memory.

Kip Bodner · 05:00

AI pulls in all the things you've already looked at on this topic.

Kip Bodner · 05:30
#ai tools#research#memory#productivity
Tool06:30

Windsor Scales Personalized Video With Dynamic Data

Windsor.io applies personalization-tag logic to video, allowing one recording to be adapted for many recipients. Data from a marketing automation platform fills designated blanks so each output appears individually recorded, though Kieran warns that the tactic may eventually become commoditized and annoying.

  • Personalizes video using dynamic placeholders
  • Draws recipient data from marketing automation systems
  • Scales one-to-one-style outreach
  • Supports sales and marketing campaigns
  • Risks losing impact as adoption becomes widespread

They could do that with video, I bet is they care about that.

Kieran Flanagan · 07:00

And then you take data from your marketing automation platform and fill in the blanks, and the video seamlessly looks like it's being created for…

Kieran Flanagan · 07:00
#ai tools#video personalization#sales#marketing automation#outreach
Tool08:00

Boomy Generates Original Music for Podcasts and Videos

Boomy.com creates musical tracks from style instructions, giving non-musicians a fast source of original audio. The hosts suggest it for podcasts, YouTube shows, and other projects that need quick, royalty-free music, with the option to add vocals afterward.

  • Generates music from style prompts
  • Creates tracks for podcasts and videos
  • Supports custom vocals over generated music
  • Produces usable tracks within minutes
  • Offers a quick royalty-free music option

But Boomi.com is AI that makes songs for you, baby.

Kip Bodner · 08:00

I did a song in like two two minutes, and I could see anytime you needed just off the cuff music for anything, even if…

Kip Bodner · 08:30
#ai tools#music generation#podcasting#youtube#audio