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Bricks official preview showing a business dashboard

Bricks (opens a new tab)

Turn spreadsheet files into dashboards and reports, then adjust the results using natural-language instructions.

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Data & spreadsheets · Start yourself

Best for

Owners who need a visual report from an existing spreadsheet.

Your first experiment

Upload anonymised monthly sales data, create a dashboard and reconcile its totals with the source file.

Before you commit

Check missing values, aggregation and date ranges. Review data privacy and refresh behaviour before relying on a recurring report.

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Sourcetable logo and spreadsheet grid from its official product page

Sourcetable (opens a new tab)

Analyse and clean spreadsheet data with an AI assistant that can produce calculations and charts.

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Data & spreadsheets · Some setup

Best for

Teams working through spreadsheet questions without writing every formula themselves.

Your first experiment

Upload a sample delivery log, ask for late orders by month and manually check one month against the original rows.

Before you commit

Inspect formulas, data types and assumptions. Limit connected-data permissions and verify results before using them for business decisions.

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Power BI sales dashboard with a Copilot question-and-answer panel

Microsoft Power BI Copilot (opens a new tab)

Ask questions about report data and get AI assistance with report summaries and creation in Power BI.

Details

Data & spreadsheets · Expert setup

Best for

Businesses with an established Power BI data model and eligible organisational capacity.

Your first experiment

Ask Copilot to explain a metric in an existing report, then check its filters and definition against the underlying model.

Before you commit

Copilot needs eligible paid organisational capacity and administrator settings; a Pro or Premium Per User licence alone is insufficient. Poor data models can produce misleading answers.

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SciSpace logo from its official Typeset rebrand announcement

SciSpace (Typeset) (opens a new tab)

Search research literature and ask questions about papers with AI assistance; formerly known as Typeset.

Details

Search & learning · Start yourself

Best for

Owners checking scientific or technical evidence behind a business question.

Your first experiment

Search one narrow research question, open two relevant papers and compare their methods and limitations with the AI summary.

Before you commit

Search coverage is not exhaustive, and summaries can miss caveats. Verify citations and read the original evidence before repeating a claim.

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WolframAlpha logo from its official website

WolframAlpha (opens a new tab)

Use natural-language questions to explore calculations, units, charts and structured factual knowledge.

Details

Search & learning · Start yourself

Best for

Owners checking quantitative questions that need an explicit calculation or interpretation.

Your first experiment

Enter a batch-size conversion using clear units, then check how the question was interpreted and compare with a manual calculation.

Before you commit

Ambiguous inputs can lead to the wrong calculation. Check units, assumptions and the date of any underlying factual data.

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ChatPDF official product logo

ChatPDF (opens a new tab)

Ask questions about uploaded PDFs, get summaries and follow citations back to the document.

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Writing & research · Start yourself

Best for

Owners comparing reports, supplier manuals or other lengthy documents.

Your first experiment

Upload a public supplier manual, ask three practical questions and check each answer against its cited page.

Before you commit

Answers can misread tables or miss exceptions. Check upload and retention terms before using confidential documents.

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Topaz Photo official product artwork

Topaz Photo (opens a new tab)

Use AI to reduce noise, sharpen detail and enlarge existing photos in a desktop photo editor.

Details

Marketing & design · Some setup

Best for

Teams improving their own product, premises or event photography.

Your first experiment

Work on a copy of one noisy product photo. Compare the enhanced version with the original at full size before using it.

Before you commit

Check computer requirements and any cloud-processing allowances. Reconstructed detail can misrepresent a product, so keep the original and inspect edges and labels.

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Adobe Illustrator example showing a concept developed into vector artwork

Adobe Illustrator (opens a new tab)

Create editable vector artwork with AI tools for generating graphics, filling shapes and expanding designs.

Details

Marketing & design · Some setup

Best for

Designers making scalable icons, illustrations and branded graphics.

Your first experiment

Turn an original sketch into a vector icon, then inspect the paths and test its readability at a small size.

Before you commit

Generated vectors still need design review and cleanup. Check generative-credit allowances and the rights to source artwork and fonts.

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Riverside official preview of its recording and editing tools

Riverside (opens a new tab)

Record remote conversations, edit recordings through their transcripts and use AI to prepare clips and clean up audio.

Details

Video & audio · Start yourself

Best for

Teams turning interviews, webinars and podcasts into reusable content.

Your first experiment

Record a short interview with permission, remove one digression using the transcript and review a suggested short clip.

Before you commit

Get recording consent and check captions and edits for lost context. Confirm recording, AI and export allowances before committing to a workflow.

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Auphonic adaptive leveler settings showing audio processing modes

Auphonic (opens a new tab)

Automatically balance speech levels, reduce unwanted noise and prepare audio to a chosen loudness target.

Details

Video & audio · Start yourself

Best for

Owners publishing spoken podcasts, interviews and training recordings.

Your first experiment

Process a short, consented two-speaker recording, then compare quiet and loud passages with headphones.

Before you commit

Aggressive cleanup can damage voices or remove wanted sounds. Keep originals and check processing-hour allowances and transcription availability.

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Tactiq official preview of meeting transcription and AI notes

Tactiq (opens a new tab)

Capture live meeting transcripts through a browser extension and turn them into summaries and action items without a meeting bot.

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Meetings & knowledge · Start yourself

Best for

Teams wanting searchable notes from supported online meetings.

Your first experiment

With everyone informed, transcribe a short planning call and compare the proposed actions and owners with the discussion.

Before you commit

Bot-free transcription still needs participant consent. Check supported meeting platforms, browser permissions and speaker attribution.

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Fellow official AI meeting assistant artwork

Fellow (opens a new tab)

Record and transcribe meetings, generate summaries and manage how meeting knowledge is shared across a team.

Details

Meetings & knowledge · Some setup

Best for

Teams that need consistent meeting notes and control over access and retention.

Your first experiment

Capture one consented project meeting, check the action owners and confirm that only the intended colleagues can see the notes.

Before you commit

Set recording consent, sharing and retention rules before rollout. Review summaries for missed decisions and check which controls your plan includes.

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Google Workspace Studio official workflow editor preview

Google Workspace Studio (opens a new tab)

Build AI-assisted workflows across Google Workspace using Gemini and a visual flow editor.

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Automation · Some setup

Best for

Teams already working in Gmail, Drive and other Google Workspace apps.

Your first experiment

Create a flow that summarises a small set of test emails. Compare the summary with the originals before adding further actions.

Before you commit

Availability depends on your Workspace edition and administrator settings. Review data access and add approval steps before workflows send messages or change records.

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Microsoft Copilot Studio preview showing options to create agents and workflows

Microsoft Copilot Studio (opens a new tab)

Build business AI agents grounded in your organisation’s information and connect them to tools and workflows.

Details

Automation · Some setup

Best for

Teams creating internal assistants or guided service workflows in Microsoft environments.

Your first experiment

Build a private FAQ agent from approved policies and test ten questions, including two the documents cannot answer.

Before you commit

Check data permissions and human handoff before sharing an agent. Usage and licensing depend on the setup; some options require an Azure subscription.

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Help Scout official preview of its AI support features

Help Scout AI (opens a new tab)

Use AI to answer customers from your help content and help staff draft, improve and summarise inbox replies.

Details

Sales & support · Some setup

Best for

Small support teams with a maintained help centre and a shared inbox.

Your first experiment

Test ten common customer questions against approved help articles, including one that should be passed to a person.

Before you commit

Outdated help articles lead to outdated answers. Check resolution-based charges, escalation behaviour and sensitive-data handling before enabling customer-facing replies.

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Typeform official product artwork

Typeform AI (opens a new tab)

Create forms from a prompt and use AI to explore responses and support follow-up workflows.

Details

Sales & support · Start yourself

Best for

Owners building enquiry forms, surveys and feedback collection.

Your first experiment

Draft a five-question enquiry form, submit fictional responses and check the questions and branching before sharing it.

Before you commit

Ask only for information you need. Check response limits, consent wording and any automated follow-up before collecting real customer data.

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