chronology
The kill timeline
Every entry in the archive is dated to the launch that changed its economics. The worst quarter so far was 2025 Q1, with 318 tools affected.
Peak: 2025 Q1 — 318 tools affected, 25 of them killed. Hover a bar for detail; the full quarter-by-quarter breakdown is listed below.
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2026 Q3
Jul–Sep · 1 tools · 0 killed -
2026 Q2
Apr–Jun · 2 tools · 1 killed · $99/mo -
2026 Q1
Jan–Mar · 22 tools · 1 killed · $1,774/moPPocus YESOpenAI — Apollo.io built AI-native GTM agents that absorbed Pocus's product-led-growth signals in-houseFFellou KINDAOpenAI — Chrome, Perplexity Comet and OpenAI's Atlas turning agentic browsing into a free browser featureDDecart NOT REALLYMeta — Frontier labs adding realtime generation to models that already lead on qualityIInvoke KINDAOpenAI — ComfyUI owning open-model workflows while hosted tools own everyone elsePPinokio NOT REALLYOpenAI — Hosted AI services removing any reason for a normal person to install a model locallyOOdyssey NOT REALLYGoogle — Google and OpenAI extending video models into interactive world generationPParallel NOT REALLYOpenAI — Model providers bundling web search into their APIs at no extra chargeMMiniMax NOT REALLYOpenAI — OpenAI, Google and Anthropic outspending every challenger on frontier model trainingZZ.ai NOT REALLYAnthropic — Frontier labs cutting prices and shipping coding agents bundled into subscriptionsLLovart KINDAOpenAI — Canva, Adobe and Figma shipping AI design agents to their existing user basesOOctolane AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Salesforce and HubSpot embedding AI agents into CRMs that already hold the customer dataAAutumn NOT REALLYAnthropic — Stripe adding entitlement and feature-gating primitives directly to its billing productDDelve NOT REALLYOpenAI — Vanta and Drata adding AI agents while defending entrenched enterprise relationshipsOOpenClaw NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT and Gemini shipping memory, connectors and scheduled tasks as hosted consumer featuresSSmithery NOT REALLYAnthropic — Anthropic and OpenAI running official MCP registries inside their own productsVVibetunnel NOT REALLYAnthropic — Vendor-native mobile apps for coding agents removing the need for a third-party bridgeSScrunch AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Model providers and legacy SEO suites adding native brand-visibility reporting for AI answersSSeedance NOT REALLYOpenAI — Sora and Veo bundling video generation into consumer subscriptions with global distributionWWan NOT REALLYOpenAI — Closed frontier video models improving faster than open weights can followSSeedream NOT REALLYOpenAI — Nano Banana and GPT image models setting a free quality bar across the whole categoryHHunyuan NOT REALLYOpenAI — Closed frontier models and Alibaba's Wan family competing for the open-weight video leadMMoonvalley KINDAOpenAI — Sora and rival models winning on quality while questions over training data stay unresolved -
2025 Q4
Oct–Dec · 83 tools · 9 killed · $1,894/moAArcade KINDAAnthropic — Agents that can drive a product live, removing the need for a scripted click-through demoHHiggsfield Soul KINDAOpenAI — Sora and Veo shipping cinematic camera control natively inside consumer productsMMorph NOT REALLYAnthropic — Frontier models getting better at emitting precise diffs without a specialist apply modelOOnlook NOT REALLYAnthropic — Figma Make, Lovable and v0 covering prompt-to-interface with far more distributionPPolymet KINDAAnthropic — Figma Make and v0 giving away prompt-to-UI inside tools designers already pay forMMotiff KINDAGoogle — Figma shipping AI features to an installed base a challenger cannot dislodgeSSora NOT REALLYOpenAI — It is the thing doing the killingTTopview KINDAOpenAI — Sora and CapCut generating product videos free inside tools creators already openSSync NOT REALLYOpenAI — Video models generating lip-synced speech natively, removing the separate sync stepGGenmo KINDAOpenAI — Sora, Veo and Kling pulling ahead on quality while open models commoditise the free tierRRosebud AI KINDAGoogle — General coding agents building playable browser games from a prompt just as wellYYouCanBookMe YESMicrosoft — Free AI scheduling assistants baked into Google Calendar and Microsoft Outlook eliminate the need for a booking page toolHHume AI KINDAOpenAI — Realtime voice APIs from major labs shipping expressive speech as a standard featureCComposio NOT REALLYAnthropic — MCP standardising tool access so every service publishes its own server for freeAAgno NOT REALLYAnthropic — First-party agent SDKs from model vendors shipping the same primitives for freeLLangflow KINDAAnthropic — Code-first agent frameworks winning as teams outgrow visual builders in productionFFlowise KINDAAnthropic — Agent frameworks and general automation platforms absorbing visual LLM app buildingDDify NOT REALLYAnthropic — Model providers offering assistant builders and custom GPTs at no additional costLLangChain KINDAOpenAI — Native tool calling and MCP removed most of the abstraction's purposeAAthenaHQ NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI visibility reporting becoming a free feature inside established SEO platformsTTella KINDAMicrosoft — AI editors that auto-cut, caption and polish screen recordings without manual trimmingSStable Audio KINDAOpenAI — Suno and Udio owning consumer mindshare while free stock music libraries cover the low endMMoises Studio NOT REALLYOpenAI — Open-source stem separation models making the core capability free for anyone technicalWWHOOP NOT REALLYGoogle — Fitbit's Gemini-powered health coach analysing the same signals inside a cheaper subscriptionMMicro1 NOT REALLYOpenAI — Mercor and expert marketplaces competing for the same AI training and vetted talent supplyRRemote NOT REALLYOpenAI — Deel and Rippling consolidating global employment with far larger sales operationsJJustworks KINDAOpenAI — Rippling and Gusto bundling payroll with IT and device management at aggressive pricesSSetmore YESGoogle — Google Calendar and Microsoft Bookings now offer free AI-assisted appointment scheduling built into tools businesses already useHHARPA AI YESAnthropic — Claude's computer use and agentic browsing doing page automation without scriptsRReve YESGoogle — Gemini image models matching its typography and prompt-adherence advantageZZuplo NOT REALLYAnthropic — Cloud-native API gateways bundled free with the platforms teams already deploy toIincident.io NOT REALLYAnthropic — Foundation models summarising incidents and writing postmortems without a dedicated platformRRootly NOT REALLYOpenAI — General AI assistants handling incident summarisation and timeline reconstructionRRestate NOT REALLYAnthropic — Cloud step-function services and Temporal owning the durable execution categoryHHatchet NOT REALLYAnthropic — Managed queue services and durable execution platforms competing for the same background jobsEElectric NOT REALLYAnthropic — Supabase Realtime and Firebase covering sync for most apps without a separate componentPPowerSync NOT REALLYGoogle — Firebase and Supabase offering offline persistence as an included platform featureKKong NOT REALLYOpenAI — Service meshes and cloud-native ingress absorbing the traffic-management layerTTraefik NOT REALLYAnthropic — Kubernetes Gateway API standardising ingress and commoditising controller choiceCCaddy NOT REALLYAnthropic — Managed platforms and CDNs terminating TLS so nobody configures a web server at allKKnock NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents writing notification fan-out logic that a dedicated service used to justifyNNovu NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents generating notification code and platforms bundling in-app inboxesAAbly NOT REALLYAnthropic — Supabase Realtime, Durable Objects and PartyKit bundling realtime messaging cheaplySStytch NOT REALLYAnthropic — Clerk and WorkOS winning developer mindshare while frameworks ship free auth librariesLLogto NOT REALLYAnthropic — Auth0 pricing pressure from Clerk and free open-source libraries built into frameworksNNetBird NOT REALLYAnthropic — Tailscale's dominant mindshare and cloud providers bundling zero-trust networkingWWindmill NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents writing internal tools directly, and n8n dominating open-source automation mindshareKKestra NOT REALLYAnthropic — Airflow's entrenched position and cloud-native orchestration bundled into data platformsEeesel AI KINDAOpenAI — Bigger-funded AI support platforms racing on the same GPT-powered resolution model with far larger sales teamsCChurnZero YESOpenAI — AI-native customer success competitors and category consolidation compress ChurnZero's pricing and positioningSSelenium YESAnthropic — Computer-use models driving browsers from a plain-English instruction, with no selectors to maintainPPuppeteer KINDAOpenAI — Agent-native browser layers like Browser Use and Stagehand wrapping the low-level protocol awayBBrowser Use NOT REALLYOpenAI — OpenAI and Anthropic shipping native computer use inside their own consumer agentsSStagehand NOT REALLYAnthropic — Frontier model computer use handling browser tasks without any automation librarySSkyvern NOT REALLYOpenAI — Computer-use models from major labs performing the same workflows without a platformLLTX Studio KINDAOpenAI — Sora adding storyboard-style scene control and multi-shot consistencyBBrand24 KINDAOpenAI — AI visibility trackers reframing brand monitoring around assistant answers rather than social postsSSider YESOpenAI — ChatGPT Atlas and the official ChatGPT browser extension doing page context for freeAArtgrid KINDAOpenAI — Sora-class video generation replacing licensed b-roll for many commercial editsPPLAUD NOT REALLYOpenAI — Phones transcribing and summarising calls and meetings on device for freeWWomp KINDAOpenAI — Text-to-3D models generating finished meshes without anyone opening a modelling toolKKaedim KINDAOpenAI — Open text-to-3D and image-to-3D models producing game-ready meshes at a fraction of the costRRodin NOT REALLYOpenAI — Open-weight 3D generation models catching up and removing the reason to pay per meshTTennr NOT REALLYOpenAI — General document AI and frontier vision models reading medical faxes competentlyRReducto NOT REALLYOpenAI — Frontier vision models reading PDFs directly, removing the need for a parsing serviceLLofty NOT REALLYOpenAI — General AI assistants handling lead follow-up and listing copy that agent platforms charge forJJuicebox KINDAMicrosoft — LinkedIn Recruiter adding its own natural-language AI candidate search inside the network recruiters already pay forAAdobe Firefly KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT and Sora generating images and video with fewer restrictions and better prompt followingHHeyflow YESOpenAI — AI website and funnel builders generate interactive lead-gen funnels from a single promptPPolar Analytics NOT REALLYGoogle — Shopify's own AI analytics surfaces answering the reporting questions Polar was hired forSSim KINDAOpenAI — AgentKit letting teams build and deploy agent workflows inside the OpenAI platformSSupademo YESAnthropic — Assistants generating narrated walkthroughs and help content directly from a product URLOOura KINDAGoogle — Fitbit and Pixel Watch bundling AI sleep coaching without a separate membership feeDDaily NOT REALLYOpenAI — OpenAI and Google shipping realtime voice APIs that include their own transport layerAAgora KINDAOpenAI — Realtime voice APIs from model providers collapsing the audio stack into one vendorTTwilio NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI voice platforms bundling telephony so builders never touch a raw communications APITTelnyx NOT REALLYOpenAI — Voice agent platforms abstracting telephony away from the developer entirelyRRime NOT REALLYOpenAI — ElevenLabs and OpenAI realtime voice bundling speech into platforms developers already useSSpeechmatics KINDAOpenAI — Whisper being free and open source, collapsing the price of speech recognitionGGladia KINDAOpenAI — Whisper and cheap hosted transcription driving speech-to-text pricing toward zeroPParloa NOT REALLYOpenAI — OpenAI's realtime voice API letting anyone build a contact centre agent cheaplyPPolyAI KINDAOpenAI — Frontier realtime voice models undercutting purpose-built conversational platforms on costHHippocratic AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — General voice agents from major labs becoming capable enough for routine patient outreach -
2025 Q3
Jul–Sep · 164 tools · 22 killed · $12,611/moMMercor NOT REALLYOpenAI — The AI labs it staffs building in-house data and evaluation teams that could bypass external marketplacesBBaseten NOT REALLYOpenAI — Frontier model APIs being cheaper and better than self-hosting an open model for most tasksRRunPod NOT REALLYOpenAI — Hosted model APIs removing the reason for most teams to rent a GPU at allVVast.ai KINDAOpenAI — Cheap hosted inference APIs making marketplace GPU rental unnecessary for most workloadsCCerebras NOT REALLYOpenAI — Nvidia's ecosystem lock-in and hyperscaler custom silicon squeezing alternative AI hardwareSSambaNova KINDAOpenAI — Nvidia's dominance plus Groq and Cerebras owning the fast-inference story in developer mindsNNebius NOT REALLYOpenAI — Hyperscalers and CoreWeave locking up GPU supply with much larger balance sheetsCCoreWeave NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Hyperscaler custom silicon and any cooling of AI capital spending hitting GPU rental demandLLambda NOT REALLYOpenAI — Hyperscalers and CoreWeave outbidding independent providers for scarce GPU supplyDDeepInfra KINDAOpenAI — OpenRouter aggregating every inference provider and competing them down on priceNNovita AI KINDAOpenAI — Commodity pricing pressure across every open-model inference providerUUnsloth NOT REALLYAnthropic — Frontier models being good enough that far fewer teams bother fine-tuning anythingVvLLM NOT REALLYOpenAI — Managed inference APIs removing the need for anyone to operate a serving stackSSGLang NOT REALLYOpenAI — vLLM's larger community and mindshare in the open-source serving ecosystemLllama.cpp NOT REALLYMeta — Cheap hosted APIs making local inference a hobby rather than a requirementVVidu KINDAOpenAI — Frontier video models adding reference-image conditioning and character consistencySSaner.AI YESOpenAI — ChatGPT connectors reading your mail and calendar with persistent memoryZZenhub YESMicrosoft — GitHub's own native Projects and Copilot Workspace absorb sprint planning directly into the platformDDataFast KINDAGoogle — Google Analytics 4 shipping free AI-generated insights and automatic conversion attributionUUntitled UI YESAnthropic — Coding agents generating full component libraries from a described design systemLLingo.dev NOT REALLYOpenAI — Teams piping strings through a model themselves with a short scriptCChargebee KINDAOpenAI — Stripe Billing bundling subscription management free with payments teams already useOOrb NOT REALLYOpenAI — Stripe extending its billing engine to cover usage-based and credit models nativelyMMetronome NOT REALLYOpenAI — Stripe and Orb competing for the same usage-based billing customersLLago NOT REALLYOpenAI — Stripe Billing being free enough that self-hosting a billing engine is rarely worth itAAnrok NOT REALLYOpenAI — Stripe Tax and merchant-of-record platforms bundling compliance into paymentsFFastspring KINDAOpenAI — Stripe, Paddle and Lemon Squeezy competing hard on merchant-of-record pricingRRillet NOT REALLYOpenAI — NetSuite and QuickBooks adding AI automation to accounting systems companies already runNNumeric NOT REALLYOpenAI — ERP vendors adding AI close automation directly into the accounting systemFFondo NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI bookkeeping tools letting founders handle accounting without any service providerMMaven AGI KINDAOpenAI — Well-capitalized rivals out-fund Maven AGI in the same enterprise AI customer support race, built on the same model APIsFForeplay NOT REALLYMeta — AI creative generation in ad platforms reducing reliance on manual swipe-file researchIiZotope KINDAGoogle — Free AI audio cleanup and mastering bundled into editors and podcast platformsBBlink KINDAAnthropic — Claude Code building and shipping the same app for token cost with no per-seat planKKarbon KINDAOpenAI — AI bookkeeping copilots automate the routine workflow tracking that used to justify a dedicated subscriptionPPrometheus NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI observability tools that ingest raw telemetry and skip the hand-built metric layerOOpenTelemetry NOT REALLYAnthropic — Vendors promising zero-instrumentation AI observability via eBPF and automatic agentsPPagerDuty KINDAOpenAI — AI incident responders that trace, diagnose and draft the fix before a human is paged at allSSigNoz NOT REALLYAnthropic — Datadog and Grafana Cloud bundling observability at prices that squeeze open-source challengersPPlanhat KINDAOpenAI — Larger customer success suites adding the same AI health-scoring and playbook automation Planhat differentiated onSSkywork YESOpenAI — ChatGPT generating slides, sheets, docs and sites directly from one promptEEvoto KINDAGoogle — Generative editing in mainstream photo apps handling retouching without a separate toolSSitebulb KINDAAnthropic — Coding agents crawling and diagnosing sites directly, producing audit reports on demandSStripe NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI agents need payment rails, so agentic commerce grew the categoryPPixVerse KINDAMeta — Instagram and Reels adding native generative video effects inside the appPPitchbox KINDAOpenAI — AI-generated outreach flooding inboxes and driving down reply rates across link buildingUUnscreen YESGoogle — Free background removal built into CapCut, Premiere, Canva and every phone editorCCleanup.pictures YESGoogle — Magic Eraser and generative fill shipping free in Google Photos, iOS and every editorGGoogle AI Studio NOT REALLYGoogle — It is the thing doing the killingPPhotoroom API YESGoogle — Free background removal and object editing inside Gemini, Photos and every phone camera appVVectorizer.AI KINDAOpenAI — Recraft and Illustrator shipping vector generation that skips raster tracing entirelyVVizcom NOT REALLYOpenAI — General image models rendering concept art from a sketch without industrial design controlsAArtbreeder YESOpenAI — Text-to-image models making latent-space breeding an obsolete way to reach an imageNNightCafe YESGoogle — Free frontier image generation in ChatGPT, Gemini and every phone assistantPPlayground YESGoogle — Canva, Adobe Express and free frontier image models covering graphic design generationDDesigns.ai YESGoogle — Canva Magic Studio and free AI generation covering logos, video and voice in one productLLinearity NOT REALLYGoogle — AI generators producing finished graphics without anyone opening a vector editorPPixelmator Pro NOT REALLYGoogle — AI photo editing in Photos and free web editors covering what most people needPPrintify KINDAOpenAI — AI design generation flooding print-on-demand with identical products and collapsing marginsGGelato NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-generated design flooding print-on-demand marketplaces and eroding seller marginsMMedusa NOT REALLYAnthropic — Shopify's ecosystem and AI store builders making custom commerce development unnecessaryGGem KINDAMicrosoft — LinkedIn Recruiter's own AI-powered candidate matching and outreach tools reduce the need for a separate sourcing CRMSSupernotes NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants with memory and projects acting as an always-available scratchpadTTripo KINDAGoogle — Engine vendors and frontier labs shipping their own text-to-3D pipelinesTTrickle KINDAAnthropic — Claude generating and deploying full-stack apps directly from a chat or the CLICCosmos NOT REALLYOpenAI — Prompt-to-image tools letting people conjure references instead of collecting themMMaxAI.me YESOpenAI — ChatGPT's free browser extension and built-in rewrite and summarise toolsSSprinklr KINDAMicrosoft — Microsoft Copilot agents handling social triage and summarisation inside existing workflowsFFloat KINDAOpenAI — AI scheduling agents inside broader project tools auto-balance workloads, chipping at Float's single-purpose nicheOOpenEvidence NOT REALLYOpenAI — General assistants answering clinical questions with citations from public literatureNNx NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents navigating giant repos directly, reducing the need for a tool that explains project structureTTurborepo NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents configuring build pipelines automatically, commoditising build-tool expertiseNNorthflank NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents deploying straight to Vercel-style platforms and never meeting a containerPPorter NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents writing Terraform and Kubernetes manifests that used to justify a platform layerKKoyeb KINDAOpenAI — Vercel, Cloudflare and Fly bundling edge compute and GPU inference into platforms teams already pay forDDoppler NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents with repository access making leaked credentials a much larger blast radiusIInfisical NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents reading entire repositories, turning any hardcoded secret into an immediate incidentEEncore NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents writing infrastructure boilerplate that frameworks existed to eliminateSSST NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents generating deployment config directly, plus platforms that need no infrastructure codeSSpacelift NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI writing Terraform faster than humans can review it, and Terraform Cloud bundling similar controlsEenv0 NOT REALLYOpenAI — Cloud providers and Terraform Cloud absorbing environment management and drift detectionOOpenTofu NOT REALLYAnthropic — Terraform's ecosystem gravity and HashiCorp's acquisition by IBM stabilising the incumbentZZeabur KINDAAnthropic — Vercel, Cloudflare and Railway competing hard on free tiers and developer experienceWWebstudio NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI site generators producing whole sites from a prompt, and Webflow's entrenched market positionNNhost KINDAAnthropic — Supabase dominating the open-source backend category with far greater momentumPPlane NOT REALLYAnthropic — Linear's design lead and Jira's enterprise entrenchment squeezing from both directionsPPapermark NOT REALLYAnthropic — DocSend inside Dropbox and free sharing links with basic analytics in every storage toolLLummi YESOpenAI — Image models letting anyone generate exactly the picture they want instead of searching a libraryFFern KINDAOpenAI — GPT-5 producing SDK code and reference docs from a spec in a single passMMongoDB NOT REALLYOpenAI — Models writing correct SQL as easily as document queries, eroding the ease-of-use pitchVVendr YESOpenAI — AI negotiation agents and free public pricing databases undercut Vendr's paid benchmarking and negotiation serviceOOllama NOT REALLYOpenAI — gpt-oss open weights plus cheap hosted APIs reducing the reason to run models locallyZZeplin YESAnthropic — Coding agents reading design files directly and writing the components themselvesBBrilliant KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT study mode tutoring any subject interactively for the same monthly priceLLangSmith NOT REALLYOpenAI — Model providers shipping free tracing and evals inside their own developer consolesWWeights & Biases NOT REALLYOpenAI — Fewer teams training models at all as fine-tuning gives way to prompting and retrievalCComet ML KINDAOpenAI — Weights & Biases dominating experiment tracking while LLM observability crowds the new laneAArize AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — LLM observability startups and model providers offering evaluation tooling for freePPortkey NOT REALLYOpenAI — OpenRouter and cloud AI gateways offering routing and fallbacks with less setupLLiteLLM NOT REALLYOpenAI — Providers converging on an OpenAI-compatible API, which is the problem LiteLLM exists to solvePPydantic AI NOT REALLYAnthropic — First-party agent SDKs from OpenAI and Anthropic covering the same ground nativelyDDSPy NOT REALLYAnthropic — Frontier models becoming good enough that hand-written prompts rarely need optimisingLLMArena NOT REALLYOpenAI — Labs publishing their own benchmark results and independent evaluation suites multiplyingAArtificial Analysis NOT REALLYOpenAI — Model providers publishing their own comparison pages and pricing calculatorsVVellum NOT REALLYOpenAI — Coding agents making it trivial to build LLM pipelines in code rather than a visual toolHHumanloop KINDAOpenAI — Model providers and open-source observability tools absorbing prompt management and evalsRRybbit KINDAGoogle — Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity giving away replay and AI insight features for nothingMMailReef NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI made cold-email volume infinite, moving the bottleneck to infrastructureAAugment Code KINDAAnthropic — Million-token context windows eroded the retrieval advantageFFish Audio YESOpenAI — Cheap high-quality TTS from major providers plus free open voice modelsTTurboLearn AI YESGoogle — NotebookLM turning lectures and PDFs into notes, quizzes and audio at no costSSprinto NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-native compliance startups undercutting incumbents and automating evidence collection entirelyOOneleet NOT REALLYOpenAI — Compliance automation becoming a commodity feature bundled into cloud and developer platformsWWiz NOT REALLYGoogle — Cloud providers bundling native security posture management into their own platformsSSocket NOT REALLYAnthropic — GitHub Dependabot and native package registry scanning covering basic dependency risk freeCChainguard NOT REALLYAnthropic — Docker and cloud providers publishing their own hardened base images at no costAAftershoot KINDAGoogle — Editing automation appearing natively inside Lightroom and camera makers' own softwareDDyad NOT REALLYAnthropic — Hosted prompt-to-app platforms with free tiers and zero setupUUnthread NOT REALLYAnthropic — Intercom, Zendesk and Slack all adding AI-powered shared channel supportLLorikeet NOT REALLYAnthropic — Intercom Fin and Zendesk AI bundling resolution agents into helpdesks companies already ownAAssembled NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI resolving enough tickets that support headcount, and the tools to schedule it, shrinkRRead.ai YESGoogle — Google Meet's Gemini and Zoom's AI Companion bundle meeting summaries for free into tools people already useFFlowith YESOpenAI — ChatGPT agent mode running long autonomous tasks inside the main productMManus NOT REALLYAnthropic — Frontier labs shipped their own agent modesGGenspark KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT Agent and Deep Research cover the same ground for existing subscribersLLowFruits KINDAOpenAI — AI Overviews absorbing the long-tail queries LowFruits exists to findGGuidde YESMicrosoft — Copilot generating documentation and narrated how-to content from inside the apps themselvesVVitest NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents writing the tests, removing the human ergonomics advantage a test runner competes onJJest KINDAAnthropic — Faster Vite-native and runtime-native runners winning the agent test loop on startup timeRRobin AI KINDAMicrosoft — Microsoft Copilot's built-in Word contract review features encroach on Robin AI's core redlining use caseCCognition NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude Code and Codex offering autonomous engineering inside subscriptions developers already holdKKiro NOT REALLYAnthropic — Free-form agents ship code fast but without a spec to check againstKKimi NOT REALLYOpenAI — Frontier labs cut prices and shipped agentic modesAAB Tasty KINDAOpenAI — AI page generation and automated personalisation inside ad and commerce platformsCComet NOT REALLYGoogle — Chrome and Edge are shipping their own agentic browsingFFabric YESGoogle — Gemini searching across Drive, Gmail and Photos as one connected corpusLLattice KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT-drafted performance reviews and generic AI 1:1 templates let managers skip a dedicated platformCCockroachDB NOT REALLYAnthropic — Serverless Postgres platforms offering branching and scale without a distributed rewriteTTigerData NOT REALLYOpenAI — Postgres extensions and vector-native stores absorbing time-series and AI workloadsIInfluxDB KINDAAnthropic — Postgres and ClickHouse absorbing time-series workloads that no longer justify a separate databaseMMotherDuck NOT REALLYAnthropic — Warehouse vendors bundling free natural-language querying into products teams already ownSSurrealDB KINDAAnthropic — Postgres extensions covering documents, graphs and vectors without a new query languageRRedpanda NOT REALLYOpenAI — Managed cloud queues and serverless event platforms absorbing streaming workloadsCConfluent KINDAOpenAI — Cheaper Kafka-compatible engines and cloud-native queues undercutting managed Kafka pricingHHightouch NOT REALLYOpenAI — Warehouses and CDPs adding native activation, and AI agents querying data directlyCCensus KINDAOpenAI — Hightouch leading the category while warehouse vendors bundle activation for freeFFivetran NOT REALLYOpenAI — Coding agents writing custom connectors in an afternoon, and open-source alternatives undercutting on priceAAirbyte NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI agents making custom extraction scripts cheap enough to skip a connector platformDDagster NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI writing pipeline code and warehouses absorbing orchestration into managed featuresPPrefect NOT REALLYAnthropic — Durable execution platforms and warehouse-native scheduling competing for the same workflowsCCube NOT REALLYOpenAI — Text-to-SQL letting anyone query the warehouse directly with no semantic layer in betweenOOmni NOT REALLYGoogle — Gemini in BigQuery and Copilot in Power BI answering data questions inside the warehouseEEvidence NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI generating dashboards on demand, removing the need for version-controlled reportsMmarimo NOT REALLYAnthropic — Jupyter's overwhelming installed base and AI notebooks from cloud vendorsDDeepnote KINDAAnthropic — AI notebooks from Databricks, Google Colab and Hex bundled into platforms teams already pay forSStreamlit NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents building full web apps, removing the need for a Python-only UI shortcutGGradio NOT REALLYAnthropic — Hosted model playgrounds and chat interfaces replacing custom demo appsRRotato KINDAGoogle — Image models rendering convincing 3D device mockups straight from a screenshotDDiscourse NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI assistants answering support questions that used to drive people into community forumsCChampify YESOpenAI — General-purpose AI research agents can now scrape job-change signals from LinkedIn for a fraction of the priceDDatabuddy NOT REALLYGoogle — Established privacy analytics tools own the nicheTTolgee NOT REALLYGoogle — Frontier models translating software strings accurately at close to zero marginal costWWeblate NOT REALLYGoogle — AI translation making the translation step nearly free and the platform seem optionalCCloudflare NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI crawlers became a traffic problem only the edge can police -
2025 Q2
Apr–Jun · 213 tools · 29 killed · $6,376/moWWegic YESGoogle — Gemini generating and hosting complete sites from a single prompt at no extra costIIvo YESMicrosoft — Microsoft Copilot's native Word redlining absorbs Ivo's single-purpose contract review add-inMMeshy KINDAGoogle — Native 3D generation appearing inside game engines and general multimodal modelsHHarvey NOT REALLYOpenAI — Foundation models improving so fast at legal reasoning that firms could theoretically build tools in-houseGGemini CLI NOT REALLYGoogle — Claude Code and Codex CLI setting the quality bar for terminal coding agentsGGoose KINDAAnthropic — Claude Code and Codex CLI absorbing the open-source terminal agent audienceCCommon Paper NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI contract drafting making bespoke agreements cheap enough that standards seem unnecessaryLLegora NOT REALLYAnthropic — Harvey's funding and enterprise reach, and frontier models handling legal reasoning directlyEEvenUp NOT REALLYOpenAI — General legal AI platforms expanding into personal injury and plaintiff-side workflowsFFeatured NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-written expert answers making it harder for publishers to trust unvetted contributed quotesLLottielab NOT REALLYGoogle — Text-to-video and generative motion tools covering simple animation needsBBase44 NOT REALLYAnthropic — Every AI builder now generates full-stack appsEESLint KINDAAnthropic — AI reviewers catching semantic bugs no static rule could express, plus Rust linters taking the speed argumentPPrettier KINDAAnthropic — Rust-based formatters bundled into toolchains, and agents that emit already-formatted codeGGitKraken KINDAAnthropic — Coding agents running git from the terminal, removing the need to visualise a branch graphNNeovim NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI-native editors like Cursor bundling agents that terminal editors must assemble by handBBuildkite NOT REALLYAnthropic — GitHub Actions bundled free with Copilot-generated workflow filesHHarness NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI agents automating deployment steps that an enterprise delivery platform sells as its productDDagger NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents writing CI YAML competently, weakening the argument against configuration filesMMighty Networks KINDAOpenAI — AI course and content generation flooding the creator market and cheapening paid communitiesMMorgen KINDAGoogle — Gemini scheduling and rearranging tasks directly inside Google CalendarBBambooHR KINDAMicrosoft — All-in-one HR suites bundling AI-driven HR analytics for free, eroding BambooHR's standalone HRIS nicheSStorydoc YESMicrosoft — AI deck builders and site generators producing interactive documents for a fraction of the priceGGainsight NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generic AI chatbots can summarize customer sentiment but can't replace deep CS workflow and renewal automationSScale AI KINDAMeta — Synthetic data generation and Meta's investment reshaping who buys independent labellingSSurge AI NOT REALLYAnthropic — Synthetic data pipelines replacing paid human annotation for many training tasksHHailuo AI KINDAOpenAI — Sora and other frontier video models matching its motion quality at similar pricesSSeline KINDAGoogle — Free Google Analytics 4 tiers plus AI-written traffic summaries commoditising basic dashboardsFFelo YESOpenAI — ChatGPT search with citations and native multilingual answers built inAAbacus.AI KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT and Claude subscriptions bundling every frontier model behind one familiar interfaceRRoboflow NOT REALLYOpenAI — Multimodal frontier models handling vision tasks that used to need a trained custom modelFFospha NOT REALLYGoogle — Google and Meta pushing advertisers toward their own AI-optimised black-box campaignsRRecast NOT REALLYGoogle — Ad platforms offering free AI budget optimisation that recommends spending more with themMMutiny NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI generating personalised pages cheaply enough that a platform becomes optionalAAshby NOT REALLYMicrosoft — LinkedIn's own AI-powered sourcing and pipeline tools threatening to fold ATS work into the hiring networkRRiffusion YESGoogle — Suno and Udio class models producing full vocal tracks at far higher fidelityHHyros KINDAMeta — Meta and Google conversion APIs plus AI bidding absorbing the tracking edge Hyros soldSStudyFetch YESGoogle — NotebookLM and free assistant study modes covering the same material for nothingDDigitalOcean NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agent-deployed apps defaulting to zero-config platforms that need no server concept at allVVultr NOT REALLYOpenAI — Serverless and edge platforms removing the need to think about a virtual machineSScaleway NOT REALLYOpenAI — US hyperscalers bundling frontier model access that European clouds cannot matchFFastly KINDAOpenAI — Cloudflare bundling CDN, edge compute and AI inference at prices Fastly cannot matchBBunny.net NOT REALLYOpenAI — Cloudflare's free tier setting a price of zero for basic content deliveryCCloudinary KINDAOpenAI — Next.js, Vercel and Cloudflare shipping free image optimisation as a framework featureIImageKit KINDAOpenAI — Framework-native image optimisation making a third-party media CDN optionalMMux NOT REALLYOpenAI — Cloudflare Stream and bundled platform video undercutting specialist streaming APIsBBehance NOT REALLYGoogle — Gemini image models turning reference hunting into a one-line promptVVemetric NOT REALLYGoogle — Larger product analytics suites give away a free tierEEmergent NOT REALLYAnthropic — Lovable and Replit dominate mindshare in agentic app buildingDDatabutton KINDAAnthropic — Lovable, Bolt and Replit took the app-builder category mainstreamOOrchids NOT REALLYAnthropic — Every AI builder claims to make beautiful sitesDDia NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants bolted onto other browsersAAxiom KINDAAnthropic — Claude Code reading logs over MCP and summarising incidents without a dashboardTTestimonial.to NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generative AI made fake praise trivial, raising the value of verified praiseSSenja NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-written social proof is cheap; verified social proof is notFFamewall NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI copy tools generate praise but cannot verify itVVouch NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI avatars can fake a testimonial, which devalues faked onesFFactory NOT REALLYAnthropic — Single-developer agents do not handle organisation-wide contextAAmp NOT REALLYAnthropic — Subscription agents compete on flat pricing rather than raw capabilityOOpenCode NOT REALLYAnthropic — First-party terminal agents ship with the model subscriptionCCrewAI KINDAOpenAI — Single strong agents outperformed orchestrated teams of weak onesFFlodesk KINDAOpenAI — AI email design and template generation eroding the visual-polish advantage Flodesk sellsBBrave Search NOT REALLYGoogle — AI Overviews and AI Mode answering queries before any result list is readMMetaview YESGoogle — Google Meet's built-in Gemini notetaker and Zoom AI Companion transcribe and summarize interviews for freePProtoPie NOT REALLYMicrosoft — AI prototyping tools generating working interactive screens straight from a promptFFunction Health NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants interpreting uploaded lab PDFs and explaining every marker for freeKKubernetes NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic SRE workflows that generate and apply manifests with no human YAMLGGreptile KINDAAnthropic — Claude Code review running natively inside GitHub Actions on every pull requestSSemgrep KINDAAnthropic — Claude reading a diff and flagging injection bugs without any rule packDdbt KINDAAnthropic — Claude writing and refactoring SQL transformation models directly against the warehouseBBito YESAnthropic — Claude Code review running natively on pull requests through the official GitHub ActionTTailscale NOT REALLYAnthropic — Cloud agent sandboxes moving development off the machines a mesh VPN connectsNngrok NOT REALLYAnthropic — Cloud agent sandboxes with their own public URLs removing some local tunnelling needsSSvelte KINDAAnthropic — LLMs writing far more idiomatic React than Svelte, because React dominates the training corpusVVue NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agent-generated scaffolding defaulting to React for almost every new projectSSolidJS KINDAAnthropic — React's overwhelming share of model training data making every alternative costlier to promptHHasura KINDAAnthropic — Coding agents writing bespoke APIs in minutes, removing the case for instant generated GraphQLAApollo GraphQL KINDAAnthropic — AI-generated typed clients making GraphQL's flexible-query advantage less compellingMMajestic KINDAOpenAI — AI search shifting attention away from link graphs toward citation and mention trackingYYellow.ai KINDAOpenAI — Nimbler AI-native support platforms win enterprise deals with simpler GPT-based agent building than legacy no-code flowsAAdobe Premiere Pro KINDAGoogle — Generative video and auto-editing tools took the low endDDaVinci Resolve NOT REALLYGoogle — AI features arrived as additions rather than replacementsAAdobe After Effects KINDAGoogle — Text-to-video models produce motion that used to need keyframesFFinal Cut Pro NOT REALLYGoogle — Generated clips still need a professional timelineVVimeo NOT REALLYGoogle — Generation increased the volume of video needing a homeWWondershare Filmora KINDAGoogle — Free editors with AI captions and auto-cutWWistia NOT REALLYGoogle — Hosting and analytics are infrastructure, not contentVVyond KINDAGoogle — Generated character animation and avatar videoLLumen5 YESGoogle — Script-to-video generation from frontier modelsSStoryblocks KINDAGoogle — Text-to-video generation for b-rollPPowtoon YESGoogle — Script-to-video generationRRenderforest YESGoogle — Generative video and logo toolsFFlexClip YESGoogle — Free template video editors with AI generationAAnimaker YESGoogle — Generated animation and avatarsBBiteable YESGoogle — Free and generated video for teamsWWave.video YESGoogle — Free short-form editors with AI featuresSSteve AI YESGoogle — Text-to-video from frontier modelsRRank Math KINDAGoogle — AI Overviews cut the organic clicks on-page SEO was optimising forYYoast SEO KINDAGoogle — AI Overviews and answer engines reduced the value of on-page tweaksSSketchfab NOT REALLYGoogle — Text-to-3D generators producing usable assets without browsing a marketplaceMMonica YESGoogle — Gemini shipping natively inside Chrome's side panel and address barAAngular NOT REALLYGoogle — Gemini generating complete front ends that skip opinionated enterprise frameworks entirelyBBitwarden NOT REALLYGoogle — Browser and OS password managers plus passkeys removing the reason to install anythingFFlow NOT REALLYGoogle — It is the thing doing the killingMMagicSchool AI KINDAGoogle — Google Gemini for Education and free frontier assistants doing lesson planning at no costSSchoolAI KINDAGoogle — Google and OpenAI offering education tiers free to districts with existing platform contractsBBrisk Teaching NOT REALLYGoogle — Google embedding Gemini directly into Docs and Classroom where Brisk operatesGGauth YESOpenAI — Free multimodal assistants solving a photographed homework problem better and at no costCCopyleaks KINDAOpenAI — AI text detection being fundamentally unreliable, and institutions abandoning detector-based policiesBBoot.dev NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI writing the code that junior developers were learning to write, shrinking entry-level hiringEExercism NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents solving practice exercises instantly, making deliberate practice easy to skipLLeetCode KINDAAnthropic — Coding agents solving every problem instantly, pushing companies away from algorithm interviewsSStitch NOT REALLYGoogle — Figma Make, v0 and Lovable competing for the same prompt-to-interface workflowJJules NOT REALLYGoogle — Codex and Claude Code holding developer mindshare for asynchronous coding agentsIImmich NOT REALLYGoogle — Google Photos and iCloud offering AI search and unlimited convenience for a few dollars a monthEEnte NOT REALLYGoogle — Google Photos and Apple iCloud bundling storage and AI features into platforms people already pay forGGitLab KINDAMicrosoft — GitHub Copilot coding agent folding AI review, CI and issue work into GitHubXXata KINDAMicrosoft — Copilot-driven schema and query generation flattening developer experience differencesPPieces for Developers YESMicrosoft — Copilot and IDE agents with repository-wide context making saved snippets redundantDDatadog NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Azure Monitor with Copilot-generated incident summaries bundled into the cloud billHHetzner NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Hyperscaler AI credits and managed agent sandboxes pulling workloads to AzureDDepot NOT REALLYMicrosoft — GitHub Actions larger runners and Copilot-era CI bundled into the platformZZip NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Generic AI procurement copilots inside ERP suites draft approval requests but still route through dedicated softwareTTerraform KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT and Codex writing correct HCL from a plain-English descriptionCCodecov KINDAOpenAI — Codex writing the missing tests, moving the bottleneck away from coverage reportsAAikido Security KINDAOpenAI — Codex-style agents triaging and patching dependency CVEs inside the repositoryAAskCodi YESOpenAI — ChatGPT and Codex offering the same generation directly with stronger modelsCCodex NOT REALLYOpenAI — It is the thing doing the killingDDevin KINDAAnthropic — Claude Code and Codex delivered most of the autonomy at a fraction of the priceOOpenHands NOT REALLYAnthropic — Proprietary agents bundled into model subscriptionsPPixelcut YESOpenAI — Chat assistants editing product photos and writing the ad copy in the same conversationSStatsig NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-generated experiment analysis making the reporting layer of testing tools easy to replicateUUndetectable AI KINDAOpenAI — Newer models producing natural prose that needs no humanising pass at allKKantata NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generic AI project copilots can't match Kantata's deep resource-and-financial forecasting for services firmsSSavee KINDAGoogle — Gemini and Nano Banana style image generation replacing quick reference lookupsMMoises KINDAGoogle — Open stem-separation models making track splitting a free commodity featureRRespona YESOpenAI — LLMs writing personalised outreach at scale, collapsing the value of templated pitch toolingVVoicenotes KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT voice mode plus free phone dictation that transcribes and tidies speechHHighspot NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Microsoft Copilot surfacing sales content and battlecards directly inside Teams and OutlookAAbridge NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Microsoft's Dragon Copilot and Epic's own ambient notes bundled into hospital systemsNNabla NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Microsoft Dragon Copilot and EHR-native scribes bundled into systems hospitals already ownFFreed KINDAMicrosoft — EHR vendors and Microsoft bundling ambient scribing so clinicians never buy it separatelySSuki KINDAMicrosoft — Microsoft's Dragon Copilot and Abridge dominating enterprise ambient documentation dealsLLeya YESOpenAI — Larger, better-funded legal AI platforms expanding into Europe with the same research and drafting featuresTTrustMRR NOT REALLYOpenAI — Anyone can claim revenue now; proving it is the whole productPProfound NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI answers replaced search results, creating this categoryPPeec AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Legacy SEO suites bolted AI visibility onto existing productsUUserJot NOT REALLYOpenAI — Feedback tools all added AI clustering at onceRRork NOT REALLYAnthropic — Web-first AI builders are adding mobile exportTTempo NOT REALLYAnthropic — Prompt-only builders are faster for throwaway projectsRReaddy NOT REALLYAnthropic — The AI site-builder category is brutally crowdedAArc KINDAOpenAI — AI-native browsers, including its own successorDDodo Payments NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI app builders created a flood of sellers outside Stripe-supported countriesSSerper NOT REALLYGoogle — AI Overviews changed what a Google result page even isNNorthbeam NOT REALLYMeta — Meta Advantage+ and Google Performance Max reporting their own AI-modelled conversion creditCCircleback KINDAOpenAI — Teams, Meet and Zoom shipping free AI notes to everyone already in the meetingSSpinach KINDAMicrosoft — Native AI recaps in Teams, Meet and Zoom removing the reason to add a bot to the callBBluedot KINDAMicrosoft — Meeting platforms including AI notes free, and Granola owning the independent note-taker nicheWWhereby KINDAGoogle — Google Meet and Zoom offering free browser meetings with AI notes includedKKaiber YESOpenAI — Sora-class models making stylised music-video animation trivially availableUUnicorn Platform YESAnthropic — Claude and prompt-to-app tools producing custom landing pages in minutesVVitally KINDAOpenAI — AI-driven health-scoring features built directly into Intercom and Gainsight narrow the case for a standalone toolPPitch NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Copilot and prompt-to-deck tools generating complete presentations from a briefSSpeak NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT advanced voice mode holding an unlimited free conversation in any languageVVic.ai NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generic LLM invoice readers extract data but lack Vic.ai's accounting-grade coding accuracy and audit trailSSwetrix KINDAGoogle — Free tiers and AI reporting in Google Analytics compressing the price of simple dashboardsOOutline NOT REALLYAnthropic — Notion and Confluence adding AI search across a wiki teams already maintainOOnceHub KINDAMicrosoft — Microsoft Bookings and Google Calendar appointment schedules included free with existing accountsCCluely NOT REALLYOpenAI — Every assistant added screen awareness and live contextDDribbble NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT image generation producing instant UI and brand concepts on demandQQualtrics NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI survey-generation tools write questions in seconds but can't match Qualtrics' statistical rigor and data modelWWeaviate KINDAOpenAI — pgvector making a dedicated vector database unnecessary for most retrieval workloadsLLanceDB NOT REALLYAnthropic — Managed vector services and pgvector covering the retrieval use case without a new formatTTypesense NOT REALLYOpenAI — Conversational AI answers replacing the search box on many sites entirelyOOpenSearch NOT REALLYAnthropic — Purpose-built vector stores and managed retrieval services taking new AI search projectsTturbopuffer NOT REALLYAnthropic — pgvector and bundled platform search covering retrieval without a separate vendorLLitmus YESOpenAI — AI email builders producing responsive, client-safe HTML that needs far less manual previewingAAudioPen YESOpenAI — Free voice transcription and cleanup in ChatGPT and in the phone keyboard itselfCChili Piper KINDAOpenAI — Autonomous AI SDR agents that book and route their own meetings, bypassing dedicated scheduling softwareMMerlin YESGoogle — Gemini's generous free tier plus Google's built-in page and video summariesPProductboard KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT and Claude drafting product specs and roadmaps directly from customer feedbackPPolycam NOT REALLYGoogle — Generative 3D covering prop and environment needs without any physical captureKKeyword Insights KINDAOpenAI — LLMs clustering keyword lists and drafting briefs without a dedicated clustering productTTypeface KINDAOpenAI — Adobe, Canva and frontier models generating on-brand content without a separate platformAAttentive NOT REALLYOpenAI — Klaviyo bundling SMS with email, and messaging regulation raising the cost of every sendPPostscript KINDAOpenAI — Klaviyo folding SMS into the platform Shopify merchants already run their email inHHugging Face NOT REALLYMeta — Labs distributing open weights and hosting through their own channels and cloudsSSnyk NOT REALLYMicrosoft — AI can explain a CVE but cannot maintain the vulnerability databaseSSonarQube NOT REALLYMicrosoft — AI review is probabilistic; quality gates need to be deterministicCCodacy KINDAMicrosoft — GitHub Copilot code review shipped natively into pull requestsSShots YESGoogle — Gemini image editing dropping screenshots into styled backgrounds in one promptLLitmaps KINDAOpenAI — Deep research agents assembling and explaining a field's key papers in one passDDeel NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI compliance chatbots can draft employment contracts but can't act as the legal Employer of Record abroadOOtterly.AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Incumbent SEO tools bundle AI search tracking freeAArtisan KINDAOpenAI — Generic AI SDRs produce mail that recipients have learned to ignore111x KINDAOpenAI — Buyers stopped answering AI-written outboundTTrigify NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Social signal data cannot be generated, only observedGGummySearch KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT and Grok can search social platforms directly nowCCreate KINDAAnthropic — v0 and Lovable set a higher bar for generated interfacesSSubframe NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI UI generators output code directly from a promptFFyxer KINDAMicrosoft — Gmail and Outlook shipped native AI triage and draftingIInbox Zero NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Native AI in Gmail handles summarising and draftingCCanny NOT REALLYOpenAI — LLMs summarise feedback but cannot collect or host itFFeaturebase NOT REALLYOpenAI — Summarising feedback became free; hosting the loop did notFFrill NOT REALLYOpenAI — LLM summarisation of raw user feedbackNNolt NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI triage tools promise to read the backlog for youPPolar NOT REALLYOpenAI — Codegen makes billing look easy until tax and dunning arriveCCreem NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI made launching a paid product trivial; getting paid legally did not changeBBetter Auth NOT REALLYAnthropic — Hosted auth vendors bundled into AI app templatesDDaytona NOT REALLYAnthropic — Cloud IDE vendors and E2B compete for the same sandbox layerMMastra NOT REALLYOpenAI — Python agent frameworks dominate the ecosystemHHedra NOT REALLYOpenAI — General video models added lip-sync and character consistencyHHiggsfield NOT REALLYOpenAI — Sora and Veo generate video directly from the labs -
2025 Q1
Jan–Mar · 318 tools · 25 killed · $8,918/moLLetterdrop YESOpenAI — Cheap AI content platforms and in-house LLM workflows producing the same B2B postsLLuminance NOT REALLYOpenAI — Cheaper generalist AI contract tools chase the same due-diligence market at a fraction of the priceAAdobe Illustrator KINDAOpenAI — Native image generation plus one-click vectorisationPProcreate NOT REALLYOpenAI — Its market explicitly rejected generative artAAffinity Designer NOT REALLYOpenAI — One-time pricing looks better every time a subscription adds an AI taxAAdobe InDesign NOT REALLYOpenAI — Models write copy but do not set type across a 200-page documentAAdobe Stock KINDAOpenAI — Native image generation replaced the search-and-license loopPPhotopea NOT REALLYOpenAI — Free browser Photoshop is hard to undercutIiStock YESOpenAI — Generated imagery at zero marginal costKKittl NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generated art still needs typographic craft to become a productFFotor YESOpenAI — Native image generation and editing in free chat productsPPlaceit KINDAOpenAI — Image models generate product mockups directlyPPixlr KINDAOpenAI — Chat products generate and edit images in the same windowPPredis.ai KINDAOpenAI — Native image generation inside chat productsDDepositphotos YESOpenAI — Free generation replaced budget stockSScenario KINDAOpenAI — General image models with style controlBBeFunky YESOpenAI — Free generation plus Canva's free tierVVirtual Staging AI KINDAOpenAI — General image models stage rooms from a photoIIcons8 KINDAOpenAI — Generated and vectorised iconsTThe Noun Project YESOpenAI — Free icon sets plus generated vectorsCCanva NOT REALLYOpenAI — GPT-4o native image genGGetty Images KINDAOpenAI — Native image generation everywhereAAdobe Express NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI design generationUUnsplash KINDAOpenAI — Free AI image generationGGIMP NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI image generation and editingKKrea NOT REALLYOpenAI — Native image genLLeonardo.Ai NOT REALLYOpenAI — GPT-4o imagesPPicsart KINDAOpenAI — Native generative editing everywhereVVecteezy YESOpenAI — GPT-4o image generation creates custom vectors and photos on demandSStyldod YESOpenAI — GPT-4o image editing does virtual staging and photo enhancement on demandDDesygner YESOpenAI — GPT-4o image generation and AI design tools create graphics from promptsCCypress KINDAMicrosoft — Playwright MCP letting agents drive a browser and write the tests themselvesGGrafana NOT REALLYGoogle — Gemini generating dashboards and PromQL from a description on requestCCivitai NOT REALLYOpenAI — Hosted frontier image models removing the need to manage custom checkpoints and LoRAsHHeidi KINDAMicrosoft — Microsoft Dragon Copilot ambient documentation shipping inside existing hospital systemsSShutterstock KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o and Midjourney generating custom imagesFFreepik NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI image generationEEnvato Elements KINDAOpenAI — Generative images, video and audioAAdobe Photoshop NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generative image modelsIIdeogram NOT REALLYOpenAI — GPT-4o imagesMMidjourney NOT REALLYOpenAI — GPT-4o & DALL·E native image genAAha! KINDAOpenAI — General AI assistants generate roadmap slides and prioritization scores in seconds for freeUUnity NOT REALLYGoogle — AI game generators promising playable prototypes without writing engine codeSSerpstat YESOpenAI — ChatGPT and AI SEO assistants covering keyword ideation and audits that mid-tier suites soldGGPTZero KINDAOpenAI — Frontier models writing prose that statistical detectors can no longer reliably flagFFreshservice NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generic AI helpdesk bots can triage tickets but can't replace ITIL-certified asset and change management workflowsSSybill YESMicrosoft — Microsoft Copilot for Sales and Salesforce Einstein now auto-log calls and update CRM fields for freeMMeilisearch KINDAOpenAI — Embeddings and hosted file search in the OpenAI Responses API making bolt-on search trivialRRedis NOT REALLYOpenAI — Built-in conversation state and vector storage in the OpenAI Responses APITTemporal NOT REALLYOpenAI — Agent frameworks claiming durable multi-step orchestration as a built-in featureOOpen WebUI NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT Enterprise and Team offering managed deployment with the same featuresVViggle YESMeta — General video models handling character animation and motion transfer without a dedicated appGGrowthBook NOT REALLYOpenAI — LLM-written statistical analysis reducing the perceived difficulty of running experimentsUUndermind NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT deep research doing multi-step literature searches for the same subscriptionPPuzzle NOT REALLYOpenAI — General AI chat assistants that can categorize a few transactions but can't produce audit-ready, GAAP-compliant booksUUnify NOT REALLYOpenAI — Every outbound tool now claims to be an AI SDRAAmplemarket KINDAOpenAI — Clay plus a sequencer replicates most of the suite for lessSSalesforge NOT REALLYOpenAI — Deliverability, not writing, became the binding constraintPPersana AI KINDAOpenAI — Clay set the standard for agentic enrichment workflowsCCustomer.io NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI writes the messages but not the behavioural triggersTTwenty NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-native CRMs and incumbents adding CopilotsRRelevance AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — General agent platforms from the labs themselvesFFormbricks NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI form builders generate surveys from a promptMMagic Patterns NOT REALLYAnthropic — v0 and Lovable generate prototypes for freeBBuilder.io NOT REALLYAnthropic — Standalone AI builders skip the CMS entirelyLLocofy KINDAAnthropic — Models read a screenshot and write the component directlyAAnima KINDAAnthropic — Figma and general models both generate code from designs nowUUnicorn.studio NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI site builders generate static pages without real-time effectsSShipFast KINDAAnthropic — AI agents scaffold the same boilerplate in minutes for freeMMakerkit KINDAAnthropic — Coding agents generate boilerplate faster than you can buy itCCodeRabbit NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude Code review in the terminalBBlotato NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT can write the post but cannot publish itBButtondown NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI newsletter writers flooded inboxes and devalued generated sendsLLoops NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI drafting made email copy cheap but not deliverableRResend NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI codegen writes the send call but not the sending infrastructurePPlunk NOT REALLYOpenAI — Codegen makes rolling your own sender look deceptively easyPPostmark NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI coding assistants commoditised the integration, not the deliveryAAdapty NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI app builders shipped more mobile apps, all needing paywall testingRRevenueCat NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI app generators produced more mobile apps, all needing subscription plumbingRRoo Code NOT REALLYAnthropic — Vendor-native agents bundled into model subscriptionsTTrae NOT REALLYAnthropic — Paid AI editors set the feature bar Trae undercuts on priceFFly.io NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agent sandbox providers moved into the same on-demand compute nicheDDokploy NOT REALLYAnthropic — Managed platforms bundle AI deploy assistantsEE2B NOT REALLYAnthropic — Model providers ship their own built-in code interpretersBBrowserbase NOT REALLYAnthropic — Computer-use models arrived and needed browsers to driveAApify NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI agents can browse a site without a purpose-built scraperVVapi NOT REALLYOpenAI — Realtime speech-to-speech APIs from the labs themselvesRRetell AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Labs ship native speech-to-speech modelsLLiveKit NOT REALLYOpenAI — Nothing — the realtime voice boom runs on itAArgil NOT REALLYOpenAI — HeyGen and Sora cameos target the same avatar use caseCCreatify NOT REALLYOpenAI — Meta and TikTok generate ad creative inside their ad platformsAArcads NOT REALLYOpenAI — Ad platforms add native generative creative toolsLLiner KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT deep research producing cited literature reviews without a separate toolSSecureframe NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI compliance chatbots summarize SOC 2 requirements but can't automate evidence collection or satisfy auditorsSSplice NOT REALLYGoogle — Generative music tools producing finished stems and loops on demandRRudderStack NOT REALLYGoogle — AI-assisted ETL code generation making bespoke pipelines cheaper to build in-houseRRippling NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generic AI HR chatbots promising to automate payroll and compliance work that legally requires a licensed system of recordSSourcegraph Cody YESAnthropic — Repo-wide context became a default capability of coding agentsJJetBrains AI Assistant KINDAAnthropic — Claude Code and agentic CLIs work outside the IDE entirelyJJira NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI writes tickets; it does not replace the system of recordHHeroku KINDAAnthropic — Cheaper modern platforms absorbed the agent-generated app boomAAmazon Q Developer KINDAAnthropic — General coding agents outperform cloud-vendor assistants outside their own cloudRRender NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agent-written code still has to run somewhereBBasecamp NOT REALLYAnthropic — Opinionated simplicity is a philosophy, not a feature listPPrisma NOT REALLYAnthropic — Typed schemas are what let agents write correct data codeRRailway NOT REALLYAnthropic — Deployment demand rises with agentic code generationTTabnine Enterprise KINDAAnthropic — Frontier models shipped with enterprise data guaranteesPPlanetScale NOT REALLYAnthropic — Databases are infrastructure, not a promptDDeepSource KINDAAnthropic — AI code review inside the PR flowSSourcery YESAnthropic — Agentic refactoring across the whole repoSShortcut KINDAAnthropic — Coding agents shifted where work gets trackedHHeight KINDAAnthropic — Agentic project tools multiplied fastSSentry NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI debugging assistantsDDocker NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents that write Dockerfiles and compose files unpromptedPPulumi KINDAAnthropic — Claude writing HCL as fluently as TypeScript, weakening the real-language pitchSSpeakeasy KINDAAnthropic — Agents producing usable API clients straight from an OpenAPI spec on requestBBlackbox AI YESAnthropic — Claude Code shipping stronger completion, chat and agentic editing in the same IDEsSSwimm YESAnthropic — Claude Code reading the repository and explaining any file on demandTTabby YESAnthropic — Frontier hosted models outclassing anything a self-hosted small model can completeMMockoon YESAnthropic — Agents scaffolding a throwaway mock server in code faster than one can be configuredGGhostty NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agent-first terminals moving the interesting work above the emulator layerBBiome NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents fixing style and lint issues as they write, softening the need for a linterVVite NOT REALLYAnthropic — Coding agents scaffolding entire projects without a human ever choosing a build toolGGitHub Copilot NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude Code & agentic coding CLIsCClaude Code NOT REALLYAnthropic — It is the thing doing the killingCCline NOT REALLYAnthropic — First-party agents from Anthropic and OpenAI ship with the modelAAider KINDAAnthropic — Claude Code and Codex CLI did the same job with better ergonomicsCContinue KINDAAnthropic — Cursor and first-party agents outpaced open-source IDE assistantsEEagle NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Copilot-style semantic file search making manual tagging feel unnecessaryOOmnisend KINDAOpenAI — AI campaign generation inside Shopify and Klaviyo narrowing the gap for mid-market merchantsMMsty NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT desktop apps with file uploads, projects and offline-feeling speedPPeople.ai KINDAMicrosoft — Microsoft Copilot for Sales natively captures calls, emails and CRM updates for free inside Outlook and TeamsOOcean.io KINDAOpenAI — AI research agents building target lists from the open web without a data subscriptionMMadgicx YESMeta — Meta Advantage+ campaigns automating targeting, budget and creative selection nativelyCCapture One NOT REALLYGoogle — AI photo tools that auto-edit and even generate finished-looking images end to endRRize KINDAMicrosoft — Microsoft Viva Insights and Copilot reporting focus time from work signals already collectedNNavan NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI travel-planning chatbots can suggest itineraries but can't enforce corporate travel policy or book negotiated ratesMMicrosoft Clarity NOT REALLYGoogle — Google Analytics bundling AI insight summaries that overlap Clarity's behavioural reportingOOBS Studio NOT REALLYGoogle — AI recording tools automating framing, captions and clip production for creatorsMMangools YESOpenAI — Free AI keyword brainstorming replacing the entry-level research tools Mangools bundlesSSmartcat KINDAOpenAI — Frontier models translating whole documents in context better than legacy enginesCClio NOT REALLYOpenAI — Standalone AI legal assistants can draft documents but can't replace Clio's billing and trust accounting systemFFrase YESOpenAI — ChatGPT Search + deep research turned SERP briefs into a single promptZZoomInfo KINDAOpenAI — Cheap enrichment plus agents that research accounts on demandSSparkToro NOT REALLYOpenAI — Chat models guess at audiences; SparkToro measures themBBuzzSumo KINDAOpenAI — Research agents can assemble content and influencer analysis on demandOOutranking KINDAOpenAI — Deep research agents assemble a content brief end to endRResearchRabbit NOT REALLYOpenAI — Citation graphs are structured data, not generated textSSciSpace KINDAOpenAI — Deep research agents read and synthesise papers freeLLusha KINDAOpenAI — Enrichment prices collapsed under waterfall toolingCCognism KINDAOpenAI — Research agents plus cheaper data providersHHunter.io KINDAOpenAI — Email pattern finding is trivially reproducibleSSeamless.AI YESOpenAI — Free and near-free contact searchSSeekOut KINDAOpenAI — Research agents assemble candidate profiles from public dataPPost Bridge NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT content draftingBBraintrust NOT REALLYOpenAI — Labs ship built-in evaluation tools with their APIsOOpenPanel NOT REALLYGoogle — Mixpanel and PostHog cover product analytics at scaleWWarmly NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI SDR platforms bundle intent data with outreachRRB2B NOT REALLYOpenAI — Visitor identification is data, not generationCCommon Room NOT REALLYOpenAI — CRMs added their own AI signal scoringLLeadMagic NOT REALLYOpenAI — Data quality is the one thing models cannot hallucinate their way throughFFindymail NOT REALLYOpenAI — Nothing generative — it is a data accuracy businessAAnymail Finder NOT REALLYOpenAI — Enrichment platforms bundle email finding for freeZZeroBounce NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-generated sending volume made list hygiene more criticalMMillionVerifier NOT REALLYOpenAI — Sequencers bundle basic verificationDDecagon NOT REALLYOpenAI — Intercom's Fin and Zendesk's own agents compete head-onSSierra NOT REALLYOpenAI — Helpdesk incumbents bundle AI agents into existing contractsPPylon NOT REALLYOpenAI — Traditional helpdesks added AI but not shared-channel supportPPlain NOT REALLYOpenAI — Incumbent helpdesks shipped AI agents of their ownCChatwoot NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI support agents are sold as full replacements for live chatTTolt NOT REALLYOpenAI — Payment platforms could bundle affiliate trackingRRelume NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI builders generate whole sites, skipping the wireframe stepVVisily NOT REALLYAnthropic — Prompt-to-UI tools produce working interfaces instead of mockupsLLimitless NOT REALLYOpenAI — Phones and meeting tools record and summarise for freeTTypebot NOT REALLYOpenAI — Chat interfaces made conversational forms feel datedSStackBlitz NOT REALLYAnthropic — Hosted AI builders are easier than running your ownFFazier NOT REALLYOpenAI — A flood of AI-generated products devalues directory listingsCCircle NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI tutors answer the questions members used to ask each otherSSkool NOT REALLYOpenAI — Free AI tutoring competes directly with paid cohort coursesKKajabi KINDAOpenAI — AI course generators and cheap creator stacks undercut the all-in-one pricePPodia KINDAOpenAI — AI writing tools made a DIY creator stack cheap to assembleTTeachable KINDAOpenAI — Free AI tutors compete with the courses hosted on itMMaven NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI tutors commoditised self-paced course contentBBaremetrics KINDAOpenAI — AI can build a revenue dashboard from Stripe data in an afternoonCChartMogul KINDAOpenAI — AI codegen makes bespoke revenue dashboards cheap to buildTTrigger.dev NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agent frameworks promise orchestration but not durabilityIInngest NOT REALLYAnthropic — Workflow builders in no-code tools cover the simple casesLLangfuse NOT REALLYOpenAI — Model providers ship their own tracing and eval dashboardsHHelicone NOT REALLYOpenAI — Providers added native usage dashboards and cachingFFirecrawl NOT REALLYOpenAI — Models can browse, but they cannot crawl a site reliably at scaleEExa NOT REALLYOpenAI — Model providers bundle their own web search toolsTTavily NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants ship built-in browsingAAqua Voice NOT REALLYOpenAI — OS-level dictation and rival voice toolsCCartesia NOT REALLYOpenAI — ElevenLabs dominates the text-to-speech categoryCCoolors YESAnthropic — Chat assistants generating accessible palettes with hex codes and CSS variables in one replyLLM Studio NOT REALLYMeta — Free frontier chat apps outclassing anything a laptop can runMMosaic KINDAMicrosoft — AI copilots inside NetSuite and Dynamics generate financial models and forecasts without a separate FP&A layerFFullStory NOT REALLYGoogle — AI session summarisation and free replay tools pushing down the value of raw recordingsPPlaywright NOT REALLYOpenAI — Operator and computer-use agents clicking through applications without written scriptsAAbleton Live NOT REALLYGoogle — Prompt-to-song generators removing the need to arrange or produce anything manuallyKKeywords Everywhere YESOpenAI — AI Overviews reshaping search results and chatbots replacing casual keyword lookupsPPaperpile KINDAGoogle — Gemini in Google Docs drafting and referencing from uploaded papersLLinear NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents planning and filing workDDeepSeek NOT REALLYOpenAI — Competing frontier labsOOrum NOT REALLYOpenAI — Realtime AI voice agents that can dial and qualify leads without a human rep on the lineRReplit NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic coding CLIs on local machinesFFrame.io NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generative video shortening production timelines and reducing rounds of client reviewGGumloop NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic assistants that plan multi-step workCCap NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI video summariesSSimilarweb NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT with browsing answering competitor research questions without a data subscriptionGGusto NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI bookkeeping assistants that can't legally file payroll taxes or guarantee compliance the way a licensed provider mustNNovelcrafter NOT REALLYAnthropic — Long-context models holding an entire manuscript in a single chat windowPPexels NOT REALLYGoogle — Free image generation making generic stock photos unnecessaryAAdCreative.ai YESMeta — Meta Advantage+ generating and testing ad creative for free inside Ads ManagerCClerk NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI codegen will happily write insecure auth from scratchPPlausible Analytics NOT REALLYGoogle — Free analytics from Google, plus AI-built dashboardsFFathom Analytics NOT REALLYGoogle — Google Analytics is free and now AI-assistedUUmami NOT REALLYGoogle — Hosted privacy analytics with less setupSSimple Analytics NOT REALLYGoogle — Google Analytics remains free and AI-augmentedPPirsch Analytics NOT REALLYGoogle — A crowded field of privacy analytics toolsTTinybird NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI writes SQL, but not real-time serving infrastructureCClickHouse NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI workloads need cheap analytical storage, which grew the categoryDDuckDB NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI code interpreters do quick analysis without any databaseAAttention KINDAOpenAI — Meeting notetakers added CRM updates and coaching for a fraction of the priceNNooks NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI SDR tools promise to remove calling entirelyDDub NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI can build a link shortener but not run the redirect edgeRRewardful NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI marketing tools do not touch payouts or attributionSSparkloop KINDAOpenAI — Newsletter platforms built recommendation networks in-houseSScreen Studio NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI video editors automate cuts but not screen-capture polishTtldraw NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI diagram generators produce pictures without a canvasEEraser NOT REALLYAnthropic — Models emit Mermaid diagrams from a promptJJitter NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generative video models create motion from a promptLLucide NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI can generate SVG icons on demandMMobbin NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI generates UI, but not evidence of what real apps doCCleanShot X NOT REALLYOpenAI — Operating systems ship free screenshot toolsAAlfred KINDAOpenAI — Raycast bundled AI chat and extensions into the same keystrokeSSuperlist NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI assistants can manage a task list conversationallyAAkiflow NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI schedulers claim to plan your day automaticallyAAmie NOT REALLYOpenAI — Google and Notion both shipped modern AI calendarsNNotion Calendar NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI scheduling assistants promise to run the calendar for youNNocoDB NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI app builders generate custom internal tools insteadBBaserow NOT REALLYOpenAI — Airtable added AI fields and agentsBBudibase NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI app builders generate internal tools from a promptAAppsmith NOT REALLYAnthropic — Retool and AI generators compete for internal tooling budgetsWWeWeb NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI app builders generate front ends from a promptXXano NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI writes backend code, removing the no-code backend premiumRRaindrop.io NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI assistants can recall pages you mention without a bookmarkMMatter KINDAOpenAI — AI summarisation reduced the appetite for reading full articlesSScrintal NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI notebooks summarise sources without any visual thinkingAAFFiNE NOT REALLYOpenAI — Notion AI and hosted workspaces dominate the categoryCCap NOT REALLYOpenAI — Loom is bundled into Atlassian, and OS screen recording is freePPeerlist NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-written resumes made traditional profiles worthless as a signalUUneed NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI made launching products so cheap that directories are floodedIIubenda KINDAOpenAI — Models draft privacy policies and cookie banners for freeQQuaderno KINDAOpenAI — Merchant-of-record platforms absorbed tax handling entirelyQQwen NOT REALLYOpenAI — Closed frontier models still lead on the hardest benchmarksMMistral AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — American labs dominate capability benchmarks and distributionBBento NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI site builders generate a personal page in one promptKKinde NOT REALLYAnthropic — Auth is bundled free into backend platformsWWhop NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI storefront builders generate the page but not the payments railPPayhip NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI site builders bundle a store into any generated pageIInstatus NOT REALLYOpenAI — Codegen can scaffold a status page in minutesCCronitor NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI agents write more unattended jobs than ever, all needing supervisionBBetter Stack NOT REALLYOpenAI — LLM log summarisation competes with the analysis layer onlyUUptimeRobot NOT REALLYOpenAI — Nothing a model produces can watch your site from outside itLLemon Squeezy NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI builders generate checkout pages but not tax compliancePPaddle NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-generated apps multiplied sellers needing global tax handlingDDeno NOT REALLYAnthropic — Bun and Node closed the gap on speed and TypeScript supportMMercury NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI startup tooling grew the number of tiny companies needing a bankDdoola KINDAOpenAI — Free AI legal assistants explain and draft formation paperworkZZed NOT REALLYAnthropic — Cursor made the AI-native editor a crowded categorySSupabase NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI app builders generate schemas but still need somewhere to put themNNeon NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents create and destroy databases faster than humans ever didTTurso NOT REALLYAnthropic — Managed Postgres providers moved into the same serverless nicheCConvex NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI codegen favours backends with strict, checkable typesAAppwrite NOT REALLYAnthropic — Hosted backends bundled into AI app buildersPPocketBase NOT REALLYAnthropic — Generated apps default to hosted backends insteadWWorkOS NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI startups reach enterprise deals faster and need SSO soonerUUpstash NOT REALLYAnthropic — Every AI app needs caching and rate limiting the model cannot provideCCoolify NOT REALLYAnthropic — PaaS pricing rose while AI made spinning up projects effortlessEExpo NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI app generators target web output rather than nativeTTauri NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI builders default to web output rather than desktop binariesBBun NOT REALLYAnthropic — Node.js absorbed many of the features that made Bun attractiveDDrizzle ORM NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI writes raw SQL well enough to skip an ORM entirelyHHono NOT REALLYAnthropic — Full-stack frameworks bundle their own API layerNNext.js NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI builders generate whole apps, making framework choice invisibleAAstro NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI site builders output React apps regardless of what the site needsNNuxt NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI codegen is disproportionately trained on ReactTTanStack NOT REALLYAnthropic — Frameworks bundle their own data fetching and routingSshadcn/ui NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI can generate components from scratch on demandTTailwind CSS NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI writes plain CSS as easily as utility classesMMagic UI NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI generates animated components directly from a descriptionAAceternity UI NOT REALLYAnthropic — Prompt-to-UI tools generate flashy landing sections instantlyMMotion NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI generates CSS animations without a libraryMModal NOT REALLYAnthropic — Managed inference APIs remove the need to run your own GPUsOOpenRouter NOT REALLYOpenAI — Model providers want you buying credits directly from themGGroq NOT REALLYOpenAI — Frontier labs cut prices and added fast tiers of their ownFFireworks AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Closed frontier models keep outpacing open ones on qualityRReplicate KINDAOpenAI — Model providers ship first-party APIs for image and video generationFfal NOT REALLYOpenAI — Image and video labs sell direct API accessTTogether AI NOT REALLYMeta — Closed models from OpenAI and Anthropic dominate quality benchmarksLLlamaIndex KINDAOpenAI — Long context windows and hosted file search absorbed basic RAGVVercel AI SDK NOT REALLYOpenAI — Each provider ships its own official SDKPPinecone KINDAOpenAI — pgvector and long context made a dedicated vector database optionalQQdrant KINDAOpenAI — General databases added good-enough vector searchCChroma KINDAOpenAI — Hosted file search endpoints made local vector stores unnecessaryJJina AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Frontier labs give away embeddings and rerankersGGamma NOT REALLYGoogle — Gemini in Slides and ChatGPT slide generationNNapkin AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Chat models can output diagram code but not editable graphicsGGranola NOT REALLYOpenAI — Every meeting platform now transcribes and summarises for freeWWispr Flow NOT REALLYOpenAI — macOS, Windows and iOS all ship free built-in dictationSsuperwhisper NOT REALLYOpenAI — Cloud dictation tools with better formatting modelsDDeepgram NOT REALLYOpenAI — Whisper made decent transcription freeAAssemblyAI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Open-weight Whisper models made transcription nearly freeSSubmagic NOT REALLYOpenAI — CapCut and native editors added free auto-captionsVVizard KINDAOpenAI — YouTube and CapCut added their own clip generationKKlap KINDAOpenAI — Free clipping features inside the platforms themselvesTTopaz Labs NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generative models upscale and restore images natively -
2024 Q4
Oct–Dec · 99 tools · 14 killed · $6,105/moOOptmyzr YESGoogle — Google Performance Max and Smart Bidding removing the manual levers Optmyzr optimisedSSpline NOT REALLYGoogle — Generative 3D still needs an editor to make it usableRRive NOT REALLYGoogle — Interactive state machines are not something video models produceLLottieFiles NOT REALLYGoogle — Generated video is not a lightweight vector animation formatMMatterport NOT REALLYGoogle — You cannot generate a scan of a building that existsVVectary KINDAGoogle — Text-to-3D generation from free modelsGGitBook KINDAGoogle — NotebookLM and Gemini answering from raw source files instead of a docs portalTTweet Hunter KINDAxAI — Grok drafts and threads X posts for free inside X itselfCCircleboom KINDAxAI — Grok plus native X tooling covers drafting and cleanupLLooker NOT REALLYGoogle — Semantic models are what make AI answers trustworthySSnowflake NOT REALLYGoogle — BigQuery with Gemini writing SQL and pipelines natively inside Google CloudCColossyan KINDAOpenAI — General video models plus cheaper avatar competitorsRRephrase.ai YESOpenAI — Personalised video generation commoditisedEElai.io YESOpenAI — Avatar video became a commodity featureHHeyGen KINDAOpenAI — Sora + general video modelsLLuma Dream Machine NOT REALLYOpenAI — SoraHHour One YESOpenAI — OpenAI Sora generates lifelike video from text, undercutting avatar toolsSSynthesia KINDAOpenAI — Sora + native avatar/video generationDD-ID KINDAOpenAI — Sora + avatar modelsRRunway NOT REALLYOpenAI — Sora text-to-videoPPictory KINDAOpenAI — Sora + native text-to-videoIInVideo KINDAOpenAI — Sora + text-to-videoPPika NOT REALLYOpenAI — SoraBBuzzStream YESOpenAI — AI outreach features bundled into cold email platforms customers already pay forIiA Writer NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Copilot drafting inside every editor and turning blank pages into finished textSSked Social YESMeta — Native scheduling in Meta Business Suite plus free AI caption writing in every platformPPostman Enterprise KINDAAnthropic — MCP and agentic tool calling changed how APIs get exercisedBBruno NOT REALLYAnthropic — Open-source and file-based, so agents can read it tooSSwaggerHub YESAnthropic — Models write, read and mock OpenAPI specs directlyWWorkato KINDAAnthropic — MCP and agentic tool use changed how systems get connectedTTray.ai KINDAAnthropic — Agentic integration undercut visual iPaaSNn8n NOT REALLYAnthropic — MCP + agentic tool use let assistants call APIs directlyAActivepieces NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic tool useMMake NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic tool use threatens the connect-A-to-B gluePPipedream NOT REALLYAnthropic — MCP and agent frameworksRRelay NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic tool useAApidog KINDAAnthropic — MCP servers letting agents call APIs directly with no GUI request builderHHoneycomb KINDAAnthropic — MCP-connected agents querying raw traces instead of a hand-driven query builderIInsomnia YESAnthropic — Agents issuing HTTP calls in the terminal and tool calls over MCP, no GUI requiredZZapier NOT REALLYAnthropic — MCP + agentic tool usePPostman NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents calling APIs directly via MCPMMatomo NOT REALLYGoogle — Google Analytics 4 adding free AI insights while consent tooling gets absorbed into platformsZZotero NOT REALLYGoogle — NotebookLM and chat assistants summarising sources without any library stepWWindsurf NOT REALLYAnthropic — Model-provider agentsAAlsoAsked YESOpenAI — AI assistants producing topic trees and related questions without any scraping subscriptionLLovable NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic coders on local machinesBBubble KINDAAnthropic — Lovable, Bolt and prompt-to-app toolsRRetool NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI app generation from promptsSSoftr KINDAAnthropic — AI app builders generating full-stack appsFFlutterFlow NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI code generationCCharacter.AI KINDAxAI — Grok companions + custom GPTsGGlide KINDAAnthropic — Prompt-to-app generationLLindy NOT REALLYAnthropic — General agentic assistantsLLongShot AI YESOpenAI — ChatGPT Search removed the "fact-checked AI writing" pitchPPerplexity Pro KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT Search + native web browsingSScite NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI literature summariesYYou.com KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT SearchKKagi NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT Search and AI answersEElicit KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT Search over academic sourcesCConsensus KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT Search over academic sourcesRRecraft NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT image genBBrevo NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI copy generation removing the drafting work while sending infrastructure stays untouchedUUiPath KINDAAnthropic — Computer-use models perform the same desktop tasks without scriptingBBrowserStack NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agents can write tests but still need real devices to run them onTTestim YESAnthropic — Computer-use models author and repair UI tests directlyCChromatic NOT REALLYAnthropic — Component review needs a shared workflow, not a smarter differAApplitools KINDAAnthropic — Vision models can diff screenshots and describe the differenceMmabl KINDAAnthropic — Agentic test generation from a plain-English descriptionBBrowse AI KINDAAnthropic — Computer-use models navigate and extract without training a robotPPercy KINDAAnthropic — Multimodal diffing plus free screenshot comparisonOOctoparse KINDAAnthropic — Vision models read pages without selectorsAAirbase YESOpenAI — AI-native spend management rivals commoditized corporate cards and AP so fast it was folded into Paylocity's suiteMMouseflow YESGoogle — Free unlimited session replay in Microsoft Clarity plus AI friction detection in analytics suitesTToggl Track NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Copilot summarising where time went from meetings, documents and chat activityCContentBot YESOpenAI — ChatGPT Canvas gave the free tier a real editorSScrivener NOT REALLYOpenAI — Structuring a novel is not a promptUUlysses KINDAOpenAI — AI writing surfaces arrived in every editorBbolt.new NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic coding CLIsNNetlify NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI app builders with built-in hostingVVercel NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic coders building apps end-to-endCCarrd KINDAOpenAI — AI generating landing pages instantlyLLinktree NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI site builders that make a page in secondsWWix NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI website generatorsGGumroad NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI store generatorsSSquarespace NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-generated sitesPPostiz NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT drafting + native platform schedulingSSunsama NOT REALLYOpenAI — Native day-planning AITTodoist NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants managing to-dosVv0 NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT code + CanvasCCalendly NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants arranging meetingsWWebflow KINDAOpenAI — AI site generation and prompt-to-web toolsCCal.com NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistant bookingMMotion KINDAOpenAI — AI scheduling in native calendarsRReclaim.ai KINDAOpenAI — Native calendar AISStan Store NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI storefront buildersBBeacons KINDAOpenAI — AI page generation and creator toolingSSupergrow NOT REALLYMicrosoft — LinkedIn added AI writing prompts inside its own composerAAuthoredUp NOT REALLYMicrosoft — LinkedIn shipped a nicer editor and deeper native post analyticsSShield KINDAMicrosoft — LinkedIn expanded its native creator analytics -
2024 Q3
Jul–Sep · 38 tools · 5 killed · $993/moMMailgun NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-assisted code generation making it trivial to wire up any competing sending APIMMathway YESOpenAI — Reasoning models solve and explain maths for freeNNumerade YESOpenAI — Step-by-step maths and science solutions from free modelsSSymbolab YESOpenAI — Free step-by-step maths reasoningTTypingMind KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT adding projects, memory, custom instructions and search to the official appNNotebookLM NOT REALLYGoogle — It is the thing doing the killingTTabnine KINDAAnthropic — Free tiers of Copilot & agentic codersCCrazy Egg YESGoogle — Microsoft Clarity giving away unlimited heatmaps and recordings that Crazy Egg charges forRRepurpose.io NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI clipping tools bundled distribution into editingWWolfram Alpha KINDAOpenAI — Models running Python to compute exact answers and show full workingCClickUp NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI agents managing tasksLLucidchart KINDAAnthropic — AI generating diagrams from textCCapacities KINDAAnthropic — Assistants with persistent memoryMMiro NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI diagram and doc generationNNotion NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude Projects and AI docsWWhimsical KINDAAnthropic — AI generating diagrams and wireframesWWriter NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude + brand-voice promptingAAirtable NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude analyzing and structuring dataAAsana NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic project assistantsEExcalidraw NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI diagram generationNNotion AI NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude Projects + long-context document Q&ACCoda NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude ProjectsMMonday.com NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic automationOObsidian NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude memory + AI notesTTrello KINDAAnthropic — AI planning and task breakdownSSegment NOT REALLYGoogle — Warehouse-native pipelines and AI schema mapping reducing the need for a hosted CDP layerBBrandwatch KINDAxAI — Grok's real-time access to X undercuts social listening on the loudest networkMMention KINDAxAI — Real-time social context inside a consumer chatbotEEmailOctopus NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI newsletter writing tools competing for attention while sending remains the hard partSSlidesAI YESGoogle — Gemini in Google SlidesCCursor NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude/GPT models it depends onCClay NOT REALLYAnthropic — Agentic enrichmentAAttio NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude + MCP over CRMFFLUX NOT REALLYOpenAI — Proprietary image generatorsDDeepL NOT REALLYOpenAI — GPT-4 multilingual translationBBlack Magic KINDAxAI — X shipped its own creator analytics and payout dashboardGGong NOT REALLYOpenAI — Whisper + GPT-4 call analysisGGoatCounter NOT REALLYGoogle — Free AI-summarised reporting in Google Analytics making minimal trackers look under-featured -
2024 Q2
Apr–Jun · 250 tools · 33 killed · $14,311/moFFigma NOT REALLYOpenAI — GPT-4o + AI mockup generatorsSSketch KINDAOpenAI — AI mockup generation + FigmaCConfluence KINDAAnthropic — Model-read documents made structured wikis less necessarySSpellbook NOT REALLYAnthropic — Built on frontier models rather than against themAAnytype NOT REALLYAnthropic — Local-first and encrypted, which AI anxiety made more attractiveHHeptabase NOT REALLYAnthropic — Visual sensemaking over documents is a different job from summarising themGGuru KINDAAnthropic — Enterprise search plus model-read documentsLLawGeex KINDAAnthropic — Long-context models review contracts against a playbookDDocument360 KINDAAnthropic — Long-context models answer from raw docs without a knowledge baseKKira Systems KINDAAnthropic — General models extract contract clauses without training dataLLinkSquares KINDAAnthropic — Contract Q&A is a retrieval problem models solve wellSSlite KINDAAnthropic — Free wikis with AI search from larger suitesSStonly KINDAAnthropic — Interactive guides versus conversational answersNNuclino KINDAAnthropic — AI-assisted wikis everywhereHHelpjuice KINDAAnthropic — Models read documents better than knowledge-base search doesSSpark Mail KINDAOpenAI — Native AI compose in Gmail and OutlookSSubstack NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI-generated newslettersKKit NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT newsletter draftingEEquals NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT analysisMMetabase NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude over the warehouseSShortwave KINDAOpenAI — Native Gmail AI featuresSSmartlead NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT copyBBeehiiv NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT draftingHHex NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude data analysisGGhost NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI content toolsIInstantly NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT copyLLemlist KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o personalizationPPostHog NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude analyzing product dataRRows NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT Data AnalysisAAnswerThePublic YESOpenAI — ChatGPT generating exhaustive question lists for any topic instantly and for freeKKlaviyo NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT copyGGPT for Sheets KINDAOpenAI — Native AI functions in Sheets & ExcelMMailchimp NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT copy + native AIMMeta Ads Manager NOT REALLYMeta — Meta Advantage+ generative creativeSSuperhuman KINDAOpenAI — Gemini in Gmail + free AI draftingGGoogle Ads NOT REALLYGoogle — AI creative and campaign automationGGoogle Analytics NOT REALLYGoogle — Natural-language analytics toolsLLex KINDAAnthropic — Claude Artifacts + long-form draftingTTrinka KINDAAnthropic — Claude edits and proofreads academic manuscripts with citation-aware reasoningJJuro KINDAAnthropic — Claude drafts, reviews and summarizes contracts from plain-language promptsSScholarcy YESAnthropic — Claude summarizes full research papers and extracts key findings for freeCConnected Papers NOT REALLYAnthropic — Chat assistants suggest related literature from a promptRRemNote KINDAAnthropic — Claude turns notes and PDFs into flashcards and study materialSStorybook KINDAAnthropic — Claude Artifacts rendering live React components without a local harnessJJSFiddle YESAnthropic — Claude Artifacts running generated HTML, CSS and JavaScript inline in the chatHHemingway Editor KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT "make this clearer"PProWritingAid KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o rewriting + OS writing toolsWWordtune YESOpenAI — Native rewrite in OS + free chatbotsGGrammarly KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4 rewriting + native OS writing toolsGGrammarly for Students KINDAOpenAI — Free chatbot rewriting and citation helpSSapling KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o suggestions in the inboxMMurf KINDAOpenAI — Cheap OpenAI TTSSSpeechify KINDAOpenAI — OpenAI TTS + OS read-aloudPPlay.ht KINDAOpenAI — OpenAI TTS pricingEElevenLabs NOT REALLYOpenAI — OpenAI TTS voicesKKling AI NOT REALLYOpenAI — Sora and rival video modelsFFillout NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT form buildersMMetricool NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT captionsUUnfold KINDAOpenAI — Native templates plus AI layoutVVSCO KINDAOpenAI — AI photo editing and free preset packsIIconosquare KINDAOpenAI — AI reporting and captionsRRaycast NOT REALLYAnthropic — Native OS assistantsTTally NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT form generationTTypeform NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT-built formsWWarp NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude Code in any terminalWWooCommerce NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI site and store generationAAdobe Lightroom NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI photo enhancementFFramer NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT site buildersMMintlify NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude doc generationBBotpress NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants API + agent frameworksBBlender NOT REALLYOpenAI — Generative 3D modelsSShopify NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI store builders and copy toolsMMoz Pro KINDAGoogle — AI Overviews compressed the clicks that keyword rank was measuringSSE Ranking KINDAGoogle — Zero-click AI answers plus free Search Console dataAArticle Forge YESGoogle — Helpful-content updates plus AI OverviewsCCopper KINDAGoogle — Gemini in Google Workspace surfaces contact context and drafts follow-ups in GmailYYext KINDAGoogle — Google AI Overviews answer queries directly, reducing listing and site traffic110Web YESGoogle — Gemini-assisted site builders generate full WordPress-style sites freeHHostinger NOT REALLYGoogle — Free AI website generators reduce the value of builder softwareRRestb.ai YESGoogle — Gemini multimodal models tag and describe property photos out of the boxWWeglot YESGoogle — Chrome and Google Translate render whole sites in any language freeSStreak KINDAGoogle — Gemini in Gmail summarizes threads and drafts replies nativelySSavvyCal KINDAGoogle — Gemini and Google Calendar AI propose meeting times and handle bookingSSprout Social NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI drafting is now table stakes, not a differentiatorSScreaming Frog NOT REALLYOpenAI — Chat models can explain crawl issues but cannot crawl your siteIInVision YESOpenAI — Prototyping collapsed into design tools and then into code generationOOutreach KINDAOpenAI — Free models write sequences as well as the sequence tool doesDDeepL KINDAOpenAI — Frontier models match specialised translation quality11Password NOT REALLYOpenAI — Secrets management is cryptography, not intelligenceSSimplified KINDAOpenAI — Free chat models plus native social schedulers ate the all-in-one pitchLLegalZoom KINDAOpenAI — Free legal drafting and explanation from frontier modelsUUbersuggest KINDAOpenAI — Chat models generate keyword clusters and intent maps for freeNNew Relic NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI summarises telemetry it still cannot collect on its ownCCopysmith YESOpenAI — GPT-4o product copy at commodity API pricesSSurveyMonkey KINDAOpenAI — Free survey generation and open-text analysisMMixpanel NOT REALLYOpenAI — Event data has to be instrumented before it can be analysedSSalesloft KINDAOpenAI — Generated personalisation collapsed the price of outboundTThings 3 NOT REALLYOpenAI — Task capture is muscle memory, not a reasoning problemNneuroflash KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o multilingual quality closed the German-language gapQQuizlet Plus KINDAOpenAI — Free flashcard and study-set generation from any documentLLogRocket NOT REALLYOpenAI — Models can read a stack trace but cannot record the user sessionBBabbel KINDAOpenAI — Conversational voice models are patient, cheap tutorsGGreenhouse NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI screens candidates inside the ATS rather than replacing itHHotjar NOT REALLYOpenAI — Heatmaps require observation, not inferenceAAgorapulse KINDAOpenAI — Free AI captions plus native platform schedulersAAmplitude NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI querying strengthened rather than replaced the warehousePPenpot NOT REALLYOpenAI — Open source and self-hostable, so it absorbs rather than fears AIBBrainly YESOpenAI — Free homework help that actually explains the answerAAdobe Podcast NOT REALLYOpenAI — Speech enhancement stayed a specialised signal-processing problemAActiveCampaign NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI writes the email; deliverability sends itGGorgias NOT REALLYOpenAI — Deep commerce integration is not something a chatbot replicatesVVanta NOT REALLYOpenAI — Compliance requires evidence an auditor acceptsCCamtasia KINDAOpenAI — AI screen-recording tools auto-edit and auto-narrateUUnbounce KINDAOpenAI — Prompt-to-landing-page generationCClose NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI writes the email but does not run the callHHireVue KINDAOpenAI — Candidates now use AI in the interview tooLLastPass KINDAOpenAI — Trust, not AI, is what damaged this oneRResemble AI KINDAOpenAI — Native voice models with real-time conversationGGoodNotes NOT REALLYOpenAI — Handwriting is an input method AI improved rather than replacedCCoSchedule KINDAOpenAI — AI project planning and headline scoring became genericGGalileo AI YESOpenAI — Prompt-to-UI shipped inside mainstream toolsEExpensify KINDAOpenAI — Receipt OCR is a solved, commoditised model capabilityIINK Editor YESOpenAI — AI content optimisation folded into every writing surfaceKKapwing KINDAOpenAI — Free auto-captioning and clipping toolsNNeuronWriter KINDAOpenAI — Entity extraction is now a promptSSupermetrics NOT REALLYOpenAI — Connectors are maintenance work, not intelligenceTTickTick NOT REALLYOpenAI — Habit and task tracking is behavioural, not generativePPendo NOT REALLYOpenAI — In-app guidance requires being inside the appBBILL NOT REALLYOpenAI — Moving money requires banking rails, not intelligenceCChorus.ai KINDAOpenAI — Free meeting transcription and summarisationFFreshchat KINDAOpenAI — LLM support agents resolve tickets without a bot builderAAxure RP KINDAOpenAI — AI-generated interactive prototypesJJotform KINDAOpenAI — AI form generation and free alternativesSSendible KINDAOpenAI — Chat models plus free native schedulersRRocket Lawyer KINDAOpenAI — Model-drafted contracts with plain-English explanationSSoundraw KINDAOpenAI — General music models generate full tracks with structureBBalsamiq KINDAOpenAI — Low-fidelity wireframes are the easiest thing to generateBBugsnag KINDAOpenAI — AI triage narrowed the gap between error trackersOOptimizely NOT REALLYOpenAI — Statistical experimentation is not a generative problemLLiveChat KINDAOpenAI — AI deflection reduced the number of chats humans handleAAuphonic NOT REALLYOpenAI — Loudness normalisation is deterministic engineeringRRosetta Stone KINDAOpenAI — Free conversational practice with instant correctionDDrata NOT REALLYOpenAI — Automated evidence collection is integration workBBear NOT REALLYOpenAI — Fast local note-taking is a latency productCCastmagic YESOpenAI — Long-context models turn a transcript into every asset you needLLoomly KINDAOpenAI — Post-idea generators are now freeCConstant Contact KINDAOpenAI — AI content generation plus cheaper alternativesLLokalise NOT REALLYOpenAI — String management is engineering, not translationWWeebly YESOpenAI — AI site builders from every competitorAAda Health KINDAOpenAI — General models answer symptom questions conversationallyTTriple Whale NOT REALLYOpenAI — Attribution is a data problem, not a language problemLLately AI YESOpenAI — Repurposing long content into posts is a one-prompt taskMMarvel YESOpenAI — AI UI generation skipped the mockup stageWWellSaid Labs YESOpenAI — Commodity text to speech at API pricesIInworld AI KINDAOpenAI — Realtime voice models made conversational NPCs a build-yourself problemLLever KINDAOpenAI — AI sourcing and screening commoditised the CRM layerUUizard Autodesigner YESOpenAI — Generated interfaces from mainstream toolsRReply.io KINDAOpenAI — Generated outbound at commodity pricesDDuda KINDAOpenAI — Prompt-to-site generation from cheaper buildersWWysa KINDAOpenAI — General chatbots absorbed casual emotional support conversationsMMendeley KINDAOpenAI — AI reading tools plus free reference managersRRollbar KINDAOpenAI — AI-assisted error grouping became standard everywhereOOmniFocus NOT REALLYOpenAI — Power-user task systems are a workflow, not an answerLLeadpages YESOpenAI — Free AI site builders with templatesDDurable KINDAOpenAI — Every builder shipped the same thirty-second site generationMMilanote NOT REALLYOpenAI — Visual thinking boards are spatial, not conversationalHHeap KINDAOpenAI — Autocapture is now standard, and open-source options caught upSSmartling KINDAOpenAI — Machine translation quality removed most post-editing workYYotpo KINDAOpenAI — AI review summarisation went native on marketplacesSSpendesk NOT REALLYOpenAI — Spend management is card issuing plus controlsEEndNote KINDAOpenAI — Free reference management plus AI citation formattingAAIVA KINDAOpenAI — Consumer music generation reached mainstream qualityGGetResponse KINDAOpenAI — Free AI email tools plus cheaper modern ESPsAAvoma KINDAOpenAI — Native meeting AI in every conferencing platformIInstapage KINDAOpenAI — Generated pages plus cheaper buildersLLOVO YESOpenAI — Free and near-free voice generationMMubert KINDAOpenAI — Generative music with better musicality arrivedVVWO KINDAOpenAI — Free experimentation platforms with AI hypothesis generationCCampaign Monitor KINDAOpenAI — Template design and copy became freeMMailshake YESOpenAI — Cheaper AI-native senders took the categoryPPaperpal KINDAOpenAI — Academic writing assistance from general modelsCCleanvoice KINDAOpenAI — Filler-word removal shipped inside editorsBBoomy YESOpenAI — Consumer song generation from free tiersOOlark YESOpenAI — AI chat deflection and free live-chat alternativesWWoodpecker KINDAOpenAI — AI personalisation bundled into cheaper sendersFFormstack KINDAOpenAI — Generated forms and document automationFForethought KINDAOpenAI — Incumbent helpdesks shipped native AI resolutionDDatabox KINDAOpenAI — Generated dashboards and bundled BIUUnbabel KINDAOpenAI — Machine translation plus AI support agentsPPaperform KINDAOpenAI — Free form builders with AI generationJJimdo YESOpenAI — Generated sites and free buildersSSwell AI YESOpenAI — Same repurposing workflow, same commoditisationRRe:amaze KINDAOpenAI — AI-first helpdesks with resolution pricingLListnr YESOpenAI — Commodity TTS plus free podcast toolingGGeckoboard KINDAOpenAI — TV dashboards are easy to generate nowHHelpCrunch YESOpenAI — Cheap doc-trained support botsTTypedream YESOpenAI — AI site generation with better outputBBeatoven.ai YESOpenAI — Free music generation at higher qualityPPoe KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT + native multi-modelXXero NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI financial analysisCCopy.ai for Sales KINDAOpenAI — Free ChatGPT + agentic GTM toolsLLavender KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o email writingPPipedrive NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT CRM queriesSSudowrite KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o long-form + CanvasDDigits KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT Data AnalysisAApollo.io NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT + dataAAkkio KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT Data AnalysisCChatSpot KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4 function calling over CRM dataJJulius AI KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT Advanced Data AnalysisBBrex NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT finance queriesRRamp NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT over expensesBBardeen KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT agents + operator-style browsingPPi KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT voice + memoryHHubSpot NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT over CRM dataIIFTTT KINDAOpenAI — Assistants doing multi-app actions nativelyPPhind KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT Search + ClaudeQQuickBooks NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI bookkeeping and analysisCContentStudio KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT replaced the discovery and caption halves of the suiteMMissinglettr KINDAOpenAI — Any model turns a blog post into a year of social posts instantlyTTailwind KINDAOpenAI — AI design and copy tools absorbed the create-the-pin workflowOOcoya KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT with image generation does captions and creative in one windowMMailerLite KINDAOpenAI — AI copy generation removed the reason to pay for campaign templatesFFolk NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT enrichmentTTaskade KINDAOpenAI — Custom GPTs + agentsEEvernote KINDAOpenAI — AI notes with memory and searchRReflect KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT memoryRRoam Research KINDAOpenAI — AI assistants that surface connectionsLLogseq NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI note assistantsCCraft NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT draftingRReadwise NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI summarizing what you readTTana NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT memoryBBeautiful.ai KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o deck generationMMem YESOpenAI — Long-context chat + memory featuresCCircleCI KINDAMicrosoft — GitHub Actions bundled CI into the place the code already livesTTravis CI YESMicrosoft — GitHub Actions plus AI-authored pipelinesKKustomer KINDAMeta — Meta AI in the messaging channels Kustomer routesLLALAL.AI YESMeta — Meta's open-source Demucs separates audio stems for freeMManyChat KINDAMeta — Meta AI is built into Messenger and Instagram DMs nativelySSupernormal KINDAOpenAI — Native recapsTtl;dv KINDAOpenAI — Native meeting AIZZoom NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI notetakers and meeting botsGGrain KINDAOpenAI — Native meeting recapsFFathom KINDAOpenAI — Native meeting AI recapsUUdio NOT REALLYOpenAI — General audio modelsRRiverside NOT REALLYOpenAI — Whisper + editing AIAArtlist KINDAOpenAI — AI music and video generationSSuno NOT REALLYOpenAI — General audio modelsMMagnific NOT REALLYOpenAI — Native upscaling featuresEEpidemic Sound KINDAOpenAI — Suno and Udio generating custom tracksKKrisp NOT REALLYOpenAI — Native meeting noise suppression -
2024 Q1
Jan–Mar · 86 tools · 8 killed · $3,823/moDDescript NOT REALLYOpenAI — Whisper + TTS voice cloningPPodcastle KINDAOpenAI — Whisper + cheap TTSVVoiceflow NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants API botsDDrift KINDAOpenAI — LLM chatbots any team can buildTTidio KINDAOpenAI — Assistants API botsZZendesk NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants API botsFFreshdesk NOT REALLYOpenAI — RAG support botsIIntercom NOT REALLYAnthropic — DIY RAG support botsCCrisp KINDAOpenAI — RAG botsAAda NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants APIIIntercom Fin NOT REALLYAnthropic — Assistants API + RAG support botsFFront NOT REALLYOpenAI — AI drafting and triageHHelp Scout NOT REALLYOpenAI — Assistants APIKKoala KINDAOpenAI — Google's spam policies punished the bulk AI articles it producesIIronclad NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude reading contractsDDocuSign NOT REALLYAnthropic — AI contract analysisPPandaDoc KINDAAnthropic — AI generating proposalsHHumata YESAnthropic — Claude native document Q&ACCaptions KINDAOpenAI — Native captions everywhereFFunimate KINDAOpenAI — Native platform effects and AI filtersIiMovie KINDAOpenAI — CapCut and on-device AI editingPPowerDirector KINDAOpenAI — Free editors plus generative videoFFliki KINDAOpenAI — Sora + cheap TTSOOpus Clip KINDAOpenAI — Native clip tools + ChatGPTVVidyard KINDAOpenAI — AI avatars and generated sales videosQQodo NOT REALLYAnthropic — Claude Code reviewVVeed.io KINDAOpenAI — Native editor AI + CapCutVVN Video Editor KINDAOpenAI — CapCut and AI auto-editingZZoomerang KINDAOpenAI — AI video generation from a promptCCapCut NOT REALLYOpenAI — Native editor AIIInShot KINDAOpenAI — CapCut plus AI auto-editingLLoom KINDAOpenAI — AI video editing and generated demosCCodeium KINDAAnthropic — Free Copilot tier + agentic codersKKahoot! NOT REALLYGoogle — Live classroom games are social, not generativeVVisme KINDAGoogle — Gemini in Slides plus free AI deck buildersMMixmax KINDAGoogle — Gemini in Gmail plus native schedulingDDoodle KINDAGoogle — AI scheduling assistants propose times across calendarsPPiktochart YESGoogle — AI deck and infographic generation everywhereVVimcal NOT REALLYGoogle — Speed and keyboard control are not generative featuresAAcuity Scheduling KINDAGoogle — Free scheduling in Google and Microsoft calendarsNNearpod NOT REALLYGoogle — Classroom management is not a content problemCClockwise KINDAGoogle — Calendar assistants shipped inside the calendarsYYesware YESGoogle — Email tracking and templates went nativeVVenngage YESGoogle — Free AI infographic generationEEdpuzzle NOT REALLYGoogle — Video comprehension checks need to be tied to a rosterSSnappa YESGoogle — Canva free tier plus generated graphicsPPhotoroom KINDAOpenAI — Native background removal everywhereCClipdrop KINDAOpenAI — Native background removal + editsRRemove.bg KINDAOpenAI — Native background removal everywhereUUizard KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o UI generationLLooka KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT + image gen logosTTome YESOpenAI — GPT-4 + generic deck generationHHypefury KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT ghostwritingLLater KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT caption generationSSocialBee KINDAOpenAI — Free ChatGPT draftingPPlanable KINDAOpenAI — AI content generationSSocialPilot KINDAOpenAI — AI captions and native schedulersMMeetEdgar KINDAOpenAI — AI writing plus cheaper schedulersTTypefully KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT thread draftingVVista Social KINDAOpenAI — AI captions and reportingLLANDR NOT REALLYGoogle — Generative music models produce finished tracks, shifting focus from masteringLLoudly YESGoogle — Google MusicFX and Lyria generate royalty-free music from text promptsPPubler KINDAOpenAI — Free ChatGPT draftingCChatGPT Writer YESOpenAI — Native email compose in Gmail/OutlookPPallyy KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT captions plus native schedulingOOneUp KINDAOpenAI — AI content generationFFeedHive KINDAOpenAI — Free chatbot draftingTTaplio KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT post draftingSSalesforce Sales Cloud NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Copilot summarises the CRM it cannot replaceMMicrosoft Power BI NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Copilot made it stronger rather than weakerZZoho CRM NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Price is the moat, and AI did not change itSSmartsheet KINDAMicrosoft — Copilot in Excel closed the gap on spreadsheet-shaped work managementMMicrosoft Clipchamp NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Bundled into Windows and Microsoft 365WWrike KINDAMicrosoft — Copilot and Planner inside Microsoft 365QQlik Sense KINDAMicrosoft — Bundled BI plus conversational analyticsDDomo KINDAMicrosoft — Copilot in Power BI at a fraction of the priceTTeamwork.com KINDAMicrosoft — Bundled AI project planningCClearscope KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o content briefsMMarketMuse KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o planningSSurfer SEO KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o briefs + AI writingTTubeBuddy KINDAOpenAI — AI-generated metadataVvidIQ KINDAOpenAI — AI title and thumbnail generationBByword KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4o bulk generationSSemrush NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT SearchAAhrefs NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT SearchFFrase KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4 SEO brief generation -
2023 Q4
Oct–Dec · 31 tools · 15 killed · $2,669/moGGoogle Gemini NOT REALLYGoogle — Bundling into Workspace and AndroidKKickresume YESOpenAI — GPT-4 resume writingPPeppertype.ai YESOpenAI — Custom GPTs made template libraries worthlessSScalenut YESOpenAI — Free ChatGPT + SERP toolsCCanva Magic Write NOT REALLYOpenAI — Free ChatGPT copyHHyperWrite YESOpenAI — Free ChatGPT + custom GPTsJJasper for Teams KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT Enterprise and custom GPTsMMedium KINDAOpenAI — Mass AI-generated articlesAAnyword YESOpenAI — Free ChatGPT marketing copyHHootsuite KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT-generated captionsRRytr YESOpenAI — Free ChatGPT tierLLandbot YESOpenAI — Custom GPTs and assistants replace rule-based chatbot flow buildersDDorik YESOpenAI — ChatGPT generates complete landing-page code and copy from a promptPParadox YESOpenAI — ChatGPT-grade assistants make conversational candidate screening a commodityOOctane AI KINDAOpenAI — Custom GPTs build product-recommendation quizzes and chat for storesJJSON Crack YESOpenAI — ChatGPT JSON mode explaining and reshaping nested payloads in a single promptWWritesonic YESOpenAI — Free GPT-4o content generationBBuffer KINDAOpenAI — Free ChatGPT drafting + native schedulingCCopy.ai YESOpenAI — Free ChatGPT + GPT-4o marketing copyCChatbase KINDAOpenAI — Assistants API + native RAGJJasper YESOpenAI — ChatGPT + custom GPTs made templated marketing copy freeOOutWrite YESxAI — Grok and other chat assistants rewrite and expand sentences instantly for freeGGrok NOT REALLYxAI — Its own model releasesGGlean KINDAMicrosoft — Microsoft 365 Copilot searches and answers across enterprise data nativelyEEvisort KINDAMicrosoft — Microsoft 365 Copilot reads and summarizes contracts inside Word and SharePointSScribe KINDAMicrosoft — Copilot can generate step-by-step guidance inside Microsoft appsNNotability NOT REALLYMicrosoft — AI note assistants summarize and generate notes across platformsCClari NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Copilot summarizes deals and CRM data inside Microsoft's stackMMicrosoft Copilot NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Bundling into Microsoft 365SSlack NOT REALLYMicrosoft — Copilot inside TeamsCChatPDF YESAnthropic — Claude & ChatGPT native PDF upload -
2023 Q3
Jul–Sep · 16 tools · 0 killed · $551/moPPhotomath KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4 vision solving maths from a photoTTrint KINDAOpenAI — Whisper-quality transcription for freeHHappy Scribe KINDAOpenAI — Whisper + native captionsOOtter.ai KINDAOpenAI — Whisper + native meeting transcriptionFFireflies.ai KINDAOpenAI — Whisper + native meeting recapsRRev KINDAOpenAI — Whisper making transcription near-freeSSonix KINDAOpenAI — Whisper open-source transcriptionCCasetext NOT REALLYOpenAI — GPT-4 legal reasoningTTableau KINDAOpenAI — Code Interpreter turned ad-hoc analysis into a conversationFFreshBooks NOT REALLYOpenAI — Bookkeeping is regulated record-keeping, not a chat answerWWave NOT REALLYOpenAI — Free accounting is not a target for disruptionTThoughtSpot KINDAOpenAI — Natural-language querying became a commodity featureSSisense KINDAOpenAI — Embedded analytics competes with generated dashboardsMMode KINDAOpenAI — Models write SQL and Python analysis on requestPParabola KINDAOpenAI — Code Interpreter does data transformation conversationallyRRedash KINDAOpenAI — Free SQL generation plus stronger open-source BI -
2023 Q2
Apr–Jun · 1 tools · 0 killed -
2023 Q1
Jan–Mar · 13 tools · 6 killed · $23/moQQuizlet KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT generating study material instantlyCClaude NOT REALLYAnthropic — Its own Projects, Artifacts and MCP releasesKKhan Academy NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT as a personal tutorJJune YESOpenAI — LLMs answer product-usage questions in plain English, replacing preset reportsCCrowdin NOT REALLYOpenAI — LLMs translate strings cheaply, pressuring localization toolingRregex101 YESOpenAI — ChatGPT writing and explaining a working regex from a plain-English descriptionCcrontab.guru YESOpenAI — ChatGPT translating cron expressions in both directions instantlyQquicktype YESOpenAI — GPT-4 producing typed models and parsers from a pasted JSON payloadMMockaroo YESOpenAI — LLMs producing realistic seed data in the exact shape a schema needsQQuillBot YESOpenAI — GPT-4 paraphrasing for freeDDuolingo NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT as a free conversation tutorGGoogle Translate KINDAOpenAI — GPT-4 class multilingual modelsAAlgolia KINDAOpenAI — OpenAI embeddings and RAG let teams build semantic search in-house -
2022 Q4
Oct–Dec · 20 tools · 9 killed · $1,178/moCCourse Hero YESOpenAI — ChatGPT free homework helpLLanguageTool KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT rewrites and corrects text for free, undercutting standalone grammar checkersPPhrasee KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT generates and frames marketing copy variants for freePPersado NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT commoditized copy generation, pressuring AI-copy vendorsHHypotenuse AI YESOpenAI — ChatGPT writes product descriptions in bulk for freeDDoNotPay YESOpenAI — ChatGPT drafts dispute letters and explains legal steps for freeTTextio YESOpenAI — ChatGPT writes and de-biases job posts and reviews for freeKK Health NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT answers symptom questions conversationally for freeTTango YESOpenAI — ChatGPT writes step-by-step instructions for any software instantlyRReverso YESOpenAI — ChatGPT translates with context and explains usage for freeDDixa KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT-grade assistants deflect and draft support replies nativelyGGladly KINDAOpenAI — LLM support agents resolve and summarize tickets, undercutting per-seat toolsRRegie.ai YESOpenAI — ChatGPT writes personalized sales sequences and cold emails for freeCConvertKit KINDAOpenAI — ChatGPT drafts newsletters and email sequences instantlySSendGrid NOT REALLYOpenAI — LLMs write email content, but not the delivery infrastructureSStack Overflow YESOpenAI — ChatGPT answering coding questions instantlyCChegg YESOpenAI — ChatGPT answers homework questions for freeNNutshell NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT drafts sales emails and summaries, pressuring CRM AI featuresPPilot NOT REALLYOpenAI — ChatGPT can categorize transactions and explain bookkeeping conceptsCChatGPT NOT REALLYOpenAI — It is the thing replacing the others -
2022 Q3
Jul–Sep · 1 tools · 0 killed
