🤯 Hire an AI CEO to Run Your Company

#112 NTSOT | Find out the best tools of the week! Hire an AI CEO, an AI buddy that keeps you focused, and launch videos from one prompt.

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LucaG
June 22, 2026

Hey friends!

Anthropic opened a Seoul office on June 17 and signed partnerships across the Korean AI ecosystem, the kind of land grab that tells you where the next wave of demand sits.

While the giants plant flags, the real opening is for small products that do one thing better than the bloated incumbents charge for.

That's the bet I made with my own ShortPen, a platform for branded links, dynamic QR codes, and post-click conversion tracking, built to give you the analytics most shorteners lock behind paid tiers.

This week's tools share that DNA: lean, sharp, and built to ship.

Below are the five that earned a spot.

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1. Motionfly - AI Product Launch Video Generator

Motionfly turns one text prompt into a finished launch video.

You describe your product, app, or SaaS, and the AI builds 3D phone and laptop mockups, text animations, logo reveals, voiceover, music, and sound effects.

No timeline, no keyframes, no After Effects.

You go from idea to a polished product launch, explainer, or app store video in under a minute.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Founders, marketers, product teams.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: unavailable (early beta)

🌐 Website

2. Vivaldi Browser - Powerful, Personal and Private Browser

Vivaldi gives you a browser you control.

Block ads and trackers, sync data across devices, and manage tabs the way you want with deep customization.

It bundles mail, calendar, and a feed reader, so you read newsletters and check your schedule without leaving the window.

You stop juggling separate apps and keep your browsing private.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Privacy-focused users, power users, founders.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free.

🌐 Website

3. iPromise - AI Focus Buddy for Mac

iPromise keeps you on one task until you finish it.

You make a promise, set a timer, and an AI buddy watches your screen state in real time.

When you drift into tabs or multitasking, it steps in and pulls you back. After each session you get a summary of where your attention went.

Screenshots stay local and you bring your own AI key.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Mac users, deep workers, people with focus struggles.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: from $16/month

🌐 Website

4. Tycoon - One-Person Company Platform

Tycoon hands you an AI CEO named Astra and a team of AI employees for coding, marketing, research, content, and support.

You give Astra a goal or a project, she breaks it into tasks, assigns the right agents, reviews their work, and brings the big decisions back to you.

She runs up to 1,000 agents in parallel, 24/7, so one founder operates like a full company.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Solo founders, indie hackers, SaaS builders.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: from $50/month

🌐 Website

5. Monocle - macOS Window Blur Focus Tool

Monocle dims everything on your Mac except the window you work in.

You wiggle your cursor or shake to activate, and the wall of tabs and open apps fades into the background.

Nothing closes, nothing moves, the noise goes quiet.

It works with Stage Manager and app groups, and it feels native enough to pass as part of macOS.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Mac users, writers, knowledge workers.

💰 How much does it cost?

$14 (one-time purchase)

🌐 Website

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