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#117 NTSOT | Find out the best tools of the week! Motion graphics from a prompt, proactive AI for busy founders, and no-code web scraping.

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LucaG
July 27, 2026

Hey friends!

Global venture funding hit a record 510 billion dollars in the first half of 2026, and OpenAI and Anthropic alone took 217 billion of it, 43 percent of everything raised.

Almost all the money pools at the model layer. Meanwhile the products you open every day get built by small teams on tight budgets.

I know the feeling. I build ShortPen the same way, a branded links, QR code, and post-click conversion platform going up against incumbents who charge enterprise rates for the same job.

This week's tools share the same DNA. Small, sharp, and built to ship real outcomes.

Below are the five I kept.

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What Will You Find Today?

  • 5 Tools of the Week

  • Some Lifetime Deals I found this week (pay once and keep forever)

1. iArt.ai - AI Motion Graphics Software

iArt.ai turns your ideas, designs, and audio into broadcast ready motion graphics.

You describe what you want, and the agent builds it scene by scene, layout, typography, timing, and transitions handled for you.

Drop in a Figma file or a Notion doc and watch it move.

Export up to 4K or share a link in seconds.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Content creators, marketers, brand managers.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: from $20/month

🌐 Website

2. Elvin - Proactive AI for Busy Professionals

Elvin watches your inbox, calendar, and messages, then does the work before you ask.

It spots the follow-up you owe, the meeting you have not prepped, the invoice sitting for two weeks.

Connect your accounts in about a minute and it drafts agendas, replies, and updates for you to approve.

You stop holding every open loop in your head. You say yes.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Founders, product managers, consultants.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free (currently in beta).

🌐 Website

3. Signals - Your Second brain for Product Management

Signals by Samepage watches your Jira, Linear, Slack, Notion, and sales calls, then surfaces what needs your attention.

You stop chasing people for updates. You stop digging through dashboards and threads.

The agent reads across your tools, links what matters, and pushes the context you need into one place.

Ask it questions, draft PRDs, or summarize interviews in seconds.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Product managers, heads of product, product teams.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: from $15/month

🌐 Website

4. Wave - Native MacOS Dictation App

Wave turns your voice into text anywhere on your Mac.

Hold the Right Option key, speak, and release. Your words land at the cursor in whatever app you are in.

Whisper runs on device for full privacy, or switch to Groq for near instant speed.

Speak the intent and Wave writes the polished version. Highlight text, speak an instruction, and it rewrites in place.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Writers, developers, Mac power users.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free.

🌐 Website

5. BrowserAct - Build a Reusable Web Scraper

BrowserAct turns any website into clean, structured data.

You describe what you need in plain English, and it builds a reusable scraper, no code and no selectors.

It runs a real browser in the cloud, solves CAPTCHAs, rotates residential proxies, and adapts when a page changes.

Your output lands as CSV or JSON, ready for Make, n8n, or Zapier. Set it once and let it run.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Growth marketers, e-commerce operators, lead generators.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: from $13/month

🌐 Website

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🤯 Lifetime Deals of the Week

Exclusive offers that get you a lifetime subscription to the tools. Pay once and keep forever.

  • Kiwiform ($79) - Create unlimited forms with branching logic, built-in analytics, and integrations. No response caps.

  • SkySnail ($49) - Generate 4K thumbnails from YouTube links, transcripts, or prompts with avatars and a brand kit.

  • Helploom ($109) - Handle customer support with live chat, a shared inbox, and an AI agent built for small teams.

Setapp - My Favourite Tool

Drowning in apps? Setapp offers a Netflix-style subscription for Mac & iPhone apps. Over 240 productivity, creativity, and utility tools for only $9.99/mo.

Check it out at Setapp.com (30-day extended free trial)

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