⚡ Turn Rough Notes Into a Finished Deck Fast

#119 NTSOT | Find out the best tools of the week! Always-on AI coding agent, local voice to text, and AI slide decks in seconds.

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LucaG
August 10, 2026

Hey friends!

Anthropic confirmed this week it's building its own chip team for Claude, joining Google, Amazon, and Microsoft in the race to control the physical layer under AI, not just the models.

Big players keep pulling infrastructure in house so they depend on fewer outside vendors.

I did something similar on a smaller scale with ShortPen, building link tracking and QR code analytics myself instead of resell ing someone else's API and calling it a product.

Owning your stack matters at any size.

This week's five tools all build something real, not a wrapper on somebody else's work.

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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. Fedica - Social Media Analytics and Publishing

Fedica runs your social media across 13 platforms from one dashboard.

You schedule posts, threads, and polls, then cross-post them with platform-specific tweaks.

Deep analytics map your followers by location and demographics, track growth, and show what your audience talks about now.

Social listening flags brand mentions and leads.

You plan with data and grow a real community.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Social media managers, marketers, agencies.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: from $1'0/month

🌐 Website

2. Alai - Create Stunning Presentations with AI

Alai turns rough notes into polished slide decks in seconds.

You paste your content and get four design options for every slide, then refine with a prompt or drag elements by hand.

Alai builds a design system from your brand assets and keeps every slide on-brand.

You export to PowerPoint or PDF. You present with confidence, not design stress.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Founders, consultants, marketers.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: from $20/month

🌐 Website

3. Juno - Local Voice Layer for Mac

Juno turns your voice into clean text inside any Mac app.

You press a key, talk naturally, and Juno drops the filler, false starts, and take-backs, then writes the line you meant.

It rewrites selected text on command, expands snippets, and creates Notes, Reminders, and alarms.

Everything runs on your Mac after setup, so nothing you say leaves your device.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Writers, developers, professionals who dictate.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free.

🌐 Website

4. Grass - Always-On VM for AI Coding Agents

Grass gives your AI coding agent a dedicated cloud VM that stays on after you close your laptop.

You dispatch a task, walk away, and the session keeps running.

Permission prompts hit your phone as push notifications, so you approve or reject from anywhere.

You read every diff, switch machines, and steer mid-task. Your agent ships work while you live your life.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Software engineers, DevOps specialists, solo developers.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: unavailable

🌐 Website

5. Mailwarm - Email Warmup Tool

Mailwarm builds your sender reputation so your emails reach the inbox, not spam.

It sends automated warm-up messages to over 50,000 real aged inboxes, which open, reply, and mark your mail as important.

You track inbox versus spam placement live per mailbox.

A deliverability expert reviews your setup.

You send cold campaigns and newsletters people see.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Founders, sales teams, agencies.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ❌

Paid plans: from $79/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.

  • Divhunt ($69) - Effortlessly build fast and limitless websites—no coding required.

  • Scribeist ($49) - Write novels, blogs, and more with dedicated AI workspaces—each with access to your full project context.

  • Kollab ($79) - Go from raw material to published social content with AI agents, reusable skills, and connected tools.

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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