🧠 Read Smarter, Not More: Your New AI News Agent

Hey friends!

What a week it's been! Apple just expanded AI Mode to 180+ countries, and funding rounds are reaching fever pitch with startups raising $245M in India alone.

But here's what caught my attention: the tools that truly matter aren't always the ones making headlines.

The five gems I'm sharing today represent that sweet spot where innovation meets practicality, the kind of solutions that quietly revolutionize how we work while everyone else is still talking about the big announcements.

What Will You Find Today?

• 5 Tools of the Week

1. A01 - Your Personal News Agent

A01 is a personal news agent letting you follow what you care about in one place.

You type simple phrases, and large language models fetch relevant articles without hidden algorithms or social media noise.

Built for people seeking control over their information diet and fewer distractions.

By designing your own feed, you stay informed without doom scrolling or ads, for a calmer mind.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Entrepreneurs, researchers, news junkies.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free.

🌐 Website

a01ai.com

2. Qwen - AI Assistant for Everyone

Qwen Chat is an AI assistant that covers a lot more than chat.

It understands images and videos, generates images, summarises documents, searches the web and uses tools like code or translation.

The free service is powered by models from Alibaba Cloud and aims to help you brainstorm, create and research in one place.

You can access Qwen Chat via web or mobile.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Creatives, researchers, developers.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free.

🌐 Website

qwen.ai

3. Slashy - The AI for Work

Slashy is an AI platform that takes on your to‑do list by connecting to your apps.

It can join meetings, run multi‑step workflows, search your files, email contacts and update Notion or CRM records for you.

Free users get 100 daily credits for Chat mode and workflows, while paid plans add thousands of credits, custom integrations and more agent iterations, turning automation into a subscription.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Knowledge workers, entrepreneurs, operations managers.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: from $16/month

🌐 Website

slashy.ai

4. Talk to Dai - Learn any Language or Dialect

Talk to Dai turns language learning into a conversation.

You pick a language or accent, and Dai responds with lifelike speech and feedback powered by AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google.

It’s immersive and personalised: Dai adapts to your goals and keeps you talking rather than memorising rules.

There’s no price yet, and this experimental tool is free while in development.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Language learners, travellers, students.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free.

🌐 Website

talktodai.com

5. SoWork - The Virtual Workspace for Remote Teams

SoWork is a virtual workspace that lets remote teams work like they’re in the same office.

Teams switch between immersive and simplified views, hop into spatial video calls, and use built‑in chat, collaboration tools and AI assistants that take notes and track actions.

It includes analytics to understand attendance and productivity, plus mobile access and integrations, making remote work feel more human and efficient.

🎯 Who is it ideal for?

Remote team managers, HR leaders, startups.

💰 How much does it cost?

Free plan: ✅ 

Paid plans: from $6/month

🌐 Website

sowork.com

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