everyone knows ChatGPT, Claude, Grok and Gemini
but there are a lot of other AI tools flying under the radar š
here are 10 worth checking out:
1) DeepSeek -
deepseek.com/
probably the biggest surprise of the last year
free, powerful and honestly way better than most people expect
2) Kimi -
kimi.ai
crazy context window
you can throw huge documents, research or even entire codebases at it
3) Qwen -
chat.qwen.ai
really solid for coding, research and everyday tasks
4) Mistral -
chat.mistral.ai
super fast responses and feels very smooth to use
5) You -
you.com
basically AI search on steroids
search, research, citations and more in one place
6) Komo -
komo.ai
for people who care about privacy
clean AI search without all the extra noise
7) Krea -
krea.ai
one of my favorite AI image tools
watching images generate in real time is still wild
8) Glasp -
glasp.co
great for summarizing articles, videos and saving useful knowledge
9) HuggingChat -
huggingface.co/chat
lets you test tons of different AI models for free
perfect if you're curious and like experimenting
10) Lepton -
lepton.run
run open source AI models without needing expensive hardware
we're still super early with AI
which AI tool are you using the most lately?