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Kevin Stratvert - 7 Best AI Tools You NEED to Try (Free & Powerful!) 💡

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Author: Kevin Stratvert
Categories: Technology
Tags: technology
Views: 2 · Last viewed: 2026-10-15 07:49 UTC

Short Summary

Main recommendation: Try these seven AI tools, most of which have free tiers: Zapier, Google AI Studio, ChatGPT, Udio, ElevenLabs, Perplexity, and Descript. Each tool is presented as a way to automate repetitive work, get help with software tasks, generate content, or speed up research and editing.

Key Points

  • The 7 AI tools named in the video, in order: 1) Zapier, 2) Google AI Studio, 3) ChatGPT, 4) Udio, 5) ElevenLabs, 6) Perplexity AI, 7) Descript.
  • Zapier automates repetitive tasks by connecting thousands of apps, such as Gmail, Notion, Excel, and Slack, through workflows it calls "Zaps."
  • Google AI Studio analyzes your screen in real time and gives step-by-step guidance, such as how to build a pivot table in Excel.
  • ChatGPT offers advanced features including the Canvas, a reasoning model, projects, image and file analysis, and Sora for video generation.
  • Udio creates songs from text descriptions, and ElevenLabs produces realistic AI voices, while Perplexity focuses on research/search and Descript focuses on video or podcast editing.

Details Worth Noting

  • Concrete instructions:
    • Zapier: Sign in, type the workflow you want to automate and the apps you use, let Zapier suggest a Zap, then click in to customize each step. Example from the video: when a Google feedback form receives a submission, automatically send a personalized reply to the customer.
    • Google AI Studio: On the left, click "stream real time," then at the bottom share your microphone and screen, and ask questions. For units sold by location in Excel, select all data including headers, go to the Insert tab, click PivotTable, click OK for a new sheet, then drag Location to Rows and Units Sold to Values.
    • ChatGPT: Use the Canvas icon to edit long-form text or code, highlight a paragraph to change only that section, and view version history. Turn on the reasoning model for logic, complex problems, and multi-step analysis, such as deciding how many cookies to bake based on past sales data. Create a Project and upload documents to give the assistant context.
    • Udio: Describe the song you want (more descriptive input works better), or write your own lyrics and specify structure such as verse, chorus, bridge, or hook. Adjust length and prompt strength, then download the song.
    • ElevenLabs: Sign in, click Text to Speech, paste text, choose the voice and model, adjust settings, then click Generate.
    • Perplexity: Enter a query, choose the source (web, academic, or social, which means Reddit), review the cited sources, remove a source if needed, and rerun the search.
    • Descript: Edit video like a document, delete long pauses by clicking the markers, use Overdub after training the AI on your voice, use Studio Sound to improve audio, and generate captions in English or other languages.
  • The video says Zapier is free to start, Google AI Studio's real-time screen analysis is shown in a free-to-use setting, and Perplexity has a free option plus a paid plan.
  • The speaker notes that Perplexity's academic mode cites published scientific papers and is presented as helpful for research and fact checking while reducing possible hallucinations.
  • The speaker suggests the Google AI Studio feature to fully control screen steps may come later ("maybe next month").

Bottom Line

The video frames these seven tools as practical, low-cost ways to automate tasks, learn software, create media, and research faster, with several offering free options to start.