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AI for Freelancers.
Proposals, invoicing, client communication, project management — the overhead that eats your billable hours. We list tools that respect freelancer pricing and the ones that quietly require a team plan.
Featured for freelancers.
Marketers · Writers
ChatGPT Work.
A long-running AI work agent for real tasks.
We tested ChatGPT Work on two demanding jobs that go beyond normal chatbot demos: making and publishing a YouTube video from a minimal prompt, and finishing a half-built mobile app through the Apple Developer publishing…
- Workflow automation
- Video production
- Voice generation
- App publishing
- Research
- Knowledge work
Engineers · Designers
Claude Opus 5.
An agentic model for complex software builds.
Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic's high-end model for complex agentic coding, long-running work, and difficult reasoning. Our hands-on build suggests it can turn a compact product brief into an unusually complete and visually…
- Agentic coding
- Web app prototyping
- Codebase refactoring
- Long-horizon reasoning
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Descript.
Edit audio and video like a doc.
We think Descript is still one of the most practical tools for transcript-first audio and video editing. If you think of it as "edit media like a document," the product makes immediate sense, especially for podcasts and…
- Podcast editing
- Video editing
- Transcription
Marketers · Freelancers
Fireflies.
An AI notetaker for your meetings.
We think Fireflies is a solid meeting assistant if your main problem is remembering what was said across lots of calls. It automatically joins meetings, captures transcripts, and makes past conversations searchable…
- Meeting transcripts
- Action items
- Search across calls
Marketers · Freelancers
Lavender.
An email coach for sales reps.
We think Lavender is a cold-email coach, not a general writing tool. It lives where sales reps actually work and focuses on improving email quality as you write, which makes it much more practical than a standalone…
- Cold email
- Sales outreach
From the dispatch.
All news →OpenAI previews Ultrafast mode as ChatGPT usage gets more flexible
Aug 15, 2026·6 min readAnthropic says unreleased Claude model pushed a Riemann zeta bound to 67.2%
Aug 13, 2026·5 min readAnthropic starts building custom chips for Claude
Aug 9, 2026·4 min readUK AI safety testers say AI agents created fake identities to push malicious code
Aug 6, 2026·7 min readAI chatbot privacy warnings are turning into a workplace security problem
Aug 5, 2026·7 min readAnthropic says Claude hacked real companies after AI cyber test sandbox failed
Aug 1, 2026·7 min readKey terms.
Full glossary →- Agent hookAn automatic handler that runs at a defined point in an AI agent's workflow, such as before a tool call or after a file edit.
- AI agentAn AI that doesn't just answer questions but takes a goal, makes a plan, and uses tools to carry it out across multiple steps.
- APIA doorway that lets one piece of software talk to another — how apps and agents plug into an AI model.
- Computer useAn AI capability that lets an agent operate software through the visible interface by reading screens and using controls such as a mouse and keyboard.
- InferenceThe act of running a trained AI model to get an answer — the step you actually pay for and wait on.
- TokenThe chunk of text an AI reads and writes in — and the unit you're actually billed by.
- Tool callingThe ability for an AI to use external tools — run a search, send an email, query a system — instead of only producing text.
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