# a16z Apps Unwrapped > Categorized directory of recommended consumer and professional AI applications. A curated directory compiled by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz showcasing notable AI tools across productivity, coding, media generation, and personal growth. It groups consumer-facing and workflow AI apps into distinct practical categories based on team recommendations. ## The list a16z Apps Unwrapped General assistance: 1. Perplexity – AI-powered search engine and research assistant; 2. Claude (Anthropic) – general chatbot, great for projects and sharing work; 3. ChatGPT – check out Advanced Voice Mode to talk to AI Get work done: 1. Granola – AI notetaker that listens to meetings and formats the transcript into notes; 2. Wispr Flow – AI voice dictation that turns speech into text in any app; 3. Gamma – make decks, docs, and websites to present ideas with AI; 4. Adobe – summarize and chat with PDFs; 5. Cubby – AI workspace built for collaborative research; 6. Cora – AI email assistant that organizes your inbox and automates responses; 7. Lindy – build AI agents to automate workflows Build an audience: 1. Delphi – AI text, voice, and video clones to chat with your audience; 2. HeyGen – AI avatars to scale content production or translate videos; 3. Argil – AI avatars for social media videos; 4. Overlap, Opus – turn long-form videos into short viral clips with AI; 5. Persona – AI agent builder for creators; 6. Captions – AI avatars and video editing (auto-captions, correct eye contact) Build a product: 1. Cursor – AI code editor that knows your codebase; 2. Replit – AI agents to make apps and sites from natural language; 3. Anychat – use any AI model in one place; 4. Codeium – AI-powered autocomplete for your code Get creative: 1. ElevenLabs – realistic AI voices; 2. Suno, Udio – create songs/music from text prompts; 3. Midjourney, Ideogram, Playground – AI image generation; 4. Runway, Kling, Viggle – AI video generation; 5. Krea – AI creative canvas to make and enhance images and video; 6. Photoroom – AI image editor, great for product photos and visuals Learn or grow: 1. Rosebud – interactive journal that uses AI to surface insights; 2. Good Inside – parenting co-pilot with personalized support; 3. Ada Health – AI-powered assessment of medical symptoms; 4. Ash – personalized AI counselor / coach; 5. NotebookLM – turn any document into an AI podcast; 6. Particle – AI news app combining multiple articles into summarized stories Have fun: 1. Remix – social app for creating and sharing AI images and video; 2. Meta Imagine – make AI images of yourself, family, and friends in Meta apps; 3. Grok – chatbot from xAI; 4. Curio – toys for kids to talk to, powered by AI voices ## What it is for - Discover vetted AI tools across productivity, content creation, and software development - Find alternatives to standard chatbots for specialized research, writing, or coding tasks - Explore consumer AI apps for personal growth, parenting, health, and entertainment ## Key points - General Assistance: Research tools and foundational chatbots like Perplexity, Claude, and ChatGPT - Get Work Done: Productivity utilities for meeting notes, dictation, presentations, and email automation - Build an Audience: Video clip re-purposing, creator avatars, and audience engagement agents - Build a Product: AI code editors, coding assistants, and full app-generation platforms - Get Creative: Generative image, video, voice synthesis, and music tools - Learn or Grow: Document summarizers, journaling apps, personal coaching, and news aggregators - Have Fun: Casual social apps, interactive toys, and creative entertainment tools ## Pricing Free list; individual tools have their own pricing models ## Details - Type: List - Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md) - Open source: no - Platforms: Web - For: Knowledge workers, software developers, creators, and anyone exploring AI tools. - Tags: ai tools, curated list, a16z, productivity, creators, software ## Why it was saved - [@venturetwins, 22 December 2024](https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1870896990101660002): A dense, organized snapshot of the AI tool landscape at end of 2024 across work, building, creative, learning and fun use cases - [@aaditsh, 11 April 2025](https://x.com/aaditsh/status/1910671583104192766): Broad, vetted directory of AI tools across work, creation and life, each with a one-line description ## Related - [AI Tools Directory](https://xiry.app/resources/ai-tools-directory): Curated, searchable directory of artificial intelligence tools with pricing filters (Website, Free) - [Pinokio](https://xiry.app/resources/pinokio): Browser that installs and runs open-source AI apps with one click (Desktop app, Free) - [Claude](https://xiry.app/resources/claude): Anthropic's conversational AI assistant for analysis, writing, and coding (Web app, Freemium) - [HARPA AI](https://xiry.app/resources/harpa-ai): AI browser assistant for web page summarization, email writing, and automation (Browser extension, Freemium) - [10 ChatGPT Prompts for Learning and Productivity](https://xiry.app/resources/10-chatgpt-prompts-for-learning-and-productivity): A collection of fill-in-the-blank ChatGPT prompts for learning and writing. 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