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All the AI Tools in One.
A page for every AI tool worth knowing about, its website, and five things it can do. The whole toolbox on one shelf - so you stop feeling like everyone else knows something you don't.
By Albert Bredenhann · First Edition · 2026
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- Skim in one sitting
Dozens of tool names.
No idea which to open first.
After nearly every workshop I run, someone asks about a different tool - what does it do, how is it different from the last one, which one should they actually try. This book is my answer, on paper. A short, honest directory of the AI tools that matter, organised the way a small business owner actually thinks.
Twenty categories. One page per tool. The website, what it's for, and five specific things it can do the moment you open it. No hype, no jargon, no 4-hour YouTube rabbit holes.
The whole AI toolbox, on one shelf.
One page per tool
Name, website, what it's best at, and five specific things it can do. Skim it, don't study it.
Twenty categories
Chat, image, video, coding, audio, research, automation and more - grouped so you can find your shelf fast.
Stop wasting hours
Skip the endless comparison videos. Pick the two or three tools that actually fit your business.
Honest 'watch out for' notes
Every tool comes with the awkward footnote most reviews leave out - so you know what you're walking into.
A living directory
Every entry is dated. A running Graveyard tracks the tools that have died, rebranded or been quietly absorbed.
Something you can act on today
Open the book, pick a tool, open its website, try one of the five things. Done in under 20 minutes.
Twenty shelves. Every tool worth knowing.
A tiny sample of the shelves you'll flip through:
AI Chat & Assistants
- ChatGPT
- Claude
- Google Gemini
- Microsoft Copilot
- Perplexity AI
- Pi
- Meta AI
AI Design & Image
- Midjourney
- DALL·E
- Canva AI
- Adobe Firefly
- Leonardo AI
- Ideogram
- FLUX.1
- Recraft
- Stable Diffusion
AI Video & Animation
- Runway
- Synthesia
- Pika
- InVideo AI
- Descript
- HeyGen
- Syllaby
- Kling
- Krea AI
- LTX Studio
- Luma AI
AI Coding & Development
- Cursor
- GitHub Copilot
- Replit Agent
- Lovable
- Windsurf
- Tabnine
- Amazon Q Developer
- AskCodi
- Qodo
Every other shelf
- AI Audio & Music
- AI Research & Notes
- AI Writing & Content
- AI Productivity
- AI Automation
- AI Marketing
- AI Sales & CRM
- AI Customer Support
- AI Meetings & Notes
- AI Data & Spreadsheets
- …plus a running Graveyard
If you keep hearing about a new AI tool every week…
The Small Business Owner
who wants a shortlist, not a syllabus. Two or three tools, used properly.
The Creative
looking for the right tool for the job - image, video, audio, or copy.
The Curious Beginner
who wants to see the whole landscape on one page before picking a favourite.
The Team Lead
who needs to hand something practical to a staff member who's never used AI.
The Workshop Attendee
who left one of Albert's sessions with a list of names to look up later.
The Skeptic
who wants the honest 'watch out for' notes before signing up for anything.
"You don't need every tool in this book. Most small businesses do well with two or three, used properly, rather than a dozen used badly."
- Albert Bredenhann
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