AI & Machine Learning · 8 tools · curated by humans

The AI App Starter Pack

Ship a production AI feature this week — without standing up your own infra.

Building an AI feature in 2026 is mostly about wiring great primitives together. You don't need a year of infra work — you need a model, a vector store, a backend, and a frontend that doesn't suck. This is what we'd reach for.

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Claude Freemium

The model. Best-in-class reasoning, coding, and long-document work. Available via API and Claude Code for builders.

AI assistant built for safety, helpfulness, and serious work.

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Cursor Freemium

The IDE. Cursor + Claude is the fastest dev loop on earth right now. Indispensable for shipping AI features.

The AI-first code editor built on top of VS Code.

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Vercel Freemium

The frontend cloud. Native AI SDK, edge functions, and preview deploys — the obvious deploy target.

Frontend cloud for Next.js and modern web apps.

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Resend Freemium

The transactional email. React Email components + a clean API — your AI app's notifications and magic links.

Email API for developers, with React Email and audiences.

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Clerk Freemium

The auth. Drop-in user management with the best out-of-the-box UI in the auth space.

Beautifully designed user management for modern apps.

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v0 Freemium

The UI generator. Pair this with Cursor and you have a frontend in an afternoon.

Vercel's generative UI tool — design and ship React components by prompt.