8 AI Tools That Will Change Your Life - April 2026 Edition

Our curated list of the top underrated AI tools (April 2026 Edition):

Google just quietly launched a new AI design tool, and our team has been experimenting with it nonstop since its release.

We’ve been using it for: front-end design, infographic designs, landing pages, and more.

It’s an open-ended canvas where you can prompt for any design in natural language (those familiar with Figma will love this tool).

Try Stitch here: https://stitch.withgoogle.com/

This list wouldn’t be complete without NotebookLM.

You can think of NotebookLM as your personal AI tutor, and the best AI for learning any topic.

You create “Notebooks” where you can upload files/context/media and create various assets from them. Think: mind-maps, podcasts, visuals, and more.

Our favorite NotebookLM use case is creating personalized podcasts from long-form YouTube videos.

Try NotebookLM here: https://notebooklm.google.com/

We’ve experimented with every open-sourced LLM imaginable. Deepseek, Mistral - you name it.

Kimi has hands-down been the most valuable open-sourced AI tool, and it’s not even close.

Our primary use case is using Kimi as the brain for OpenClaw agents. For those of you who want a cheap OpenClaw setup (unlike Opus 4.6), “Kimi Claw” is a great alternative that takes only a few minutes to set up (in Beta).

Aside from being incredibly cheap, Kimi is a fantastic reasoning model that can write copy, edit documents and spreadsheets, and code very well.

Set up Kimi Claw here: https://www.kimi.com/bot

As the name suggests, VibeCode is a platform for building and deploying software through natural language.

What stands out about VibeCode: excellent UI, easy to use (powered by Claude Code CLI), builds mobile apps, and has an excellent “research” functionality.

Our personal favorite use cases: building “automations” - literally allows you to code any computer automation you could ever want.

Build with VibeCode here: https://www.vibecodeapp.com/

Literally everyone should be using this.

Google AI Studio is the ultimate AI prototyping playground.

It lets you test the latest Google AI features (mostly for free), with access to the latest models, the ability to code via “Playground” Mode, and more.

Debug code, create AI music, or simply test the latest Gemini models before investing in subscriptions - highly recommend.

Start prototyping with Google AI Studio here: https://aistudio.google.com/prompts/new_chat

Ok, this is the most life-changing AI on this entire list.

Hermes is essentially a spinoff of OpenClaw with additional functionality.

It’s faster, self-improving, and ideal for those who want an OpenClaw agent but without the setup headache.

We’ve found Hermes best for recurring tasks (like research) and stacking it with OpenClaw for more personalization, Skills, and any workflows that may need more customizations/flexibility.

Learn more about Hermes Agent here: https://hermes-agent.nousresearch.com/

Claude Cowork is easily the lowest-hanging fruit for getting started with AI automation.

No setup, and it’s automatically included in your Anthropic account subscription (just make sure you download the desktop app to gain access).

You can create Skills, Plug-ins, launch tasks through your phone (like an OpenClaw), and much more.

Highly recommend playing around with Cowork if you haven’t already - expect to see a YouTube video on Cowork soon!

You can download Claude Desktop here: https://claude.ai/download/

In our #1 spot for the most life-changing, underrated AI tool, we have Perplexity.

Perplexity is the most powerful research engine you’ll ever use.

The number of features/modes/tools they offer, compared to other AI platforms, currently makes it the best bang-for-buck AI tool on the market.

To name a few of our favorite features inside Perplexity:

• Access to 19+ various LLMs - (including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) for easy model stacking

• Finance Mode - The best financial research data you’ll get (tracks politicians trading, market sentiment, connects brokerage accounts, creates watchlists, and way more)

• Deep Research - Excellent deep research with few hallucinations, cited sources, and accurate data

• Perplexity Computer - Autonomous AI agent that can automate any computer task (leverages 19+ AI models)

• Spaces - Collaborate on AI projects (no other AI platform offers this)

You can test all these Perplexity features (and more) here: https://www.perplexity.ai/

So, there you have it, the most underrated AI tools that you should be experimenting with this month.

Now, let’s dive into the Midweek Edge - we have a few crucial AI updates to cover

Anthropic accidentally just leaked Claude Code’s entire source code.

This code leak means we got a sneak peek into some potential upcoming Claude features:

• Agentic Payments - x402 (cryptographic payment system) was mentioned many times in the leaked code

• New Models - We can expect Sonnet 4.7 & Opus 4.8 soon

• Claude Code Updates - expect new Claude Code updates, like auto mode (where users don’t need to give permissions), multi-agent swarm tools, a personal AI assistant (Buddy) that lives in your terminal, and more.

• Background Agents - agents that run 24/7 and can “sleep”

@NichXBT on X made a full backup of the source code here:

Mythos - “the most powerful AI model ever developed.” - supposedly, a significantly stronger version of Opus designed specifically for cybersecurity.

Expected in the next 2-3 weeks (mainly speculation & more details below)

@M1Astra on X made a duplicate blog post of the entire Mythos leak right before Anthropic took it down:

OpenAI reportedly lost $1M/day with their Sora app and has officially ceased the project to avoid further losses.

See the official post here:

Alibaba just released Qwen 3.5-Omni - a fully omnimodal model that can handle 10 hours of audio, 400 seconds of 720p video, and speech generation in 30+ languages.

Try Qwen3.5-Omni here: