New releases & trending
Recently launched or recently relaunched AI tools worth a look. We label these "notable / trending" rather than guessing exact launch dates.
Claude Code
Anthropic's terminal-based agentic coding tool.
Anthropic's terminal coding agent — one of the most talked-about dev tools.
OpenAI Codex
OpenAI's coding agent that works on repos in the cloud or CLI.
OpenAI's relaunched Codex coding agent (cloud + CLI).
Google Veo
Google DeepMind's text-to-video model with native audio.
Google's video model, now generating synced audio.
Sora
OpenAI's text-to-video model and app.
OpenAI's video model, now with its own social app.
Manus
General-purpose autonomous agent that browses and completes multi-step tasks.
Autonomous general agent that went viral for multi-step tasks.
Lovable
Prompt-to-full-stack web app builder with Supabase integration.
Fast-growing prompt-to-app builder.
NotebookLM
Google's research notebook grounded in your own uploaded sources.
Audio Overviews turned research notes into podcasts.
Kling
Kuaishou's text/image-to-video generator.
Strong contender in AI video generation.
DeepSeek
Chinese AI lab with strong, low-cost open-weight reasoning models.
Open-weight reasoning models that shook up pricing.
Model Context Protocol
Open standard for connecting AI agents to tools and data.
The open protocol most agent tools now support for tool access.
Windsurf
AI code editor with an agentic 'Cascade' assistant.
Agentic editor competing directly with Cursor.