Struggling to know where to start with AI workflows?
At the Zapier Summit in New Orleans a few weeks back, nearly 600 Zapiens gathered to discuss the future of AI and automation.
In our keynote, I shared a breakdown of AI tools and approaches to help people understand where each option fits in.
Here's the framework I used:
1. Craft & Career: How can AI give you superpowers in your work?
2. Colleagues & Collaboration: How can AI empower your team?
3. Customers & Capabilities: How can we bring AI's power to customers?
And how do you know what tool to use?
➡️ Automate Workflows: AI by Zapier, ChatGPT, and Gemini power automated workflows with AI Agents, chatbots, and AI-powered Zaps.
➡️ Standalone AI Assistants: For general-purpose AI help, tools like ChatGPT Enterprise and Google Gemini are great options we all know and love.
➡️ Prototype & Experimentation: If you're testing and communicating new ideas, tools like Claude Artifacts, Replit Agents, and Bolt.new make rapid prototyping easier.
➡️ AI-Powered Developer Tools: If you're writing code, AI-powered IDEs like Cursor, Windsurf, and Lovable.dev can supercharge your development process.
➡️ Learning & Research: Want to go deeper? ChatGPT Deep Research, NotebookLM, and AI-driven research assistants can expand your knowledge of AI and more..
➡️ Specialized AI Tools: Apps like Aqua Voice and Superwhisper help with transcription, accelerating your ability to inject context into your AI tools.
Which tools do you want to learn more about?