2025 is here, and if you’re serious about leveling up your career and life, you need to be leveraging the power of AI. I’ve spent the last year diving deep into the world of AI tools, testing them out, and figuring out which ones are actually worth your time.
Here are nine incredible tools that have completely transformed the way I work, plus a sneak peek at two exciting developments coming in 2025.
1. HeyGen: Clone Yourself (and Save Time!)
HeyGen lets you create a custom AI avatar of yourself. The results are seriously impressive. Instead of spending hours in front of a camera, you can have your AI avatar create content for you.
How it works: Record a 5-minute video of yourself talking, and HeyGen will generate your AI avatar in about an hour.
Why it’s a game-changer: I’m even selling this as a service to founders! We create AI avatars for them, so they can focus on building their companies while we handle content creation. It’s a massive time-saver and a fantastic opportunity.
2. Eleven Labs: Your Voice, on Demand
Eleven Labs is an AI tool for creating audio. Upload 1-2 hours of your voice recordings, and it will create your own AI voice avatar. You’ll never have to record your voice again. The more audio you feed it, the better it gets!
Why it’s a game-changer: Combine it with HeyGen, and you can create AI videos without ever having to be in front of the camera or microphone.
3. Suno AI: Say Goodbye to Copyright Issues
If you need background music for your videos, Suno AI is a lifesaver. It lets you generate custom music, so you never have to worry about copyright strikes again.
Why it’s a game-changer: Copyright issues are a huge headache for content creators. Suno AI lets you create original music, so you can focus on creating great content without worry.
4. Notebook LM: Summarize Anything, Anywhere
Notebook LM (by Google) summarizes any content you want when you don’t have time to read. Traveling and want to catch up on blogs or PDFs? Just feed them into Notebook LM, and it will create an audio podcast summarizing the content for you.
Why it’s a game-changer: Summarize blogs, PDFs, YouTube videos, and more. You can even ask questions about the content and get detailed answers.
5. Claude: Your AI Coding Assistant
Claude (by Anthropic) is an AI assistant excelling in coding and computer use. Its new “computer use” functionality lets you ask it to perform tasks in a computer sandbox environment.
Why it’s a game-changer: Claude can help you generate code snippets, create entire programs, and even build games just by typing in natural language. You don’t even need to know how to code!
6. Omi: The AI Companion You Wear
Omi is an AI-powered pendant that listens to your conversations and provides summaries.
How it works: Wear Omi, and it will transcribe your conversations, identify speakers, and provide summaries of your meetings.
Why it’s a game-changer: Omi can transcribe everything that’s being said, and then give you summaries.
7. Instantly and Apollo: Supercharge Your Cold Outreach
Instantly and Apollo can automate cold outreach. Create targeted email campaigns and scale your outreach efforts.
How it works: Create a list of your ideal customer persona on Apollo, and then automate personalized emails with Instantly.
Why it’s a game-changer: You can book more calls and close more clients, making every trip profitable.
8. Flux AI: Generate Ultra-Realistic Images
Flux AI is an API that generates ultra-realistic images of yourself (or anything else). The results are so realistic that people won’t be able to tell the difference.
Why it’s a game-changer: Use it for thumbnails, social media banners, LinkedIn posts, and more.
9. Perplexity: The Ultimate AI Search Engine
Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine that provides real-time, accurate results. It’s far better than Google for staying up-to-date on the latest information.
Why it’s a game-changer: Stop Googling and start using Perplexity for all your research needs.
Two AI Features in 2025 That is Changing Everything
1. AI Agents: The Future of Work
AI agents are on the rise, and 2025 will be all about them. Google Mariner lets you automate tasks directly from your Chrome browser. Just type in what you want to do, and the AI agent will handle the rest.
Why it’s a game-changer: Imagine automating marketing, HR, accounting, sales, and more with AI agents.
2. OpenAI Sora: Revolutionizing Video Editing
OpenAI’s Sora is a revolutionary tool for video editors. The storyboarding feature lets you describe particular frames, and it will stitch it together.
Why it’s a game-changer: Sora is great for creating frames.