$15 to make the perfect AI Tool for 2026

31 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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A short YouTube monologue where the speaker describes how they would allocate a hypothetical $15 budget among AI tools in 2026. They divide the money across four categories—‘Brain’ (top AI chat models), image generation, writing, and automation—ranking specific products (Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Midjourney, Meta AI, Grammarly, Manus, make.com/CoWork) and explaining brief personal preferences (e.g., chooses Claude as the primary "brain", prefers Midjourney for images but often uses ChatGPT's image feature, uses Claude for research rather than composition, and favors Manus for automation).

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You got $15 to build out your perfect AI tool. Level 1 the Brain $5 is Claude $4 is ChatGPT $3 Grok $2 Gemini $1 Apple Intelligence Claude. I'm paying 5 if it's today and I can't bet on the future. Image generation. Nano bananas. $5 midjourney is 4, Grok is $3, ChatGPT is 2, and then $1 is Meta AI. I don't care about image generation. We're going to go to chat GPT's image generation even though I find it's not for photorealistic and it's bullshit. Level 3 Writing Claude at $5 Gemini at 4, ChatGPT at 3 Rock 2 Grammarly 1. Okay, I'm going 4. I don't need the writing. I need it to research writing. I don't write with it. Automating tasks. $5 is Manus $4 is Claude Cowork $3 is make.com $2 chatgpt I'm gonna empty it out. I can make co work work. And no integration. It comes with integration. That's for me. But everybody else should just load up their money into manuscript.