AI stack for July 2026

23 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In a brief, conversational monologue, Nick Kugelman outlines his personal AI tool stack for July 2026. He highlights a cost‑effective coding model (Codex) versus Cloud Code, a design/architecture assistant (Cloud Fable 5), an automation and integration hub (Cloud Cowork), a personal‑assistant chief‑of‑staff AI (Apex), a meeting‑notes summarizer (Granola), image‑generation tools (Nano Banana and ChatGPT’s Image 2), and a video‑generation platform (Higgsfield). He invites viewers to follow and comment to receive the full updated stack, positioning these tools as the core components that streamline his development, design, automation, and content‑creation workflows.

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Coding. I hate to say this, but Codex. It's priced way cheaper than Cloud Code. Building apps. Cloud Fable 5 as the designer and the architect, and then give it to a different model to save some money. Automations. Cloud Cowork. Approachable, has all my contacts, all my connectors. Personal assistant AI. Apex. It's like your chief of staff. It builds it all for you. Meeting notes. Granola. Gives you a brief before every meeting now. Image generation. So still Nano Banana, but Image 2 by ChatGPT is awesome. Video generation. Higgsfield. Because it gets me access to all of them. If you want my updated 2026 AI stack, just follow me and comment stack below and I'll send it to you.