While this newsletter doesn't contain as many products as the previous one, some very special gems are included, like Privatemode AI, which promises to be the first verifiably secure GenAI service.
ššš Privatemode AI ā Secure AI service with verifiable privacy
Offers a chat app for Windows and Mac, as well as an API, both secured by sophisticated confidential computing technology, promising verifiable security to keep user data completely private. Please see my Reddit post for more details.
My take: If you need to process sensitive data with AI, or simply want to chat with AI in complete privacy, the most secure solution is to self-host the AI. This however can be time-consuming and costly for more powerful models. With Privatemode AI, the cybersecurity startup Edgeless Systems seems to make every attempt to provide a verifiably secure remote AI service, which thus promises to be a great alternative.
The chat app worked well in my tests and the responses were always quick. I did not investigate the security architecture and look forward to assessments from independent security experts.
Chat: ā¬20 / month, API: ā¬5 / 1M tokens, free trial
Discussion - PH launch - Product site
ššš Ocean (O.XYZ) ā AI chatbot with web search, focusing on speed, censorship-resistance and privacy
Chatbot with web search capability based on "decentralized" AI, see our Reddit post for more details. The company promotes a far-reaching vision of a "sovereign" AI that is "community-owned", with a distributed infrastructure including its own satellites and data centers on cargo ships in international waters.
My take: In my quick test, Ocean worked well as a chatbot and was indeed really fast, even with the free plan, and may thus be a good choice e.g. for brainstorming. For web search however, my experience has not been good. While it cited sources, it was not clear what it's specific statements were based on, it took numbers out of context, and was sometimes not able to gather readily available information.
50 prompts per day free / $10 per month
Discussion - PH launch - Product site
šš Aivy ā AI agent that interviews job applicants and helps with onboarding
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.
šš Corpora.ai ā AI-generated extensive research reports
Generates detailed summaries and extensive reports (up to ~100 printed pages) for research topics, using AI to extract information from suitable research papers and other sources. Sources are provided (up to a few 100). 20 languages are supported.
My take: In my quick test, it did create extensive and quite well-structured reports and the interface was easy to use. However, as expected from any LLM-generated content, the text was sometimes not precise and not especially clear (see also this article). Other big problems are the fixed structure and the lack of formulas and diagrams.
Currently free (public beta)
Discussion - PH launch - Product site
šš Headshot Photo ā AI generated headshots from selfies
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.
šš Thesys Canvas ā Tool to create flow and UI for conversational AI agents
Conversation flows can be designed on an infinite canvas, and the UI can be created using templates. Responses can contain graphical and interactive elements. An AI copilot is available to create and edit the flows. Deployment-ready code can be generated. Collaborative use is possible.
My take: In my quick test, the tool worked quite well, the UI is nice and intuitive. I'm however not sure about the actual usefulness of the kind of AI agents that can be designed with it.
š SaaSCurate ā Directory for SaaS products
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.
š ComponentLibraries ā Directory of UI libraries
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.
š AI Community Notes on X ā Fact-checker for X posts
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.
š NSFWDetector ā Image NSFW detection API
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.
š TLDR ā AI summarizer for web pages, PDFs, videos
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.
š StyleKit.io ā Quickly copy elements and styles from webpages
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.
ššš Wunjo ā Advanced open-source AI editor for video, photo, and audio
A previous launch of Wunjo was featured on PH in June 2024
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.
ššš Databutton ā AI app builder
A previous launch of Databutton was featured on PH in June 2024
Under construction, see our Reddit post for now.