🛠️ Build your AI tool stack for 2025 [Workshop]

Hey there.

Every day, there's another AI update to check out.

Another waitlist to join… Another feature to compare… Another announcement to understand…

We know it can be hard to know where to focus your energy. 

That’s why we’re closing out the year with a short list of tools that will help you spend the next few months executing, instead of just experimenting.

Here's what's worth your attention going into 2025:

Suno AI — your audio content engine

Suno has evolved from a simple music generator into a powerful audio creation platform. They've also recently partnered with Microsoft to integrate their technology into Copilot, marking their emergence as a serious player in AI audio generation.

The problem it solves: Creating original audio content is expensive and time-consuming. Suno transforms simple text prompts into complete songs with instrumentals and vocals, letting you iterate on your audio content until it matches your vision.

How early adopters are using it: Content creators are producing custom soundtracks in minutes, marketers are developing unique sonic branding, and businesses are adding professional audio to their content without the traditional overhead.

Perplexity — your research assistant

What started as an AI-powered search tool has evolved into a sophisticated research assistant. They've grown from 2.2 million to 45 million monthly visits in just one year, backed by a team of former Google and OpenAI engineers.

The problem it solves: Traditional research requires jumping between multiple sources, manually verifying information, and spending hours synthesizing findings. Perplexity combines web search capabilities with AI analysis to provide detailed, sourced answers while maintaining a conversation-like flow.

How early adopters are using it: Professionals are completing complex research tasks in minutes instead of hours, academics are quickly verifying sources and citations, and businesses are making data-driven decisions with automatically synthesized market insights.

ChatGPT’s Projects — your workspace organizer

ChatGPT's new Projects feature moves you from one-off conversations to connected workspaces that evolve with your needs.

The problem it solves: Individual AI chats force you to reestablish context and rebuild prompts repeatedly. Projects provides a structured environment where conversations, prompts, and outputs can be organized and revisited, helping ChatGPT become a genuine productivity tool.

How early adopters are using it: Teams are building bigger ideas by managing complex projects, project managers are creating multi-stage workflows that evolve with each campaign, and marketing teams are building scalable template libraries.

Freepik — your on-demand designer

From its origins as a resource library, Freepik has transformed into a comprehensive AI-powered design platform that serves millions of users.

The problem it solves: Professional design work is often bottlenecked by limited resources and technical constraints. Freepik combines an extensive resource library with AI generation capabilities, allowing anyone to create professional-quality designs without specialized training.

How early adopters are using it: Marketing teams are producing consistent branded content daily, entrepreneurs are creating professional visuals without designers, and businesses are scaling their in-house visual content production.

🎁 Our University members get 2 months free access to Freepik

Claude’s Artifacts — your development companion

Claude's Artifacts open a separate window to quickly turn your ideas into something more tangible. This innovative feature lets you create, visualize, and refine everything from working code to interactive diagrams in real-time.

The problem it solves: Turning ideas into working prototypes usually requires jumping between multiple specialized tools and navigating complex technical setups. Artifacts bring concepts to life in functional code, interactive components, visual diagrams, or technical documentation — while maintaining a clear version history.

How early adopters are using it: Developers are prototyping and testing in real-time, marketing teams are sharing interactive reports, and technical writers are developing documentation with code and SVG visualizations.

Gemini — your multimodal marvel

Google’s most advanced AI model might be the most versatile tool in your stack — creating new possibilities for creative work by naturally combining text, images, video, audio, and code together.

The problem it solves: Most AI tools hit their limits with large datasets or complex multimedia projects. Gemini processes up to 700,000 words of text, analyzes full hour-long videos, handles 11 hours of audio, and generates highly-detailed visuals through natural conversation.

How early adopters are using it: Educators are turning hour-long lectures into comprehensive study materials with visuals, research teams are analyzing thousands of pages of documents, and customer managers are reviewing months of support call recordings.

Ending the year learning how to integrate even one (more) of these tools into your work will set you up for a productive 12 months.

So here's your holiday gift from us…

This Friday at 4 PM EST, we're hosting a fun and practical end-of-year workshop. 

Join Dr Alvaro Cintas to learn how to:

• Create a holiday tune with Suno that’s uniquely yours

• Use Perplexity and GPT-powered search to find the perfect gifts

• Craft a Christmas-themed project using ChatGPT’s new Projects feature

• Design seasonal content with Freepik

• Code a festive project with Claude’s Artifacts

• Explore Real-Time Magic with Gemini (including a Christmas twist!)

While each of these projects is holiday-themed, the skills you'll learn will apply to almost any important work you need to complete in 2025.

Join hundreds of forward-thinking professionals for this end-of-year workshop and transform how you work with a trial at The Rundown AI University.

See you in class,

Rowan & The Rundown Team

P.S. This is our final live workshop of 2024, and we've packed it with practical projects you can use before the year is over. Get access with a 14-day trial here.