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One Platform Replaces 5 AI Tools, Turns Text Into 8K Cinematic Videos, and Access All AI Tools in One Dashboard Without Switching Tabs
Chris Bulen & Daniel Ebohon
April 14, 2026
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Startups FYI Spotlight
📋 If you use AI tools daily, you've probably rewritten the same prompt a dozen times with tiny variations. Here is a free Chrome extension that lets you build reusable prompt templates with dynamic variables, so you fill in the blanks instead of starting from scratch every time, and the amazing part is that it works across ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and more. (Pre-revenue)
🎥 This tool caught me off guard. A team out of China built a 15B-parameter video model. Text or image in, you get 1080p cinematic video with synced audio and lip movement.
It’s free right now… probably not for long. (Pre-revenue)
🖥️ ChatGPT in one tab, Midjourney in another, some other AI tool in a third, creating different tabs open at the same time. This easy-to-use tool pulls everything into a single place so you stop losing time switching between platforms. (Generating $10 MRR)
🎬 If you've been trying to figure out AI video, this tool is worth bookmarking. This tool lets you generate cinematic-quality videos up to 8K from a simple prompt. Even if you're making short-form content, brand videos, or just experimenting. (Generating $500 MRR)
🌐 Rather than paying for five separate subscriptions to test every new AI video and image model, this easy-to-use tool gives you access to all of them in one place. Sora 2, Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0, and more, all under one roof. (Generating $2,000 MRR with no employees)
🧑💼 If your team spends any time manually cleaning or processing contact lists, this one will save you hours. Discover the tool that automates those workflows so you can stop doing the tedious stuff and focus on actually selling.
A solo founder in San Francisco, CA built this, it's already generating real revenue, and the use case is painfully obvious once you see it. (Generating $3,000 - $10,000 MRR)
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