My AI Productivity Stack (2026)

The AI tools I use every day as an entrepreneur, creator, and knowledge worker.

👋 Hey, it’s Andrew.

I spent the last few weeks catching up with friends, and it seems like everyone is feeling some sense of FOMO with AI.

Six entrepreneurs I talked to are planning to sell (or are in the process of selling) their companies. The executives I know are moving to frontier labs. Creators are pivoting their entire strategy to be more AI-oriented. This is the first time in my 10-year career I’ve seen so much change, turmoil, and uncertainty.

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Around this time last year, I published my AI Productivity Stack, a guide to all the AI tools I use as an entrepreneur, creator, and knowledge worker. It was by far my most popular article of the year.

Since then, I’ve continued to experiment, and less than a year later, my way of working has almost completely changed. Today, I’m sharing the updated guide. I’d estimate that these tools save me 50% of my time compared to three years ago.

Also, to get one level deeper, I recently hosted a podcast with my friend Laurie Segall, who happens to be a former journalist and entrepreneur known for interviewing Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Sam Altman (here’s her episode with Sam), where I showed her how to vibe code in real time while talking to my computer. We cover other tools too

Check it out here and let me know what you think.

General Communication

• Writing anything: I’ve switched from ChatGPT to Claude for all my writing. I have Claude skills (custom instructions that teach Claude how to write in specific ways) for LinkedIn posts, newsletter articles, event invitations, and more. It sounds more natural, and I’ve trained Claude to write a dozen different ways. Sometimes I want to sound like myself. Other times, I may want to be more formal or more empathetic.

• Staying on top of my emails: I use Boomerang religiously to bump up emails if others don’t respond. This helps me stay on top of my inbox.

My desktop setup with the Wispr mic.

• Wispr Flow: I installed a microphone at my desk because I speak to my computer more than I type now. It’s roughly 2-3x faster on a words-per-minute basis. The same is true for texting and sending messages on my phone. Check out Wispr Flow.

My Wispr Flow insights.

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Social Media

• Creating TikTok videos: I use Claude Code, Claude Skills, and a Notion MCP to crack TikTok virality. I’ve turned it into an automated, formulaic process that can turn any idea into a video with 100,000+ views. I’ve tested this extensively. The result: 50,000 followers in 30 days. Claude Code handles research, ranking, and script generation. Notion MCP handles project management.

My daily Claude Code agent finds newsworthy topics and turns them into TikTok scripts every day.

• Managing my LinkedIn inbox: Kondo helps me stay on top of my inbox and lets me tag and sort contacts into categories. It’s the only tool that does this well.

Kondo is a godsend for my LinkedIn inbox.

A note on MCPs: Throughout this article, you’ll see me refer to MCPs. MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It’s a shared language that allows LLMs to interact with other apps. In the scenario above, I can build and maintain Notion project trackers directly through Claude Code.

A simple MCP diagram

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Network and Relationship Management

• Managing my contacts: We have over 50,000 pieces of contact information from event attendees. We’ve spent the last few months migrating to Attio. It’s simple, versatile, and has an MCP, which is a game-changer.

• Finding the right people in my network: I’ve imported all my LinkedIn and Twitter contacts into Claude Code to build a makeshift CRM. It helps answer questions like: “I’m traveling to San Francisco. Who are all the consumer CEOs in my network I should meet?” Happenstance can do this too.

• Taking meeting notes and sending follow-up emails: Granola is a godsend for this. You can turn your meeting notes into follow-up emails, blog posts, long-form essays, etc.

An example of Granola working its magic and drafting my follow-up emails.

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General-Purpose Productivity

• Researching information: Claude Code is great for this because it can connect to Notion or Google Sheets through an MCP. For example, if I need to find a restaurant, I can prompt Claude Code to build a project tracker in Google Sheets with suggestions ranked by price, location, and vibe, then send emails to all the restaurants to make reservations through the Gmail MCP.

• My personal assistant: Poke is my AI assistant that has access to all my emails and calendars. It can remind me of things, help me schedule, send emails, and, most importantly, search my inbox for important information. The best example: if I have an email from years ago that I forgot about, Poke can instantly find it and pull it up.

An example of a prompt I’ll ask Poke.

• Generally, doing things faster on my computer: I use Raycast to access my clipboard history, emojis, download history, recent screenshots, and notes with keyboard shortcuts. It’s improved the speed of using my laptop by more than 10%.

• Keeping up with the world: I don’t read much news, but Particle gives me a daily digest of key headlines summarized and aggregated from diverse news sources. I also built my own tool with Claude Code that scrapes 100+ sources online every day, ranks them by importance and relevance based on what it knows about me, and sends me a morning email briefing.

Particle will pull information from multiple sources to give you the most balanced view.

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Building and Designing Things

This is by far the category I’m most excited about.

Everything above helps you work a little faster and more efficiently. But this is an entirely new category that lets you do things you couldn't do before. In just 12 months, anyone can become an exceptional designer and product builder.

• Building software: I started with Lovable and highly recommend it for anyone just getting started. You can build anything: websites, productivity apps, habit trackers, fitness apps. Just describe what you want, and it builds it for you in real time. As you get more advanced, you can experiment with Claude Code. I use Warp as my ADE (Agent Development Environment) – a piece of software that lets me interact with code.

I used Lovable to build a media kit for my creator partnerships in < 5 mins.

• Making decks, infographics, posters, and product mockups: Gamma, NotebookLLM, and Luma AI are great for designing any of these.

I used Luma AI to create product photography for a satirical product I’m working on called ‘Small Talk’

• Generating pictures or videos: Flora, Gemini, and Ideogram are incredibly intuitive to use, and you can create anything from an iPhone wallpaper to a music video for your dog … simultaneously!

Flora can generate multiple images and videos at once.

• Creating AI avatars: Use LemonSlice or HeyGen to make AI avatars for talking-head videos on TikTok. In the long run, I think there’s a world where companies create viral scripts along with AI avatars to promote their products. Many are already doing this.

Things I’m Experimenting With

• Zo Computer: I recently invested in this company. To me, it’s an introduction to AI with a clean interface for beginners. If you want to get started with Claude Code but feel too intimidated, try Zo Computer instead. It does everything Claude Code can do. Disclaimer: I’m an investor.

• Audos: Use AI to build your solopreneur business. It helps you identify your profile, suggests business ideas, helps you build it, suggests customer acquisition strategies, and even helps you get funding. Try Audos. Disclaimer: I’m an advisor.

• Suno: Not sure how I feel about this one, but you can generate your own music based on genres and styles you love. AI-generated artists are already trending on the top Spotify charts, which is insane to me. Try Suno.

• ElevenLabs: Clone your voice or build customer service agents that speak just as eloquently as humans. Btw, use ANDREWYEUNG for 11% additional credits to get started. Try ElevenLabs.

• Micro: The last CRM you’ll ever need. Plugs into all your communication channels and helps you track all your contacts. Try Micro. Disclaimer: I also invested in this company.

• RPLY: An inbox to amalgamate all your communication channels. Haven’t used this one yet, but I’ve seen it on Twitter and want to try it out. Try RPLY.

Are AI Tools a Waste of Time?

I came across a stat recently that said that 99.7% of the world has not yet paid for an AI service. As someone who uses these tools every single day, I find that mind-boggling.

Yet, I understand, because non-techies around me often ask me if all this is a sham. Many see the headlines from Silicon Valley and assume this is all a Ponzi scheme to get us to invest more in these AI companies.

So to those who are skeptical, I invite you to do this: Do not form a perspective until you’ve tried a few of these tools. And I don’t mean prompting ChatGPT or asking Claude a question, but taking the time to experiment with one of the tools I suggested above. Then you will see the value and can form an assessment yourself.

I’m vibe coding daily. My team is vibe coding daily. My friends are vibe coding daily. Even my girlfriend is vibe coding daily. But again, we might just be AI-pilled.

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🖼️ Behind the Scenes

The loneliest people in America aren't the elderly, but young adults (18–25 year olds).

Three stats that shocked me:

• Today, 15% of men reported having ZERO close friends.

• 50% of U.S. adults report experiencing loneliness regularly.

• And Americans spend 20% less time socializing in person vs 20 years ago.

This is *extremely* important, because social connection is the #1 predictor of long-term happiness.

Andy Dunn is solving this with Pie. (Pie stands for People I Enjoy, btw)

I read Andy's book, Burn Rate, a few years ago and was inspired by his story of building Bonobos – the 1st company of its kind- and later revealed that he did it while dealing with bipolar disorder.

He's a massive advocate for mental well-being and has decided to tackle the single biggest problem of our generation: social isolation.

It's been awesome to get to know Andy and be part of his journey as an investor advisor. Last week, we welcomed Andy to NYC and hosted a series of breakfasts and talks for community builders and builders. Thank you to everyone who came out to support!