🔥 The AI Tools Experts Can’t Live Without

We cornered the speakers at AI Festival and asked them a very simple question:

“What are your top AI tools right now?”

They did not hold back. From well-known favorites to some niche power moves, here’s what these brilliant minds are using to work smarter, move faster, and occasionally—yes—sound way cooler in meetings.

Let’s go.

🧠 Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez – The Productivity Powerhouse
Antonio’s stack screams “efficiency overload” (in the best way):

  • ChatGPT – Not just for chatting. He’s using it for automation, data wrangling, and documentation. It’s his digital sidekick.
  • PMOtto GPT – A custom-built project management guru in AI form. Basically Antonio… but scalable.
  • Marshall Goldsmith AI – A leadership coach trained by, you guessed it, the Marshall Goldsmith. Growth, but make it executive.
  • AI Predictor – Want to know if your project’s doomed before you even start? This ML tool gives you the odds.
  • NotebookLM – Research and content planning made not boring. Drag, drop, insight.

🤓 Lukáš Sýkora – The Tech Whisperer
If Lukáš had a toolbelt, it would include:

  • ChatGPT – For coding help, idea dumps, and content magic.
  • TensorFlow – His bestie for building neural networks. Python loves it. So does he.
  • Scikit-learn – Oldie, but a goodie for classic machine learning.
  • Piper – Text-to-speech that won’t make your ears bleed.
  • H2O.ai AutoML – Drag, drop, and let it work its AutoML magic. Minimal tuning, maximum flex.

💼 Valerie Michaelis – The Productivity Queen (With Style)
Valerie’s setup is sleek, secure, and seriously smart:

  • ChatGPT & Gemini – Brainstorming, drafting, researching—these two are her go-to copilots (pun very intended).
  • Microsoft Copilot – Corporate-level AI that respects your data privacy. Drafts emails and keeps secrets.
  • Cursor – Real-time coding help for both devs and brave non-coders. #VibeCoding is real.
  • Perplexity – Like Google, but smarter. And it cites its sources (👀 looking at you, search engines).
  • DALL·E – Turns wild ideas into visuals. Think: “dancing robot on Mars giving a TED Talk.” Yeah, it can.

🛠️ André Melancia – The Dev Who Brought the Whole Toolbox
André’s AI setup is stacked:

  • Microsoft Bing Copilot – ChatGPT, but with web power. Searches while it thinks. 🤯
  • Azure AI Foundry – Playground + lab + launchpad for devs. Build, test, ship.
  • GitHub Copilot – The “pair programmer” you won’t get tired of.
  • Microsoft Fabric – Handles your AI infrastructure so you don’t have to. Just vibes.
  • Classic ML tools – Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch… he’s fluent in all of them.

✨ Andrea Huertas – The Creative Strategist
Andrea’s favorites are all about turning ideas into impact:

  • ChatGPT – Idea generation, summarizing, content writing—it’s her creative partner-in-crime.
  • Power BI Copilot – Visualizes data like a boss. And makes you look good in meetings.
  • Microsoft Designer – Design, but without the pain of starting from scratch.
  • Copilot in Power Automate – Automates the boring stuff so you can focus on the cool stuff.
  • Whimsical AI – Makes flowcharts and wireframes in minutes. Hello, clarity.

So… what did we learn?

✅ AI isn’t just “a thing techies use.”
✅ It’s transforming every role—from dev to designer, PM to coach.
✅ The best tools? The ones that save you time, spark ideas, and make you look like a genius.

So whether you’re deep in the ML trenches or just trying to automate your meeting notes—there’s an AI tool out there for you.

Coming to AI Festival?

Pro tip: ask it to summarize this blog post. You’ll see why everyone’s hooked. 😏