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