The AI revolution is upon us, but fear not small businesses and startups! You don't need a hefty budget to tap into the power of artificial intelligence. Here are 5 FREE AI tools that can boost your productivity, creativity, customer service, and efficiency:

Content Creation:

1. Jasper AI: Stuck staring at a blank page? Jasper AI uses AI to write compelling blog posts, website copy, ad copy, and even social media captions, freeing you to focus on strategy. Get started with 10,000 free credits.

2. Writesonic: Similar to Jasper, Writesonic offers a suite of AI writing tools for crafting product descriptions, landing pages, emails, and more. They even have an AI poem generator for a touch of creative flair! Enjoy 10 credits per month for free.

3. Lumen5 AI Video Assistant: Turn written content into engaging video stories with Lumen5's free plan. Access basic templates, royalty-free footage, and limited video exports.

Design and Visuals:

4. DALL-E 2: Unleash your imagination with DALL-E 2, an AI image generator that creates unique visuals based on your text descriptions. Perfect for social media posts, presentations, or even brainstorming product ideas. Utilize 50 free image generations per month.

5. Canva AI Image Background Remover: Remove pesky backgrounds from your photos with a single click thanks to Canva's AI-powered tool. Perfect for product shots, team photos, and more. Enjoy unlimited free background removals.

Customer Support and Engagement:

6. ManyChat: Build AI-powered chatbots for your website or Facebook Messenger to answer customer questions, collect feedback, and even generate leads. The free plan allows limited chatbot interactions and basic features.

7. Drift: Leverage Drift's conversational marketing platform to qualify leads and engage website visitors with AI-powered chatbots. The free plan offers basic chat functionality and 100 chatbot conversations per month.

We’ve used a few of these like Canva, DALLE-E, and Jasper. Have you used any of the tools above? What other tools have you used or would you recommend? Let us know in the comments below!

Interested in more AI tools? Check out our upcoming event, Remarkable AI on March 13 where companies will showcase their AI tech and Guy Kawasaki, Claire Delaunay (farm-NG), and Lila Tretikov (Microsoft), and more will discuss the implications of AI.