Unlocking the Future: 40+ AI Tools Every Small Business Owner Should Know About in 2025

If you’re a small business owner trying to do all the things—from marketing and customer service to product creation and admin—you’re not alone. But what if you could delegate half of that workload to a tireless team of AI-powered assistants? Thanks to rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, that dream is now a reality. Inspired by the a16z “Apps Unwrapped” collection, here’s your comprehensive guide to the most powerful AI tools available right now—organized by function and tailored for entrepreneurs like you. 🔍 General AI Assistants: Your Brainy Backups These tools help you find answers, generate ideas, and solve everyday challenges quickly. Perplexity Think of it as “Google with a PhD.” Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine that not only finds relevant information—it synthesizes it. Perfect for research, competitor analysis, or quickly understanding new concepts. Claude (Anthropic) Claude is a fantastic general-purpose chatbot. It excels at reading long d...