Weekly Issue · 19 Oct 2026
FyndMyAI weekly issue for 14–16 Oct 2026: 120 new launches (89 tools, 31 agents), pricing checks, and commentary.
Coverage window: 14–16 Oct 2026 (import dates merged into the repo since the 13 Oct issue; no imports on 17–18 Oct)
Source: FyndMyAI daily import files (scripts/imports/2026-10-14 … 2026-10-16, tools + agents), deduplicated by URL, with no overlap with last week's set. Upstream sources: There's An AI For That (79), FutureTools (22), Product Hunt (12), AI Census (7).
Catalog context: fyndmyai.com/data/catalog/home.json (generated 18 Oct 2026, 18:43 UTC / 19 Oct, 00:13 IST) lists 6,823 tools (up 89 from 6,734 on 13 Oct) and 276 agents (up 31 from 245). Both deltas match this window's imports exactly.
Next issue preview: another 96 listings (70 tools, 26 agents) from 19 Oct are waiting in open repo PRs #160 and #163. They are not counted here.
1. Headline numbers
120 new launches added in the window: 89 tools + 31 agents.
| Category | New launches |
|---|---|
| Software & Development | 40 |
| Media & Content Creation | 34 |
| Marketing, Sales & Customer Experience | 15 |
| Data & Analytics | 7 |
| Productivity & Collaboration | 6 |
| Education & E-learning | 5 |
| E-commerce & Retail | 4 |
| HR & Recruitment | 3 |
| Foundational Models & APIs | 2 |
| Security & Cybersecurity | 2 |
| Real Estate & Property Tech | 1 |
| Travel & Hospitality | 1 |
Pricing model mix (all 120, as recorded at import): Freemium 60 · Free Trial 21 · Paid 20 · Free 19.
By day: 14 Oct 33 · 15 Oct 64 · 16 Oct 23.
Week over week: Software & Development rose to 33% of launches (40 of 120) from 22% (51 of 231). Fully free listings rose to 16% (19 of 120) from 4% (10 of 231). 23 of the 31 new agents sit in Software & Development.
Pricing marked ✔ verified was checked on the vendor's live site on 19 Oct 2026. Other pricing is as recorded by the import routine and has not been rechecked.
2. Top 3 categories
Software & Development (40)
Workflow Automation 16 · Assistants & Chatbots 11 · Code Gen & Review 5 · No-code Builders 4 · Testing 2 · AIOps 1 · DevOps 1 · Freemium 17 / Free 12 / Free Trial 6 / Paid 5
| Tool | Positioning | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Lispa | Cloud team of coding agents that builds, tests and reviews one backlog task in your repo | Paid: Lite $20/mo including $20 of usage credits ✔ verified |
| Zo | Personal cloud computer with an always-on agent that can host sites and services | Free Trial (14 days), then Basic $18, Pro $64, Ultra $200/mo ✔ verified |
| Retriever AI | Browser agent (Chrome extension and cloud browsers) for multi-step web jobs | Freemium: sponsored Free Mode, Starter $9.99/mo ✔ verified |
| Backdrop | Builder for team "AI coworkers" with shared memory, permissions and approvals | Freemium: first coworker free, Base $100/mo per coworker ✔ verified |
| Afterparty | Turns meeting transcripts into recap emails, invites and CRM updates, each held for approval | Freemium: $0, Pro $29/mo, Max $79/mo ✔ verified |
| Kai | Inbox, meetings and scheduling assistant that can hand tasks to Claude or ChatGPT | Free trial, then Base $20, Pro $50, Ultra $100 per seat/mo ✔ verified |
| Arize AX | Traces and scores agent runs to track issues | Freemium: AX Free $0, AX Pro $50/mo ✔ verified |
| HeyDeer | AI review of GitHub pull requests, optionally opening a fix PR | Freemium: Starter $9/mo on live site (import recorded $12) ✔ verified, see watchlist |
| OpenCode | Open-source coding agent for terminal, desktop or editor | Free (import: optional Zen model pool from $20 top-up) |
| Retasc | Issue tracker that leases backlog items to coding agents so two agents don't take the same task | Free Trial (import: $10 usage on signup) |
Media & Content Creation (34)
Text/Image/Video Generation 27 · Synthetic Media 3 · A/V Editing 3 · Social Content Planning 1 · Freemium 20 / Paid 8 / Free 3 / Free Trial 3
| Tool | Positioning | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Teasr | Paste a website, get a 15–60 second branded motion video in about 8 minutes | Per video: $21.06 (15s) to $53.46 (60s) ✔ verified |
| Solmi | Turns an uploaded song into a lyric-synced, lip-synced music video | Freemium: Plus $35, Creator $85, Pro $135/mo ✔ verified |
| DREAMMMER | Describe the finished photo; it plans edits and picks the model, refunds failed credits | Free Trial (50 credits), Starter $29/mo ✔ verified |
| Canvora | Drafts to on-brand posts, carousels, decks and ads, including from ChatGPT and Claude | Freemium: Starter $19/mo for 1,000 credits ✔ verified |
| AutoSprite | One sprite plus a moveset to a game-engine-ready spritesheet | Freemium: Starter $12/mo, Pro $29/mo ✔ verified |
| KiwiMotion AI | One workspace for image, video, voice and avatars across hosted models | Paid: Standard $19.99/mo billed annually (800 credits) ✔ verified |
| Maxsa AI | Anime and manga stills, storyboard to short clip | Paid: Starter $12/mo for 1,500 credits; $5 one-time pack of 600 ✔ verified |
| mimem.ai | Markerless motion capture from ordinary cameras, exported as FBX | Freemium (import: free plan up to 3 cameras) |
| OpenScreen | Open-source screen recorder and editor for Windows, macOS and Linux | Free (import) |
Marketing, Sales & Customer Experience (15)
Sales Prospecting 4 · Copywriting 3 · Chatbots 2 · SEO & Website Audits 2 · Email 1 · Proposals 1 · Social 1 · Lead Scoring 1 · Free Trial 7 / Freemium 7 / Paid 1
| Tool | Positioning | Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| Pancake | GTM agent that finds buyers from funding and hiring signals and drafts outreach you approve | Self-serve $99/mo per workspace (credit tiers to $1,299/mo) ✔ verified |
| SalesRep.com | Agents qualify leads on messaging channels and turn questions into quotes | Free Trial (21 days), Starter $39/mo with 3 users ✔ verified |
| Kairosy AI | Scores how ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity talk about a brand | 7-day trial, then Basic $29, Pro $99, Growth $399/mo ✔ verified |
| Wingflow | Cloud LinkedIn outreach that stops a sequence on reply | $49 per LinkedIn account/mo after a 7-day trial ✔ verified |
| InboxPilot | Routes a shared inbox and drafts replies from your docs for review | Starter $39/mo, or $32/mo billed annually ✔ verified |
| Agentkit | Support agent trained on site and docs, embedded or on Instagram, WhatsApp and email | Freemium: $0, Hobby $29.99/mo ($23.99 annual) ✔ verified |
| Vocapable | AI receptionist that answers calls and can dial out | Managed receptionist from $49/mo; free tier and per-minute outbound also listed ✔ verified |
| Sitelemetry | Site audit for security, SEO, AI visibility, accessibility and speed, with agent fix prompts | Freemium (import; no prices shown on the live pricing page fetch) |
3. What it means (analysis: FyndMyAI commentary, not measured data)
- Human approval is now a selling point for agents that act. 13 of this window's 120 launches say they hold a send, spend, publish or purchase until a person approves it: MausBot, Xiryn, Pancake, Okou, StellarFirm, Backdrop, Afterparty, Atticus, InboxPilot, Leveld, Amplify AI, Fraya and WEXTL. For buyers, an approval step is becoming a baseline expectation rather than a differentiator.
- Agents are moving onto the user's own machine. 15 launches are open source and 12 say they run locally or self-hosted (for example Xiryn, AirJelly, Atticus, Eney from MacPaw, BetterWispr and NoteOwl). Ghost Core goes further and sells a $3,499 on-device AI computer (import). 5 agents ask you to bring your own model key. This helps explain the jump in fully free listings from 4% to 16%.
- Tools for coding agents, not coders. 9 launches are built around coding agents: Lispa, Reason, OpenCode, Miko, HeyDeer, Retasc, Kynage Cockpit, Nuclr Commander and Skyelight. Retasc and Kynage are coordination layers (task leasing, a shared ticket desk), which points to teams running several agents at once.
- Pricing per agent, not per person, is appearing. Backdrop charges $100/mo per coworker, GBrain $199/mo per workspace with $100 of model credit included (live page also lists a $19/mo Tools plan), Brev $250/mo per organisation with $100 in starting credits, and Pancake $99/mo per workspace (all ✔ verified).
- Media volume is still credit-driven and template-heavy. 21 of 34 media launches describe credit allowances. Two more "Hotel Lobby" duet-video sites arrived (AI Migos Video, HotelLobbySi.app), on top of last week's four, alongside Bulin AI's fixed-template clips. As last week, discount media volume when sizing the category.
4. Watchlist: "AI-search visibility" (Analyst tier), first week-over-week check
| Company | Tracked signal | 13 Oct 2026 | 19 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HubSpot AEO | Price | $50/mo (site also showed $45/mo) | $50/mo, or $45/mo paid annually ✔. Unchanged; the $45 is the annual rate |
| AIGROW | Entry price | Monitoring from $29/mo | From $29/mo ✔. Unchanged |
| Manifold MCP | Pro price | $20/mo | $20/mo for 2,500 credits ✔. Unchanged |
| BlazeHive | Hosted plan | Import €179/mo, not on homepage. Flagged | Pricing page: Essential $99/mo after a 3-day trial, plus a $79/mo Backlinks add-on ✔. Resolved: entry price is $99/mo, $178/mo with the add-on |
| Naoma AI | Entry price | Import "from $249/mo"; homepage $440 figure. Flagged | Pricing page: Starter $249/mo billed annually ($2,990/yr) ✔. The $440 on the homepage is a $440k pre-seed headline, not a price. Resolved: no pricing change |
| Kairosy AI | Entry price (new this week) | n/a | Basic $29/mo, Pro $99, Growth $399 ✔ |
| HeyDeer (code review, added) | Starter price | n/a | Live $9/mo vs import $12/mo. Flag: listing data needs updating |
Counts are computed from FyndMyAI import files merged 14–16 Oct (deduplicated by URL, n=120). Prices marked ✔ were read from vendor sites on 19 Oct 2026; everything else is as recorded at import time. Keyword-based counts in section 3 come from listing descriptions and may miss products that describe the same thing in other words. Commentary is analysis, not data.