This is a design mockup. The prices, data answers, shutdowns, GitHub stars, and quotes from each company's own pages are real, checked October 15, 2026. The ranks, the moves, and which changes landed this week are samples.
AI1000The Guide

Catch up on the week.

Issue 1, for October 12 to 18. Out Monday, October 12, 2026.

Get the best meeting notetakers, every move in the rankings, and each price or data change we found this week.

This week it's meeting notetakers. With these tools, where your calls go matters as much as the notes. Otter, Fathom, and Granola are all in our top 10, and all three learn from your meetings by default. They strip out names first. Still, check the marks before your team signs up.

tl;dv climbed 41 places, and you can now choose whether its AI runs in Europe or the US. Cursor took over from GitHub Copilot as the number one coding assistant. We'll rank those next Monday.

Compare meeting notetakers.

Our top 10 of the 11 we rank. Next Monday, coding assistants.

Each price is what a team of 10 pays. Three of these learn from your calls, so check the marks.

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  1. 1FirefliesNo training · Pro$100 a month · $1,200 a year
  2. 2Read AIOpt-in only · Pro$150 a month · $1,800 a year
  3. 3OtterTrains on your data · Pro$83 a month · $1,000 a year
  4. 4ZoomNo training · Pro$142 a month · $1,699 a year
  5. 5AvomaNot checked yet · Startup, if all 10 record$190 a month · $2,280 a year
  6. 6tl;dvNo training · Pro€180 a month · €2,160 a year
  7. 7FathomTrains on your data · Team$150 a month · $1,800 a year
  8. 8GranolaTrains on your data · Business$140 a month · $1,680 a year
  9. 9KrispNo training · Core$80 a month · $960 a year
  10. 10GrainNo answer foundNo team price

Prices assume you pay yearly where you can. Granola bills month to month on Business, and Krisp doesn't say.

See who climbed and fell.

Our top 10 didn't move this week, but the rest did.

Biggest climbers.

  • 41 places uptl;dvMeeting notes, now #188
  • 26 places upKrispMeeting notes, now #301
  • 19 places upLindyWorkflow automation, now #140
  • 11 places upRampLegal and finance, now #25
  • 11 places upmonday.comProject management, now #44
  • 11 places upTidioCustomer support, now #115
  • 11 places upGranolaMeeting notes, now #226
  • 11 places upRytrWriting and editing, now #354
  • 7 places upHeyGenVideo, now #149
  • 7 places upContentStudioSocial media, now #185
  • 7 places upWritesonicWriting and editing, now #238
  • 7 places upLe ChatAI assistants, now #256
  • 7 places upReclaim.aiCalendars, now #341
  • 7 places upOpenAI APIAI models and APIs, now #384
  • 7 places upGammaDesign and images, now #426
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Biggest fallers.

  • 9 places downAirtableProject management, now #34
  • 9 places downCodaDocs and wikis, now #38
  • 9 places downHootsuiteSocial media, now #74
  • 9 places downClickUpProject management, now #92
  • 9 places downAvomaMeeting notes, now #97
  • 9 places downBufferSocial media, now #111
  • 9 places downGrokAI assistants, now #117
  • 9 places downDescriptVideo, now #126
  • 9 places downSalesforce AgentforceSales and CRM, now #242
  • 9 places downLoomVideo, now #294
  • 9 places downLovableCoding, now #300
  • 9 places downPoeAI assistants, now #352
  • 9 places downHiggsfieldVideo, now #446
  • 9 places downRecraftDesign and images, now #490
  • 9 places downApollo.ioSales and CRM, now #509

Nobody fell further than nine places this week.

New number ones.

  • #1CursorCoding assistants, taking over from GitHub Copilot

No other category got a new number one this week.

New and gone.

  • NewAttioSales and CRM, in at #377
  • NewGumloopWorkflow automation, in at #412
  • GoneRelay.appShut down in SeptemberOn relay.app, it says Relay.app shut down in September 2026.
  • GoneClockwiseClosing as its team joins SalesforceOn getclockwise.com, it says the Clockwise team is joining Salesforce. As part of this transition, Clockwise will be going away.

And 21 more new tools joined the Guide.

See what changed this week.

Every change comes with the company's own words and a link to the page they're on.

  • Data
    tl;dvYou can now choose whether its AI runs in Europe or the US.tldv.io, checked Oct 15
  • Data
    GranolaOn Business, it trains on your notes by default, with names stripped out. You can switch it off in Settings.granola.ai, checked Oct 15
  • Price
    ZoomPro is $14.16 a person a month if you pay yearly, or $16.99 month to month.zoom.us, checked Oct 15
  • Price
    AvomaStartup is $19 a month for each person who records, paid yearly. Everyone else watches free.avoma.com, checked Oct 15

Hear about the next change.

Save any tool you're weighing up. Make a free account, and we'll email you when its price or data policy changes. Start with this week's notetakers.

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See what's rising on GitHub.

These 7 AI projects gained the most stars this week on GitHub's weekly trending list.

We left out one repo. It gained 248,962 stars this week, 84% of all it has, and they looked bought.

  1. 1mattpocock/skills11,937 stars this week
  2. 2cathrynlavery/diagram-design9,024 stars this week
  3. 3heygen-com/hyperframes5,601 stars this week
  4. 4mksglu/context-mode4,207 stars this week
  5. 5anthropics/claude-plugins-official2,328 stars this week
  6. 6earthtojake/text-to-cad2,286 stars this week
  7. 7ranxianglei/billion-context779 stars this week

Stars gained from October 12 to 18.

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