AI Tool Radar — weekly catalog of what's new in AI tooling
The AI Tool Radar at /surfaced ships as a weekly, hand-curated catalog of new AI tools with launch links, pricing notes, and a one-line take. The first ten editions are live.
Published
10 May 2026
UTC
Version
v0.2.0
semver-ish
Category
Tools
tools
Format
.mdx
utf-8 · hand-curated

The AI Tool Radar is live. It is a weekly, hand-curated catalog of new AI tools — what they do, what they cost, and a one-line take on whether they earn the click.
What it is
Each Surfaced edition is a short, dense list. Every entry has:
- The tool's name and a direct launch link.
- A one-sentence description.
- A pricing note — free, freemium, paid, or open source.
- A one-line take from the editor.
What it is not
- It is not a leaderboard. There is no ranking, no scoring, no "best of".
- It is not a directory. The list resets every week and we delete the entries that did not earn a return visit.
- It is not paid placement. We do not accept submissions and we do not take commissions on the tools we link.
Why a separate surface from /tools
The /tools catalog is our own utilities. Surfaced is everyone else's.
Keeping them on separate routes lets each one keep its own conventions —
/tools ships only zero-tracking client-side utilities; Surfaced is
willing to link a tool with a server, an account, or a price tag if the
tool itself earns the slot.