Happy Monday! It's the start of another week which means even more cool products are launching. In today's digest, I'm covering a developer tool that makes testing and shipping APIs easier and faster. But first…
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💰Google is reportedly in talks to make its biggest startup acquisition ever.
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If you're a seasoned developer, you know the importance of testing your code, especially if you're gearing up to launch a product to potentially millions of people. It's a time-consuming process that, in Abhishek Saikia's experience, doesn't always instill confidence.
After years of building, testing, and releasing products to massive audiences, Abhishek and his co-founder Sourabh Gawande decided to collaborate and explore ways to make the testing process more intuitive. The result is KushoAI.
Kusho is an AI agent explicitly designed for API testing. It helps developers automatically find bugs in their APIs before they deploy them. Drop in an API spec, and Kusho will generate an exhaustive set of tests based on real-world scenarios to identify any issues that could break your code in production.
From there, you can run each test individually if you want to go through everything with a fine-tooth comb or bundle them up and run them simultaneously. Kusho will then use AI to generate detailed assertions for each scenario so you can test the accuracy and reliability of your APIs.
Like other developer-orientated AI apps, Kusho uses a variety of services entwined together to create something bigger than the sum of its parts. Groq is one of them. It is an alternative to OpenAI, which Kusho founders described as a "blazingly fast large language model for code generation."
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS
Shadow is an AI-powered meeting assistant designed to make you more productive. It's a copilot that handles everything from note-taking to action-item completions.
Shovel is a minimalist productivity tool to help you eliminate distractions and get deep work done. It keeps important info all in one place so you can focus on the task at hand
MAKER TOOLS
Stop Copycats is a service designed to prevent people from outright copying your startup. Simply upload information about the copycat and it will judge whether or not it is one, from there it will inform providers and get it shut down.
Project Atlas Desktop lets you build complex, AI-powered business automation agents without writing any code. You can use natural language to generate an agent for any task.
FUN TOOLS
Brick Photos uses AI to let you turn any photo of yourself or others into a fun, Lego-inspired rendition of it.