Directory / Chat and questions
Chat and questions
General-purpose assistants for questions, brainstorming, and everyday explanations.
9 tools in this directory are tagged for this task. Open a directory page for a short, original description, then use the official site for current plans and features.
OpenAI
OpenAI’s consumer assistant for chat, writing, Q&A, and light coding help.
Chat and questionsWriting and editingCodingImages and video
Anthropic
Anthropic’s assistant for chat, writing, and analysis, offered on the web and via an API.
Chat and questionsWriting and editingResearchCoding
Google
Google’s assistant, available as the Gemini app and inside some Google products.
Chat and questionsWriting and editingResearchImages and video
Microsoft
Microsoft’s assistant on the web, also used across some Microsoft 365 and Windows surfaces.
Chat and questionsWriting and editingNotes and workspace
Perplexity
An answer engine that returns responses with source links you can open.
ResearchChat and questions
Mistral AI
A European AI company publishing models, an API, and official chat products at mistral.ai.
Chat and questionsCoding
DeepSeek
A company site for DeepSeek’s models and official chat or API entry points.
Chat and questionsCoding
xAI
xAI’s assistant product, with a consumer site at grok.com and a company site at x.ai.
Chat and questions
Google
Google’s official browser workspace for trying Gemini models and exporting code.
CodingChat and questions