August 23, 2026 | read online →
early.tools 070: Reely is Featured!
In this edition: Ploid, Underleaf, Octolane, Possible Forms, Local Studio, Reely.
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Yo earlies. ☼ Welcome to edition #70 of the early.tools newsletter, now reaching 2808+ readers. Every Sunday, you get a quick rundown of launch updates and the most notable pre-launch startups worth watching. I'm Julian Paul, and I track tools as they move from Waitlist → Alpha → Beta → Launched, so you catch the products that matter early.  | Sponsor Brought to you by The Network — We're hiring and giving grants to solo founders & builders. |
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Reely is an AI-first launch video engine designed for app developers and indie makers who need professional promo videos without the production overhead. Users can bring a screenshot, a screen recording, or nothing at all, and Reely generates a fully art-directed launch video from that input. → Notable Mentions- OpenRec → open source macOS call recorder that transcribes without joining as a bot. keys stay in the macOS Keychain.
- Normal Tools → 193 free browser utilities, no account, nothing saved. most run client side.
- Modulato → visual-design-first React framework for transitions and animations. internal docs written for coding agents.
- Backdrop → 600+ curated backgrounds for product mockups. lifetime access at $200.
- Bot Directory → copy-and-run Grok Bot prompts, filterable by integration. copy counts show what people use.
- Turborepo → monorepo build system now aimed at coding agents. remote caching has saved 16.8M compute hours.
- How Terminals Work → interactive guide from cell grid to escape sequences. clickable 16 vs 256 vs truecolor demo.
- 1K Papers → 1,000+ AI papers from 2025 to 2026 mapped by lab and topic. sortable by citations.
- AI Engineering from Scratch → 511 lessons building every algorithm from raw math. installs as a skill your agent teaches from.
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AI-powered document editor that turns your work into beautiful, polished PDFs with composable blocks. 
AI agents trained on your best revenue team's judgment to handle account research, follow-ups, and meeting prep at scale. 
A local-first, keyboard-first spatial note-taking app for capturing atomic thoughts, linking them, and arranging them on a canvas to find meaning. 
All-in-one local AI workspace that keeps your models, runtime, and hardware together on macOS. 
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