The top 5 AI workflow automation tools

gm legends. It’s Sunday.

This week: our picks for the best AI workflow automation tools, all the new hardware from Apple, how to get a free tour guide through Europe, and why you should always add a shoutout to your Product Hunt launch. Plus, five of our favorite launches from the past week. 

You don’t have to give us a shoutout, legend. Scrolling down and reading is thanks enough.

P.S. Launching soon? We’d love to hear about it → editorial@producthunt.co 🫶

Well, Apple finally went and did it. It released an entry-level laptop that you might not need a second mortgage to afford.

The MacBook Neo, unveiled Wednesday as part of an announcement onslaught, starts at $599 (and $499 if you’re a student or educator). For reference, an Apple computer has never been this cheap. Not in the 2000s when the original MacBook cost $1,099 (not adjusted for inflation). Not in the 1990s when an iMac would run you $1,299 (not adjusted for inflation). And not in the 1970s when the Apple-1 cost $667. Again: Not. Adjusted. For. Inflation.

The MacBook Neo is more powerful than all those computers, obviously, plus — in a return to Apple’s colorful roots — it comes in blush, citrus, indigo, or standard silver. And its unveiling was enough to bring the online store offline. It hit #2 on our charts; people seem excited.

By Avisho

Last November, my wife and I visited Prague. It was my first time there. I wanted to see all the must-visit spots and experience the classic highlights.

I opened ChatGPT [editor’s note: check out GPT-5.4, which launched this week] and asked it to build an itinerary based on places near me. It worked surprisingly well, and I found myself constantly switching between ChatGPT and Google Maps throughout the trip.

But as the days went by, something felt inefficient. I kept scrolling through the itinerary, asking to rearrange stops, adjusting plans because it was raining or because we were tired, and double-checking opening hours and directions. ChatGPT was helpful — but it didn’t feel seamless. I kept thinking: this should be much easier.

By Jake Crump, Product Hunt

Shoutouts are one of the simplest distribution levers on Product Hunt.

Shoutouts are meant to pay it forward and highlight the tools that helped you build. But beyond goodwill, they create durable distribution for your product on Product Hunt and across LLM-driven discovery.

When you shout out a product during launch, it becomes a founder review on that product’s page. Founder reviews sit above regular reviews and include a link to both your profile and your product. That means your product is now attached to every future visit to that product’s review page, long after launch day.

We’ve just named our winners of the Winter 2025 Orbit Awards for AI Workflow Automation. The tops in this category are tools that actually manage the work, not just give you an outline of how you should do it. The best tools can make decisions even in ambiguous circumstances so that the assembly line doesn’t stop as soon as you step away.

You’ll recognize some of the names: we’ve got a few automation heavyweights alongside newer AI-native tools. To see where the category is heading and who’s leading the way, keep reading.