Yesterday's Top Launches: 5 Tools from February 2, 2026
Yesterday's new tools include Willow, an AI voice assistant that lets you speak instead of type across all your computer applications.
February 2, 2026, brought a fascinating mix of new developer tools and productivity aids to the market. While not all are strictly for coders, each one aims to streamline a specific workflow, eliminating friction in areas from communication to data analysis. If you're tired of typing, wrestling with spreadsheets, or manually tracking business data, yesterday's launches might have something for you.
Willow
For anyone who spends their day communicating through text but dreads the constant clatter of a keyboard, Willow seems like a welcome arrival. It’s an AI voice typing tool designed to work across your entire computer, letting you speak your messages, emails, and even complex prompts instead of typing them.
The real appeal here is its promise of automatic editing and formatting. We’ve all tried basic speech-to-text before, only to spend more time correcting bizarre errors and adding punctuation than if we’d just typed it out manually. If Willow genuinely delivers on cleaning up your spoken words into polished text, it could be a significant time-saver. It’s positioned as a freemium tool, so you can test its accuracy on your own voice and accent without any commitment. This feels particularly useful for developers and writers who need to draft long-form content or documentation but want to give their wrists a break.
You can find more details about Willow here.
Pandada AI
Data analysis is a fundamental part of modern business, but the path from a raw data file to a clear insight is often blocked by the need for SQL queries, Python scripts, or complex spreadsheet formulas. Pandada AI aims to bulldoze that barrier. The concept is straightforward: you upload a file—a CSV, Excel spreadsheet, or similar—and then ask questions about your data in plain English.
Instead of writing a VLOOKUP or a GROUP BY statement, you might type, “Show me monthly sales by region as a bar chart.” Pandada AI then generates that chart and the underlying insights instantly. This is a classic example of AI democratizing a technical skill. It’s not necessarily for the data scientist building a complex predictive model, but for the marketing manager, project lead, or startup founder who needs quick, actionable answers from their data without a dependency on the tech team. The freemium model makes it easy for small teams to experiment with this conversational approach to business intelligence.
Learn more about Pandada AI on its project page here.
TravelAnimator
This one is a bit more niche but solves a very specific visual problem. TravelAnimator does exactly what its name suggests: it animates travel routes. If you’ve ever wanted to create a slick video showing your road trip across the country or the itinerary for an upcoming vacation, this tool simplifies the process dramatically.
You start with a Google Maps URL of your route, and within a few clicks, TravelAnimator generates a video with a moving marker tracing your path on the map. It’s the kind of visual asset that’s great for travel bloggers, tourism agencies, or even just someone wanting to share their adventure in a more dynamic way on social media. The limitation to mobile platforms suggests it’s built for on-the-go creation, which fits the use case perfectly. While it might not be a daily driver for most professionals, it’s a clever tool that eliminates the need for video editing skills or complex software like After Effects for a specific, visually appealing outcome.
Check out how TravelAnimator works here.
Fundable
For those in the startup and venture capital ecosystem, staying on top of new deals, funding rounds, and key players is a full-time job. Fundable positions itself as a real-time data platform to automate that intelligence gathering. It tracks venture-backed startups from their initial raise onward, providing detailed profiles and, importantly, natural language deal alerts.
Imagine being able to set an alert for “Series A rounds in the AI cybersecurity space over $10 million” and getting notified instantly. For investors, this is invaluable for deal sourcing. For founders, it’s a way to conduct competitive analysis and understand market trends without constantly scraping news sites and SEC filings. The fact that it offers an API is a significant plus for developers who want to integrate this live data stream directly into their own internal dashboards or applications. As a freemium product, it likely allows for a certain number of free searches or alerts, making it accessible for analysts and entrepreneurs at smaller firms.
Dive into the data with Fundable here.
Kipps AI WhatsApp Agent
Customer service and engagement via messaging apps, particularly WhatsApp, is massive in many parts of the world. Kipps.AI tackles this space head-on by offering what it calls “voice, chat, and WhatsApp agents.” The goal is to handle high volumes of customer conversations with a level of intelligence and reliability that feels human.
The key differentiator here seems to be the focus on seamless collaboration. The best AI agents aren’t those that try to pretend to be human in every scenario, but those that can handle routine queries flawlessly and escalate complex issues to a human agent with full context. If Kipps.AI can truly deliver “unmatched reliability,” it would solve a major pain point for e-commerce businesses, support teams, and any organization using WhatsApp as a primary communication channel. The API access means it can be woven into existing CRM and helpdesk systems, making it a powerful backend tool for developers building customer-facing applications.
See how Kipps.AI is automating conversations here.
Quick Links
For easy access, here’s a list of all the products covered from the February 2 launches: