AI Tech Stack for Startups

22 items

Convex

Open-source reactive backend with real-time sync. TypeScript-first with auto-generated APIs, built-in auth, and cron jobs. Queries run directly in the database with no cache invalidation needed.

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Supabase

Open-source Firebase alternative built on Postgres. Includes auth, real-time subscriptions, storage, and edge functions. Self-hostable with predictable pricing.

Backend Database
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Trigger.dev

Open-source background jobs platform for TypeScript. Handles long-running AI workflows, retries, queues, and human-in-the-loop approvals. No timeouts.

Backend Jobs
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Tailwind CSS

Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development. Build custom designs without leaving your HTML. Industry standard for modern web apps.

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shadcn/ui

Copy-paste React components built with Radix UI and Tailwind. Full code ownership, WCAG compliant, and works perfectly with AI coding tools. 100k+ GitHub stars.

Frontend Components
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21st.dev

AI-powered UI component library with 400k+ components. Browse, publish, and remix components with code previews. CLI integration via npx for easy installation.

Frontend AI
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PostHog

Open-source product analytics with session replay, feature flags, A/B testing, and surveys. Generous free tier. All-in-one platform for product teams.

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Knock

Notification infrastructure for cross-channel messaging. Single API for email, SMS, push, Slack, and in-app. Version-controlled templates with CLI support.

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Sentry

Application monitoring and error tracking. Real-time crash reporting with stack traces, performance monitoring, and release tracking. Essential for production apps.

Monitoring Errors
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Autumn

Open-source pricing and billing platform built on Stripe. Handles checkouts, subscriptions, usage tracking, and paywalls. Three-step payment with no webhooks needed.

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Stripe

Payment infrastructure for the internet. Handles payments, subscriptions, invoicing, and financial reporting. Industry standard for SaaS billing.

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Firebase

Google's app development platform. Real-time database, authentication, hosting, cloud functions, and analytics. Great for rapid prototyping and MVPs.

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Clerk

Complete authentication and user management. Drop-in UI components, flexible APIs, and admin dashboards. Free for first 50k monthly users. HIPAA compliant.

Auth Users
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Resend

Email API built for developers. Modern REST API with React Email integration for beautiful templates. SDKs for Node.js, Python, Go, and more.

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Bun

All-in-one JavaScript runtime, bundler, test runner, and package manager. 10-30% less memory than Node.js. Built-in database clients and zero-config frontend dev.

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Vercel

Frontend cloud platform for deploying web applications. Zero-config deployments, edge functions, and analytics. Created Next.js and the AI SDK.

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next-forge

Production-grade Turborepo template for Next.js by Vercel. Includes auth, database, payments, docs, blog, analytics, emails, and feature flags out of the box.

Starter Next.js
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Vercel AI SDK

TypeScript toolkit for building AI apps with 20M+ monthly downloads. Unified API for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google. Agent abstraction, streaming UI, and structured outputs.

AI SDK
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Mobbin

World's largest UI/UX design reference library with 400k+ screenshots. Search by screens, UI elements, flows, or text. Figma integration for direct copying.

Design Reference
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Intercom

AI-first customer service platform. Live chat, help center, and AI agent for support automation. Used by 25k+ businesses for customer engagement.

Support Chat
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Expo

Production-grade React Native framework. File-based routing, OTA updates, and one-click deployments. 94% of cross-platform apps use React Native.

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RevenueCat

Cross-platform subscription infrastructure for mobile apps. Handles iOS, Android, and web subscriptions from one codebase. Analytics for MRR, churn, and LTV.

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