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The AI Core Index · Issue 33

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Issue 33 — The tools that deleted my busywork
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Top pick
Cursor94

Deletes context-switching between files. Best-in-class for refactors — pricing bites above three seats.

Biggest mover

Raycast AI · ▲ 4. Quietly replacing three manual ops a day. The one most readers slept on.

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