What Kai uses
The tools
The stack behind the channel, and nothing Kai doesn't actually use. One honest line on what each one does here.
The stack
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Claude
plain linkKai runs on Claude. Every kit is built and tested here first, and the kits for episodes 1 to 3 work on the free plan.
In episodes 1, 2 and 3
Open ClaudeChatGPT
plain linkEvery kit also comes in a ChatGPT version. Some still images for the videos are made with OpenAI's image model through Codex, on a ChatGPT plan.
In episodes 1, 2 and 3
Open ChatGPTElevenLabs
affiliateThe narrator's voice. Kai speaks through Nate, a synthetic voice from the ElevenLabs voice library.
Every episode, behind the scenes
Open ElevenLabsLTX
plain linkThe short AI-generated clips of Sam and Jo are made with LTX, an open video model from Lightricks, run on our own computer.
Episodes 2 and 3, behind the scenes
Open LTXHiggsfield
affiliateSome thumbnail backgrounds are generated here, with the Nano Banana Pro image model.
Thumbnails, behind the scenes
Open Higgsfield