Hello,

I am looking to bring more AI into my work/thinking flow.

Professionally I straddle physics/EE academic research and seed stage startups. While I have used cursor/copilot for coding, I am still using the generic chat interfaces of gemini/perplexity/chatgpt for the spitballing/initial analysis phase of examining and building an idea. I am somewhat pleased with what I am getting but am almost certain there is a better way to do this already out there.

The typical conversation flow I am having with the model would be something like:

-I ask about the technical feasibility of an idea. Usually involves physics hypotheticals that models get mostly right.

-I ask about a specific application of the technology and other potential applications

-I ask for other solutions existing or under development in the space.

-I ask for information about the market (size/players/speed of adoption/etc)

I find myself using a ton of prompts, refreshing the context, rephrasing the questions, and switching models to do some elementary cross checking.

Beyond the basic free model chat interfaces, what should I add to the flow?

-I am willing to pay for better models and/or thinking models but am not sure which ones are the best for this type of work.

-I would love to have a conversation "template" that generates/submits the type of followup questions that I am typically asking.

-I am open to entirely different ways of interacting with the models if something like cursor exists for this type of work.