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Which AI tools should a founder actually put in their first ad stack?

You need few tools: one for creative generation, one for research and briefs, one for analysis, and a general assistant for copy and customer research. Start with what the platforms give you free: Meta's Ads Creative Studio and AI business assistant, and Google's AI Max. Meta's ads MCP server can also connect your assistant to your ad account to pull reports and draft campaigns you approve. Make each tool earn its keep against a real weekly workflow, prove the loop on a small budget, then upgrade the bottleneck.

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