AI news for small business, Monday, 19 October 2026
6 stories worth five minutes. What happened, and what to do about it.
HIGHLIGHT
DeepSeek opens its Search and Fetch APIs to everyone at $0.75 per 1,000 calls, alongside a new open-weight Flash model
Web search and page-fetch calls for AI tools and agents now have a public price, and a free period ends on 31 October.
DEEPSEEK API DOCS|17 OCT
13 Oct
GOGoogle AI for Developers
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Top 3 finds.
EVERY NEW AI TOOL WE PICKEDTool of the day
Inbox Zero Mail
An open-source email app for Gmail and Outlook that is free to use on web, Mac, Windows and iPhone, with all your accounts in one inbox. An optional AI add-on sorts every email and drafts replies in your voice.
19 OCT 2026
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- Writing a to-do list and then forgetting it the moment you close the app, between calls and jobs.
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- Owners who work from an iPhone all day and want one task in front of them at a time.
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- Losing working hours to social apps on the phone you also need for work.
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- Owners and staff who want a firm limit on phone distractions during the working day.
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