Alai

Alai: An AI presentation maker that keeps slides editable

Alai is a Y Combinator-backed AI presentation maker that turns prompts and imported content into fully editable slide decks. Where many generators hand back a fixed layout, Alai produces four distinct design options per slide and keeps everything adjustable — edit by follow-up prompt or drag elements directly on a responsive canvas that auto-adjusts spacing and layout as you work.

Brand consistency is the other pillar: Alai builds a custom design system from your brand assets, website, or existing decks and applies it across everything it generates. Existing presentations and documents can be imported and restyled, and finished work exports to PowerPoint or PDF on every plan, including Free. Beyond decks, current positioning spans infographics, carousels, posters, and social graphics, plus a public API.

Key Features

• Prompt-to-deck generation with four design options per slide
• AI editing via prompts plus full manual editing on a responsive canvas
• Custom brand design systems built from your assets, site, or old decks
• Import and restyle existing documents and presentations
• PowerPoint and PDF export on all plans, including Free
• Multi-format output: infographics, carousels, posters, social posts
• Public API (docs.getalai.com) for programmatic generation

Ideal Use Case

A founder or consultant who lives in decks can go from outline to a client-ready, on-brand presentation in minutes, then fine-tune slides by hand instead of fighting a locked template. The free plan (300 monthly credits, up to 10 AI slides per prompt, PPT export) is a real working tier, not a preview.

How Alai differentiates

Alai's bet is editability plus brand fidelity — four design candidates per slide and a design system trained on your brand, rather than a one-shot generated deck you can't touch. Production credibility: Y Combinator Winter 2024; founded 2023 by Anmol Sood (ex-Meta staff engineer on the Threads launch) and Krishna Gupta (early engineer at Replicant AI); #2 Product of the Day on Product Hunt.

FAQ

Is Alai free? Yes — the free plan includes 300 AI credits per month, up to 10 AI slides per prompt, and PDF/PPT export with a watermark. Paid plans start at $20/month (Plus), with Pro at $30 and Ultra at $80.

Can I export Alai presentations to PowerPoint? Yes — PPT and PDF export are available on every plan, including Free.

How is Alai different from other AI presentation makers? It generates four design options per slide, keeps every element manually editable, and applies a custom design system built from your own brand assets.

tl;dr

Alai generates on-brand, fully editable slide decks from prompts — four design options per slide, brand design systems, and PowerPoint export even on the free plan.

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