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The AI stack for professional designers.

From hype to handoff: Explore.Test.Design.

NwWv is an AI-integrated design agency, weekly newsletter, and active community for today’s creative professional figuring out a new generation of tools.

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Creative AI Stack
Weekly, Tuesdays 6 a.m. MT. Free.

This week's stack

Weekly Stack

Use: worth adding to your stack now.Skip: not worth your time or money.Watch: promising, not ready yet.

Early verdicts: based on public docs and pricing as of Oct 2026, not yet hands-on tested. Full tests coming in the newsletter.

Real briefs. Real tools.
The whole process.

Case Study · Paid tier

Each month a Paid member opts in with a real brief. A creative director runs it through the stack, and Paid members get the case study: tools, prompts, what worked, what didn't, and the final outputs.

Briefs are shared with permission and can be anonymized.

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Agent recipes

Agent workflows in n8n, Zapier, and Claude that put a Use verdict to work. Every recipe ends with "or we'll run it for you."

Backstop by New Wave

Our done-for-you studio. Agents produce your weekly on-brand posts and ad variants, brand QA checks them, and a creative director signs off. You can start without a sales call. The roster is capped at 8 clients.

Core

$600/mo

12 posts and 10 ad variants a month across 2 channels, with creative director sign-off.

Plus

$1,000/mo

20 posts and 25 ad variants a month across 3 channels, with creative director sign-off.

Premium

$1,500/mo

Everything in Plus, plus a monthly campaign concept, a web or landing-page refresh asset, a monthly creative director note, and a short kickoff call.

Full Agency

$9,500/mo

Limited to 2 clients · $2,500 setup

Your outsourced creative department, for startups and small businesses that don't want to build an in-house team.

  • Brand strategy and identity stewardship
  • Full monthly content calendar with social content across 3–4 platforms
  • Paid ad creative with weekly refreshes
  • Website and landing-page updates
  • Email and newsletter design
  • A monthly campaign concept
  • Monthly performance report
  • One monthly strategy call
  • 2-business-day turnaround

Media spend and ad account management not included.

$500 setup on Core, Plus, and Premium. Full Agency setup is $2,500. A waitlist opens when the roster is full.

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Top 3 verdicts every week, plus the monthly Starter Stack issue.

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Paid Founding rate $8/mo, first 100

$12/mo

or $120/yr

Every tool sorted by creative job, with a verdict, a tested sample, and prompts. Monthly case studies from real member briefs.

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Student

$5/mo

or $48/yr. Verified student or .edu email.

Every tool sorted by creative job, with a verdict, a tested sample, and prompts, plus the AI-Native Starter Stack track. Case Study not included.

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For sponsors

Featured listings · Sponsor slots

Featured listings get a labeled spot in the tool directory and the issue, kept apart from the verdicts. Sponsor slots cover newsletter placements, sponsored tutorials, and sponsored Case Study features. We sell format sponsorships, never outcomes.

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Questions

Who decides the verdicts?

AI agents scout and run first-pass tests. A working creative director reviews the outputs and makes every final Use / Skip / Watch call.

Can a tool company pay for a better verdict?

No. Sponsors and featured listings buy labeled visibility, never a score, a ranking, or copy review. There is no pay-to-remove for Skip verdicts.

What's the difference between free and paid?

Free readers get the top 3 verdicts each week. Paid readers ($12/mo or $120/yr) get every tool sorted by creative job, tested samples, prompts, and monthly case studies from real member briefs.

Is there a student discount?

Yes. Verified students or .edu emails get the paid newsletter for $5/mo or $48/yr, plus the AI-Native Starter Stack track. Case Study is not included.

What is Backstop by New Wave?

Our done-for-you studio. Agents produce weekly on-brand social posts and ad variants, and a human creative director approves them. Plans are $600, $1,000, or $1,500 per month plus a $500 setup fee, with a roster capped at 8 clients. Full Agency is $9,500 per month plus a $2,500 setup fee, limited to 2 clients.

Do you use affiliate links?

Only on tools rated Use, always disclosed, and never on tools rated Skip. Affiliate status never decides a verdict.