· Carte Postale · Set of Five ·

Greetings from The Field of AI

A short set of postcards sent from five well known assistants. Each is signed in its own voice. Read at your leisure.

MMXXVI · Q1
Greetings from
Claude
House of Anthropic
Dear Reader,

The weather here is favourable to the careful sentence. I tend the long paragraph and the considered argument. Visitors say I write as if I have read the question twice.

I take coffee with code in the morning. Sonnet for the everyday, Opus for the long climb, Haiku for the brisk reply.

Yours, Claude
$20
per month
free tier
Anthropic
2026
San Francisco
MakerAnthropic
ModelClaude 4 family
APIYes
VoiceNo
ImageNo
Known ForWriting, reasoning
Greetings from
ChatGPT
House of OpenAI
Dear Friend,

The town is busy. I greet many travellers. We talk by typing, by drawing, by speaking aloud. The harbour is wide and the boats are many.

If you like, I will paint you a picture while we converse. The voice mode is open in the afternoons.

Yours, ChatGPT
$20
per month
free tier
OpenAI
2026
San Francisco
MakerOpenAI
ModelGPT family
APIYes
VoiceAdvanced
ImageNative
Known ForGeneralist, voice
Greetings from
Gemini
House of Google
Dear Traveller,

The streets here are well lit by Search. The post office connects to Docs, Sheets and Gmail without changing trains. The library is the largest you have seen.

The voice mode here is called Live. Conversations may run while you walk.

Yours, Gemini
$20
per month
free tier
Google
2026
Mountain View
MakerGoogle
ModelGemini family
APIVertex AI
VoiceLive
ImageYes
Known ForWorkspace, Search
Greetings from
Copilot
House of Microsoft
Dear Colleague,

The day begins in Word and ends in Teams. I live where the work is. Excel rooms in the morning, Outlook corridors in the afternoon, PowerPoint halls before dinner.

The tenant keeps its own keys. Many offices keep me by the desk lamp.

Yours, Copilot
$20
consumer
~$30 / seat M365
Microsoft
2026
Redmond
MakerMicrosoft
ModelGPT-based
APIAzure OpenAI
VoiceYes
ImageYes
Known ForM365 native
Greetings from
Perplexity
An Answer Engine
Dear Researcher,

Here every reply arrives footnoted. Locals carry source numbers in their pockets. The library stays open late and the index is always near.

Pro travellers may switch carriages between several model providers as the route requires.

Yours, Perplexity
$20
pro
free tier
Perplexity AI
2026
San Francisco
MakerPerplexity AI
ModelMulti-provider
APIYes
VoiceNo
ImageLimited
Known ForCited research
Postcard Dealer's Note

A short field guide

All five cards in this set carry a free tier at the time of issue. Paid plans begin at approximately twenty dollars per month. Attributes below are summarised from each maker's public product pages, Q1 2026.

Trait Claude ChatGPT Gemini Copilot Perplexity
Long-form writing strong strong solid solid solid
Reasoning depth strong strong strong solid solid
Image generation no native yes yes limit
Voice mode no adv live yes no
Web citations yes yes yes yes signature
Office integration preview plug-ins Workspace M365 limit
Developer API yes yes yes Azure yes
P.S.

The five postcards in this set are not in competition for the mantelpiece. Many readers keep more than one on display, choosing each by the task at hand and the room they are working in.

Compiled Q1 2026 from public product pages · Names are trademarks of their respective makers
Independent set · No sponsorship · No endorsement · For informational reference only
Capabilities and pricing may change · Verify with each vendor before relying