How to use AI to save money shopping

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Feb 8, 2026

Neo Aplin, Head of Inventium AI who leads AI training and upskilling, explains practical ways to use AI for smarter shopping. He talks about clarifying what you really need, comparing products side-by-side, using different AI tools for research, finding the best prices and historical lows, setting up price-monitoring alerts, and hunting safe discount codes.

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ADVICE

Use AI To Define And Compare Options

Use AI at the start of your buying journey to clarify the problem you want to solve.
Ask AI to compare a few specific products and versions so you can choose confidently.

ANECDOTE

Buying A Music Streamer With AI

Neo searched for a music streamer box to connect his decade-old amp to his phone.
He used Perplexity to compare products, features, reviews and pros and cons before buying.

INSIGHT

AI Untangles Confusing Product Specs

AI excels at simplifying complex product feature sets with inconsistent vendor naming.
It helps translate proprietary feature names into comparable, decision-ready information.

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Shopping should be simple. But for most of us, it’s turned into tabs open everywhere, conflicting reviews, and that lingering doubt that you’ve either missed a better option or paid more than you needed to.

We walk through how we actually use AI tools when we’re buying something, from working out what problem we’re trying to solve, to comparing products without getting lost in specs and opinions.

We also dig into some of the most frustrating parts of shopping, like finding the best price, checking historical lows, tracking price drops, and hunting down discount codes without trawling scammy websites.

Neo and I discuss:

How AI helps at the very start of the buying journey by clarifying what problem you’re actually trying to solve

Using AI to compare products side by side, including features, pricing and versions

Why AI is especially useful for complex purchases like electronics and appliances

The differences between Perplexity, Google AI mode and ChatGPT when researching products

How to use AI to find the best price and check historical price lows

Setting up scheduled prompts to monitor prices and alert you when they drop

Using AI to search for discount codes without trawling scammy or spammy websites

Connect with Neo Aplin on LinkedIn and via inventium.ai, where he leads Inventium’s AI training and upskilling work with organisations and teams.

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Sound Engineer: Martin Imber

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