The 376 AI Sources We Monitor
We scan 376 sources. 80% of what matters comes from 17 of them. Here’s the full breakdown.
Layer 0: The 17 Curators (Read These, Skip Everything Else)
These humans already filter 500+ articles/week. We’re curating from curated content.
| Newsletter | Why They’re Tier 0 | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Ben’s Bites | Best daily AI roundup, builder-focused | Daily |
| Latent Space | Deep builder content, AI engineering interviews | Weekly |
| Simon Willison | Hands-on, tries every new tool himself | Daily |
| Import AI (Jack Clark) | Weekly deep analysis from Anthropic co-founder | Weekly |
| The Batch (Andrew Ng) | Industry analysis from the most connected person in AI | Weekly |
| Ahead of AI (Sebastian Raschka) | Visual guides to ML internals | Weekly |
| Lenny’s Newsletter | Product strategy, growth, operator insights | Weekly |
| Not Boring (Packy McCormick) | Makes complex business/tech topics fun | Weekly |
| Stratechery (Ben Thompson) | Analytical frameworks for tech business | Daily |
| ByteByteGo | System design, engineering at scale | Weekly |
| a16z | VC analysis, tech strategy from Andreessen Horowitz | 2-3x/week |
| a16z Speedrun | How to build startups fast | Monthly |
| The Generalist | Deep company profiles | Weekly |
| NEW ECONOMIES | Tech trends reshaping industries | Weekly |
| OnlyCFO | SaaS metrics, financial strategy for founders | Weekly |
| Bay Area Founders Club | VC signal, founder events | 3x/week |
| The Leverage | AI-first business building | 2x/week |
Layer 1: Primary Builder Sources (8 sources)
Company blogs that announce things you need to know:
- Anthropic Blog — Claude releases, computer use, safety
- OpenAI Blog — GPT releases, API updates
- Google AI Blog — Gemini, DeepMind
- Hugging Face Blog — Open-source models, community
- Vercel Blog — AI SDK, agent deployment, scaling
- LangChain Blog — Agent frameworks, production
- Product Hunt — New AI launches daily
- TechCrunch AI — Funding, launches, acquisitions
Layer 1b: Real-Time Trending (HN + Reddit)
Hacker News API
- Scans top 100 stories every fetch
- Filters for AI keywords
- Only surfaces stories with 50+ points
- 500+ points = automatically Tier 1
Reddit (13 subreddits)
- r/AI_Agents, r/AgentsOfAI, r/MachineLearning
- r/LocalLLaMA, r/ClaudeAI, r/ChatGPT
- r/LangChain, r/openclaw, r/clawdbot
- r/vibecoding, r/Startup_Ideas, r/artificial, r/singularity
Layer 2: Background Sources (21 sources — weekly only)
Individual builders, community, research — runs weekly for niche coverage.
Individual Builders
Chip Huyen, Lilian Weng, Eugene Yan, One Useful Thing, Turing Post
More Newsletters
AI++ Newsletter, GenAI.works, Ahead of AI
Community & News
Hacker News, The Verge AI, Ars Technica, MIT Tech Review
Reddit Deep Scan
Same 13 subreddits but with lower upvote threshold
What We Filter Out
94 articles auto-removed per batch. Patterns:
- Consumer tech (iPhone tips, Samsung reviews, cable TV)
- Sports, fashion, recipes, celebrity news
- Linux desktop, window managers, filesystems
- Beginner tutorials, generic listicles
- Academic papers with no practical application
How to Use This List
- Subscribe to the Layer 0 newsletters — this is 80% of your reading
- Follow the 13 subreddits — this is your community signal
- Ignore everything else — we monitor it so you don’t have to