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The Ultimate AI Resource Library
A hand-picked, regularly-updated guide to the best AI podcasts, newsletters, courses, and people — filtered for knowledge workers and finance professionals. No noise, just the signal.
If you're an investment firm building out your AI strategy, LaTour AI would love to help.
52 curated resources
Start here with our top resources
Top pick
AI Daily Brief
open.spotify.com
If you only subscribe to one podcast, this is it.
Podcast
Top pickAndrej Karpathy
x.com
Top AI researcher with unique ability to teach.
Follow on X
Top pickBrett Caughran
x.com
Ex-pod PM training fundamental AI workflows.
Follow on X
Top pickConfluence AI
craai.substack.com
Top newsletter on AI themes, transformation and adoption.
Newsletter
Top pickFuture-Proof your Career with AI
khemaridh.substack.com
Pragmatic case studies for AI in knowledge work.
Newsletter
Top pickGoogle: The AI Company
acquired.fm
A deep dive on the key AI lineages.
Long read
Top pickHow LLMs work (Andrej Karpathy)
youtu.be
3.5 hour masterclass and must watch.
Long read
Top pickJJ Englert
x.com
Detailed case studies on Cowork and Codex.
Follow on X
Top pickLaTour AI Finance Skills library
github.com
Free skills for investment professionals.
Repo
Top pickOne Useful Thing
oneusefulthing.org
Ethan Mollick guides on both technical and professional.
Newsletter
Top pickThe AI Accelerator
khehy.com
Master fundamentals, Cowork and agentic coding.
Course
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Newsletters
12Inbox reads that keep you current.
Top pick
Confluence AI
craai.substack.com
Top newsletter on AI themes, transformation and adoption.
Newsletter
Top pickFuture-Proof your Career with AI
khemaridh.substack.com
Pragmatic case studies for AI in knowledge work.
Newsletter
Top pickOne Useful Thing
oneusefulthing.org
Ethan Mollick guides on both technical and professional.
Newsletter
AI Daily Brief
aidailybrief.beehiiv.com
Very good daily run down (especially if you don't like the podcast).
Newsletter
Ben's Bites
bensbites.com
For non-technical folks using coding agents
Newsletter
Every.to
every.to
The best source of AI news and strategies, paid.
Newsletter
Handy AI
handyai.substack.com
A nice mix of technical and general-purpose
Newsletter
Simon Willison
simonw.substack.com
Technical but very accessible writer with unique perspectives.
Newsletter
Tom Tunguz
tomtunguz.com
VC perspectives on SaaS and biz models
Newsletter
Claude Code for Non-Coders
claudecodefornoncoders.substack.com
Only newsletter targeting non-coders.
Newsletter
Don't worry about The Vase
thezvi.substack.com
Detailed link round ups, can be hard to follow.
Newsletter
Stratechery
stratechery.com
Tech business newsletter with lots of AI coverage.
Newsletter
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Podcasts
7Shows worth a spot in your rotation.
Top pick
AI Daily Brief
open.spotify.com
If you only subscribe to one podcast, this is it.
Podcast
AI and I
open.spotify.com
Interviews with practioners and foundation lab leaders.
Podcast
Behind the Craft
open.spotify.com
Showcases builders while still accessible.
Podcast
Hedgineer Podcast
open.spotify.com
Technical and finance-centric.
Podcast
How I AI with Claire Vo
open.spotify.com
Skews technical but extremely applicable and pragmatic for individual builders.
Podcast
Odd Lots Podcast by Bloomberg
open.spotify.com
Diverse investing podcast, pick AI episodes.
Podcast
The MAD podcast with Matt Turck
open.spotify.com
VC perspectives with more "off the run" guests
Podcast
03
People to follow
20Builders and researchers worth following on X.
Top pick
Andrej Karpathy
x.com
Top AI researcher with unique ability to teach.
Follow on X
Top pickBrett Caughran
x.com
Ex-pod PM training fundamental AI workflows.
Follow on X
Top pickJJ Englert
x.com
Detailed case studies on Cowork and Codex.
Follow on X
Boris Cherney
x.com
Claude Code product manager at Anthropic.
Follow on X
Claire Vo
x.com
Active and creative builder.
Follow on X
Dan Shipper
x.com
CEO of Every.
Follow on X
Jason Liu
x.com
Codex dev ops with good use cases.
Follow on X
Jaya Gupta
x.com
VC focused on tokens, context architecture and enterprise roll outs.
Follow on X
Matt Stockton
x.com
Ex-hedge fund quant, leans technical.
Follow on X
Nic Busamente
x.com
Finance AI builder.
Follow on X
Riley Brown
x.com
Video tutorials on agentic coding tools.
Follow on X
Tibo
x.com
Codex product manager at OpenAI.
Follow on X
Aaron Levie
x.com
CEO of Box, writes on agents inside Fortune 500.
Follow on X
Cathryn Lavery
x.com
OpenClaw expert.
Follow on X
Felix Riesberg
x.com
Claude Cowork product manager.
Follow on X
Lee Robinson
x.com
DevOps at Cursor, great video tutorials.
Follow on X
Sam Altman
x.com
CEO of OpenAI breaks news.
Follow on X
Simon Smith
x.com
Enterprise AI commentator.
Follow on X
Thariq
x.com
Claude Code product team member, good for updates.
Follow on X
Tobi Lutki
twitter.com
Shopify CEO and creator of QMD
Follow on X
04
Long reads & deep dives
5Essays, talks and explainers to go deep.
Top pick
Google: The AI Company
acquired.fm
A deep dive on the key AI lineages.
Long read
Top pickHow LLMs work (Andrej Karpathy)
youtu.be
3.5 hour masterclass and must watch.
Long read
AI's not coming for your job, it's coming for your mind
bailliegifford.com
Risks of LLM overreliance.
Long read
Data Center: The hidden backbone
youtube.com
Deep dive on role and economics of data centers.
Long read
How LLMs work (Radiolab)
radiolab.org
Journalistic piece on Anthropic.
Long read
05
Courses
4Structured ways to level up your skills.
Top pick
The AI Accelerator
khehy.com
Master fundamentals, Cowork and agentic coding.
Course
AI Agent Mastermind
joinaiagentmastermind.com
Light weight agents in Claude Code.
Course
AI Coding for Real Engineers
aihero.dev
Deep dive on Claude code.
Course
Learn Harness Engineering
walkinglabs.github.io
Free primer on harnesses.
Course
06
Repos & tools
4Code and resources you can use today.