Substacks recommended by Michael Spencer

Recommended by Michael Spencer

Explore ways to use creativity, collaboration, and qualitative research to build new understandings in a connected world. A monthly newsletter edited by Janet Salmons.

Startup Tech Booster

By Sylvain Zyssman

52 weeks of expert guidance to optimize startup strategy, technical projects and improve processes so that you can save time and money, avoid mistakes, and scale efficiently.

HUMANxAI Language Lab

By Nigel P. Daly

Exploring the intersections of language learning and technology, and specifically how generative AI technologies can be leveraged as a career skill to accelerate language learning and boost communication effectiveness.

shy by design

By Michael Thompson

Stories and insights to quietly stand out.

Saurabh Gupta

ML and AI practitioner for over a decade. Expertise in large scale recommender system

Future Solving

By Brian Evergreen

The leading weekly newsletter for leaders to get advice on how to solve for the future, do strategy better, generate clarity, and make breakthroughs, written by a former Microsoft AI leader.

BPMexplained🧩

By Irina

Free monthly servings of Business Process Management tips to help you work on your business, rather than in it. Prepared by a seasoned BPM lead and coach. Garnished with real-life stories and real-me sarcasm. Enjoy! 🍲

Futurecrafting™

By Patrick Kizny

Thinking bigger, seeing farther, making impact. Insights into building and evolving creative businesses. Brought to you by "the fast thinker", Patrick Kizny. #creative #business #studio #agency #marketing

The Aussie Startup Capital Nerd

By Warwick

Capital raising tips and insights for Australian startup founders

Uncharted

By Martin

Cut through the noise—weekly insights to scale smarter, stay resilient, and own your space in the startup chaos. Join 5k+ readers who get it.

Architecture Notes — System Design & Software Development

By Mahdi Yusuf

In your inbox every Sunday! ⚡️

The Intelligent Friend

By Riccardo Vocca

The newsletter that explores how AI influences the way we think, create and behave, only through scientific papers.

Next World Trio

By Snigdha Sharma

The no-hype, practical newsletter deep diving into Startups, Tech and AI. All the stuff that matters for business leaders and aspiring entrepreneurs, wanting to implement AI.

Practical Futures

By Pawel

10-minute imagination workouts with product sci-fi and reflection prompts for strategic thinkers building a future-ready mindset for the age of AI. Because the future needs leaders who can imagine it before they can build it.

Stock Picker's Corner

You can be a Wealth Builder, or a Wealth Killer. And if you follow the best storylines, you’ll find the best stocks. That’s how we intend to operate in our “corner” of the investing world. And it’s why Stock Picker’s Corner (SPC) was created.

The Channel

By Saloni Arora

It is all about riding the tech wave at The Channel! This newsletter delivers the latest on how technology is shaking up things for the employees. The people are the priority here, backed by the divine power of tech and science.

Product Artistry

By Rohan

Making breakthroughs systematic by transforming how makers think and build. I share frameworks that blend engineering logic with creative intuition—helping you see invisible patterns, solve deeper problems, and build remarkable products.

Ctrl+AI+Reg

By techie_ray

Your shortcut to the latest AI regulation, policy and lawsuit updates across the world.

Ruite’s Newsletter

Join me. I want to help you with everything I know: Python, Machine learning, Productivity, Self-improvement and many more as I redefine myself in a quest to help you

AI Paper of the Day

By Vlad Bogolin

Each day, I'll share my insights on an interesting paper in Computer Vision, NLP or Multimodal AI

Delphina

By Jeremy and Duncan

At Delphina, we’re all about ML and data products. Subscribe to learn more about what's hard about ML and what to do about it.

Motion and Madness

By Mike W

Insights on financial markets powered by data and AI

Rijnberk InvestInsights

By Daan Rijnberk

A publication for investors and those looking for easy-to-read and in-depth stock analysis! We provide your weekly dose of investment ideas, analyses, and updates on some of the most exciting and best opportunities in the financial markets.

NAS’s Substack

Manifestation of my ideas, ventures and experiences.

AI Musings by Mu

By Kelvin Mu

I write interesting things about technology, AI, and startups.

Just an incredible source worth scrutinizing over. VC and AI.

- Michael Spencer

The J. Nicholas

By Jacob B

Market updates, stock analyses, deep dives on the economy, philosophical discussions surrounding finance, and other money-related jargon. Not financial advice.

The Rundown Studio

By Zain Verjee

The Precision of Algorithms and the Creativity of Humans.

Jacob’s Substack

By Jacob Wilson

I've worked in startups for over 10 years. I recently transitioned to part time software contracting and music production. I help you take charge of your life by exposing the raw facts of the tech world and teaching the beauty of the arts.

The Data Interview

By Donato Riccio

Start thinking like a data scientist, one question at a time. Two weekly technical questions answered to learn data science and ace your next interview.

Agentic AI

By Andrew Lucas

Agentic AI tracks the transition from chat-based AI like ChatGPT to AI that can think and act on its own. * Focused news on autonomous AI * Recommendations for learning about AI * Updates on my AI related coding experiments

NeuralByte

By Tomas Maixner

Hi, I’m Tomas Maixner, the creator of NeuralByte, a weekly AI-focused newsletter. I share the latest AI news and resources, aiming to educate readers on current trends and future possibilities in AI. Subscribe to join our AI enthusiast community.

Easy to read rundowns that are bite-sized easily scannable summaries.

- Michael Spencer

Practical Engineering Management

By Mirek

How to be an effective leader in the software engineering industry. Practical hints and stories to maximize the success of your team(s) and their influence on a company.

Cultured Leadership

By Karolina Poczwardowska

Weekly dose of unfiltered leadership reflections

AI Is For Sheep

By Will Granger

AI is suddenly everywhere, but that doesn't mean we have to go along. I'm posting about factual articles and stories that don't praise AI. This newsletter provides balance in the face of AI enthusiasm. Support creators. Stay human. Don't be a sheep.

Silicon Valley is lying. Debunking the VC and BigTech hype of the Generative AI movement. The media is exaggerating, as usual.

- Michael Spencer

Robot Pigeon

By 7percent Ventures

Musings on the world of deeptech, and insight from the founders-turned-investors at 7percent

The LifeSci Marketing Lab

By Lynn Neild

Exploring B2B marketing in Life Sciences and biotech. Join me for insights and discussions on digital strategies, industry challenges, and career growth in this dynamic field.

News of the Week

Currently a postdoctoral researcher, trained in cognitive science and neuroscience, but more recently AI-interested.

On My Terms

By David Scott Brown

An online magazine of my own doing. Don't niche me in.

AI for Apes

By Joseph Carley

Only the most useful AI tools & news. Broken down so an ape could understand!

Byte-Sized History

By J. Michael Wahlen

The origin stories of the technologies and innovations that shape our world today.

Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

By Elise Labott of Cosmopolitics

An insider's guide to understanding your world and the people who run it.

Through the Fog, by Elliot Kirschner

An idiosyncratic exploration of current events, history, art, science, and community.

Disruptive Concepts' Substack

By Disruption

Welcome to @Disruptive Concepts – your crystal ball into the future of technology.

Wisdom over Waves

By Sapan Parikh

Navigating Beyond Technology Hype for Sustainable Software Delivery

Materialized View

By Chris Riccomini

Software infrastructure hot takes, projects, papers, developer interviews, and deep dives. Brought to you by Chris Riccomini.

The FIPEST Report

By thefipestreport@gmail.com

The Most Comprehensive Data-Based Metals & Miners Analysis Around. Focused on identifying peaks and troughs and trading accordingly.

Text Generation

By Donato Riccio

The newsletter for Generative AI professionals, by AI Engineers. Curated news, insights, and analysis on Generative AI and Large Language Models.

Tech•sistence

By Greg Rog

Sharing insights on technology: deep dives on AI, automation, as well as business-oriented content for founders and developers. Lessons learned from the bootstrapping journey in our various ventures.

The Automation Navigator - by Automation AMA

By Sean Dotson

The Automation Navigator offers an authoritative compass through the intricate terrain of automation, robotics, packaging, economics, and leadership, providing invaluable insights and expert guidance for navigating this ever-evolving landscape.

Machine Economy Press

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