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Assistants14

  • Assistant Benchmark

    Compare AI assistants through published tasks, scoring criteria, and evidence from real use. Some results are still incomplete.

  • ChatGPT

    Chat, research, write, and create

  • Claude

    Work with a conversational assistant

  • DeepSeek

    DeepSeek chat and model APIs

  • Gemini

    Google’s AI assistant

  • Gemini Notebook

    Explore and organize your sources

  • Grok

    Chat with Grok

  • Instinct

    A personal AI assistant reached by text or phone, with connected apps and devices. Currently available through private access or a waitlist.

  • Karpathy: How I use LLMs

    Watch Andrej Karpathy demonstrate search, document analysis, coding, and voice workflows with the AI tools available in February 2025.

  • LM Studio

    Run open models and local agents

  • Meta AI

    Use Meta’s AI assistant to ask questions, explore ideas, and create images.

  • Open WebUI

    A self-hosted interface for AI models

  • Perplexity

    Search the web with cited answers

  • Town

    AI assistants called Townies use connected apps and work context to draft documents, prepare briefings, and handle recurring tasks.

Model providers13

Models & benchmarks10

Coding27

  • Aider

    Pair program with AI in your terminal

  • AI Engineering

    Chip Huyen explains how to design, evaluate, and deploy applications built with foundation models.

  • AI SDK

    Build AI applications in TypeScript

  • Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)

    Sebastian Raschka teaches how to build, train, and fine-tune a GPT-style model in Python and PyTorch.

  • Claude Code

    Work with Claude in your codebase

  • Cline

    An open-source coding agent

  • Codex

    Build and maintain software with an agent

  • Continue

    Use an open-source coding agent in development workflows.

  • Cursor

    Develop software with coding agents

  • Full Stack LLM Bootcamp

    Study 2023 lectures on LLM application design, retrieval, evaluation, and user experience.

  • GitHub Copilot

    AI assistance across your coding workflow

  • Google AI Studio

    Prototype with Gemini in your browser

  • Hands-On Large Language Models

    Jay Alammar and Maarten Grootendorst teach language model concepts and applications with diagrams and Python examples.

  • Hugging Face LLM Course

    Learn to use transformers, prepare datasets, fine-tune language models, and build reasoning models with Python.

  • Made With ML

    Learn to design, train, test, deploy, and monitor machine learning applications with Goku Mohandas's practical course.

  • MCP Inspector

    Inspect and test Model Context Protocol servers.

  • MLX LM

    Run and fine-tune language models on Apple silicon.

  • Neural Networks: Zero to Hero

    Build neural networks in Python with Andrej Karpathy's video lessons, from backpropagation to GPT and tokenizers.

  • OpenHands Agent Canvas

    Run and manage coding agents and software workflows.

  • Pydantic AI

    Build typed AI agents and workflows in Python.

  • PyTorch

    Build and train neural networks with Python.

  • scikit-learn

    Train and evaluate machine learning models in Python.

  • Simon Willison: Agentic Engineering Patterns

    Learn practical ways to work with coding agents, review their changes, test software, and understand generated code.

  • Stanford CS336: Language Modeling from Scratch

    Study language model training through Stanford's lectures and assignments on tokenization, data, systems, scaling, and evaluation.

  • SWE-bench

    Benchmarks for software engineering agents

  • Transformers

    Load and train models for text, images, audio, and more.

  • Unsloth

    Run and fine-tune models with local training tools.

Agents & automation25

  • Anthropic: Building effective agents

    Compare agent and workflow patterns in Anthropic's 2024 guide to choosing and combining simple building blocks.

  • Anthropic: Context engineering for AI agents

    Learn ways to select, organize, and maintain the information that an AI agent receives during its work.

  • Claude Code

    Work with Claude in your codebase

  • Codex

    Build and maintain software with an agent

  • DSPy

    Build and optimize language-model programs against a chosen metric.

  • Goose

    Extend an agent with tools for coding and other tasks.

  • Grok Bot

    Delegate work to an AI agent

  • Haystack

    Build retrieval, search, and agent pipelines with reusable components.

  • Hermes Agent

    An agent with memory and reusable skills

  • Hugging Face AI Agents Course

    Learn agent concepts, build projects with Python frameworks, and evaluate how your agents perform.

  • Hugging Face MCP Course

    Learn Model Context Protocol concepts and build applications that connect AI models to external tools and data.

  • Instinct

    A personal AI assistant reached by text or phone, with connected apps and devices. Currently available through private access or a waitlist.

  • LangGraph

    Build stateful agent workflows

  • LiveKit Agents

    Build real-time voice agents

  • LlamaIndex

    Build document and data workflows

  • MCP Inspector

    Inspect and test Model Context Protocol servers.

  • Model Context Protocol

    Connect AI applications to tools and data

  • n8n

    Connect apps in visual workflows

  • OpenHands Agent Canvas

    Run and manage coding agents and software workflows.

  • Pipecat

    Build conversational voice applications

  • Pydantic AI

    Build typed AI agents and workflows in Python.

  • Simon Willison: Agentic Engineering Patterns

    Learn practical ways to work with coding agents, review their changes, test software, and understand generated code.

  • smolagents

    Build compact agents that use tools through code.

  • Town

    AI assistants called Townies use connected apps and work context to draft documents, prepare briefings, and handle recurring tasks.

  • Vincent by Clio

    Clio’s AI for legal research, drafting, and matter workflow — practical help built for practicing attorneys.

Voice & audio10

  • Deepgram

    Speech recognition and voice APIs

  • ElevenLabs

    Generate voices and build voice agents

  • faster-whisper

    Run Whisper transcription through CTranslate2.

  • Hugging Face Audio Course

    Use audio transformers for speech recognition, audio classification, and speech generation through lessons and exercises.

  • LiveKit Agents

    Build real-time voice agents

  • Pipecat

    Build conversational voice applications

  • VoiceMem

    Memory for voice agents

  • Whisper

    Transcribe speech with OpenAI’s released Whisper models.

  • whisper.cpp

    Run Whisper speech recognition in C and C++.

  • WhisperX

    Align transcript words with audio and separate speaker turns.

Images & video8

  • 3Blue1Brown: How AI images and videos work

    Watch Stephen Welch explain diffusion models and CLIP in this 2025 guest lesson on 3Blue1Brown.

  • ComfyUI

    Build visual AI workflows with nodes

  • Diffusers

    Run and train diffusion models for image, video, and audio generation.

  • fal

    Run image, video, and audio models

  • Meta AI

    Use Meta’s AI assistant to ask questions, explore ideas, and create images.

  • Midjourney

    Explore AI image creation

  • Replicate

    Run AI models through an API

  • Runway

    Generate and edit video with AI

Local & open source40

  • Aider

    Pair program with AI in your terminal

  • Chroma

    Store embeddings and retrieve context for AI applications.

  • Cline

    An open-source coding agent

  • ComfyUI

    Build visual AI workflows with nodes

  • Continue

    Use an open-source coding agent in development workflows.

  • Diffusers

    Run and train diffusion models for image, video, and audio generation.

  • Docling

    Convert documents into structured data for AI workflows.

  • DSPy

    Build and optimize language-model programs against a chosen metric.

  • faster-whisper

    Run Whisper transcription through CTranslate2.

  • Goose

    Extend an agent with tools for coding and other tasks.

  • Haystack

    Build retrieval, search, and agent pipelines with reusable components.

  • Hermes Agent

    An agent with memory and reusable skills

  • Hugging Face

    Discover models, datasets, and demos

  • Inspect AI

    Write and run evaluations for language models and agents.

  • LanceDB

    Search and store multimodal data for AI applications.

  • Langfuse

    Trace, evaluate, and improve language-model applications.

  • Language Model Evaluation Harness

    Evaluate language models across a shared set of tasks.

  • LiteLLM

    Route model requests through a shared gateway and SDK.

  • llama.cpp

    Run language models in C and C++

  • LM Studio

    Run open models and local agents

  • MCP Inspector

    Inspect and test Model Context Protocol servers.

  • MLX

    Machine learning on Apple silicon

  • MLX LM

    Run and fine-tune language models on Apple silicon.

  • Ollama

    Run open models

  • OpenHands Agent Canvas

    Run and manage coding agents and software workflows.

  • Open WebUI

    A self-hosted interface for AI models

  • pgvector

    Add vector similarity search to PostgreSQL.

  • promptfoo

    Test prompts, agents, and retrieval systems with repeatable evaluations.

  • Pydantic AI

    Build typed AI agents and workflows in Python.

  • PyTorch

    Build and train neural networks with Python.

  • Qdrant

    Search vectors and semantic data

  • scikit-learn

    Train and evaluate machine learning models in Python.

  • Sentence Transformers

    Build embeddings, semantic search, and reranking.

  • smolagents

    Build compact agents that use tools through code.

  • Transformers

    Load and train models for text, images, audio, and more.

  • Unsloth

    Run and fine-tune models with local training tools.

  • vLLM

    Serve language models

  • Whisper

    Transcribe speech with OpenAI’s released Whisper models.

  • whisper.cpp

    Run Whisper speech recognition in C and C++.

  • WhisperX

    Align transcript words with audio and separate speaker turns.

Infrastructure31

Research & learning50

Podcasts12

  • AI Explored

    Michael Stelzner explores practical AI uses for marketers, creators, and business owners.

  • AI for Humans

    Gavin Purcell and Kevin Pereira discuss AI news, tools, and their effects on everyday life.

  • Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast

    Swyx and guests discuss how AI models, developer tools, and applications are built.

  • Machine Learning Street Talk

    Tim Scarfe and guests examine AI research, cognitive science, and the nature of intelligence.

  • Me, Myself, and AI

    MIT Sloan Management Review interviews leaders about how their organizations use AI.

  • No Priors

    Sarah Guo and Elad Gil interview AI researchers and founders about technology and business.

  • NVIDIA AI Podcast

    NVIDIA interviews guests about AI applications in science, industry, and everyday life.

  • Practical AI

    Daniel Whitenack and Chris Benson discuss AI engineering and practical uses with expert guests.

  • The AI Daily Brief

    Nathaniel Whittemore explains AI news and its effects on work, business, and society.

  • The Cognitive Revolution

    Nathan Labenz interviews AI builders and researchers about capabilities, applications, and risks.

  • The Startup Ideas Podcast

    Greg Isenberg and guests explore startup ideas, AI tools, and ways to build internet businesses.

  • The TWIML AI Podcast

    Sam Charrington interviews researchers and practitioners about machine learning and AI systems.

Books12

Videos16

Business & leadership17

  • AI Explored

    Michael Stelzner explores practical AI uses for marketers, creators, and business owners.

  • AI Leadership

    Geoff Woods offers AI leadership training, advisory services, and practical resources for business teams.

  • AI Operator Academy

    Corey Ganim’s paid community for AI services consultants, with assessment playbooks, offer development, client acquisition, and live support.

  • Clio

    Cloud practice management for law firms — matters, billing, documents, and client work in one place.

  • Co-Intelligence

    Ethan Mollick explores how to work, learn, and create with AI while using human judgment.

  • Competing in the Age of AI

    Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani examine how data and AI change company operations and competition.

  • Futurepedia

    Explore AI tools and tutorials for business and everyday work.

  • Human + Machine, Updated and Expanded

    Paul Daugherty and H. James Wilson explore how people and AI can share work and reshape business processes.

  • Late Checkout

    Greg Isenberg and Theo Tabah's holding company builds internet businesses around communities.

  • Me, Myself, and AI

    MIT Sloan Management Review interviews leaders about how their organizations use AI.

  • No Priors

    Sarah Guo and Elad Gil interview AI researchers and founders about technology and business.

  • Power and Prediction

    Agrawal, Gans, and Goldfarb examine how AI changes decisions, business systems, and who holds power.

  • Prediction Machines, Updated and Expanded

    Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb explain AI through the economics of cheaper prediction.

  • The AI Daily Brief

    Nathaniel Whittemore explains AI news and its effects on work, business, and society.

  • The AI-Driven Leader

    Geoff Woods explains how leaders can use AI to question assumptions and work through business decisions.

  • The Startup Ideas Podcast

    Greg Isenberg and guests explore startup ideas, AI tools, and ways to build internet businesses.

  • Vincent by Clio

    Clio’s AI for legal research, drafting, and matter workflow — practical help built for practicing attorneys.

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