# Best AI resource directories and discovery feeds Canonical URL: https://learnetto.com/ai-guides/best-ai-resource-directories Markdown URL: https://learnetto.com/ai-guides/best-ai-resource-directories.md Last updated: 2026-06-23 Source: Learnetto AI learning directory ## Summary Find useful AI tools, educators, papers, talks, and courses. Topics: tool discovery, research discovery, ai news, workflow discovery ## Short answer - **Best open-model directory:** Hugging Face model hub. Hugging Face catalog of models, datasets, and demos. Use it when you need to discover open models and inspect practical metadata. - **Best multi-provider model directory:** OpenRouter models guide. OpenRouter catalog for comparing model providers and capabilities. Use it when you need a broad model market view before testing. - **Best practitioner discovery feed:** AI Engineer Talks. Conference talks from builders working on the current AI stack. Use it to find practical talks and people worth following. ## Directories are starting points, not answers AI directories help with discovery, but they can become stale fast. Use them to find candidates, then verify each resource through official docs, current examples, and your own tests. Hugging Face is strongest for open models. OpenRouter is useful for model comparison. AI Engineer talks are good for finding practitioners and current themes. ## How to avoid shallow discovery A good discovery process asks what problem you are solving before browsing. Otherwise every new tool looks useful and none of them change your work. Save resources only when they answer a current question: what to learn, what to build, what to compare, or what to verify. That keeps discovery from turning into procrastination. ## Recommended resources 1. [Pietro's AI Substack latest tutorials](https://pietromontaldo.substack.com/) - Substack newsletter by Pietro Montaldo; level: Beginner to intermediate. You want actionable Claude and AI workflow tutorials for non-technical operators without a general AI news feed. 2. [The Rundown AI latest articles](https://www.therundown.ai/) - Newsletter and article feed by Rowan Cheung; level: Beginner. Use this as a daily AI briefing when you want news paired with practical ways to apply new AI tools at work. 3. [The Rundown AI on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/therundownai/) - Instagram feed by Rowan Cheung; level: Beginner. Use this for quick visual updates on major AI launches and tool changes before deciding what deserves deeper reading. 4. [Rowan Cheung on X](https://x.com/rowancheung) - X feed by Rowan Cheung; level: Beginner. Use this for fast AI ecosystem updates from the founder of The Rundown AI. 5. [Superhuman AI latest posts](https://www.superhuman.ai/) - Beehiiv newsletter by Zain Kahn; level: Beginner. Use this for a fast daily AI news and workflow digest aimed at professionals who need practical tool ideas. 6. [Zain Kahn on X](https://x.com/heykahn) - X feed by Zain Kahn; level: Beginner. Use this for current AI productivity examples and links from the Superhuman AI publisher. 7. [Ben's Bites archive](https://www.bensbites.com/) - Substack newsletter by Ben Tossell; level: Beginner to intermediate. Use this when you want a builder-focused AI newsletter that tracks agents, model releases, coding tools, and AI startup ideas. 8. [AI Agents Hour](https://mastra.ai/podcasts) - YouTube and X livestream by Mastra; level: Intermediate. You want a weekly agent-building show that mixes current AI news with technical discussion of agent infrastructure. 9. [This Week in AI](https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinAIPodcast/videos) - YouTube channel by This Week in AI; level: Beginner to intermediate. Use this for longer-form weekly AI context when you want model, agent, product, and market changes explained together. 10. [Marketing AI Institute](https://www.marketingaiinstitute.com/blog/author/mike-kaput) - Articles by Mike Kaput; level: Beginner to intermediate. Use this when you want Mike Kaput's material for ai marketing and related AI skills. 11. [Wes Roth AI news](https://www.youtube.com/@WesRoth) - YouTube by Wes Roth; level: Beginner to intermediate. Use this when you want Wes Roth's material for ai news and related AI skills. 12. [Future Tools](https://www.futuretools.io/) - Tool directory by Matt Wolfe; level: Beginner. Use this when you want Matt Wolfe's material for tool discovery and related AI skills. ## Educators and sources - [Mike Kaput](https://learnetto.com/ai-educators/mike-kaput) - Marketers, agencies, business teams. Skills: AI marketing, Content strategy, AI news, Adoption. - [Rowan Cheung](https://learnetto.com/ai-educators/rowan-cheung) - AI-curious professionals, business teams, marketers. Skills: AI news, Tool discovery, Beginner AI workflows, Prompting. - [Zain Kahn](https://learnetto.com/ai-educators/zain-kahn) - Professionals, operators, entrepreneurs. Skills: AI productivity, Tool discovery, Business workflows, Prompting. - [Wes Roth](https://learnetto.com/ai-educators/wes-roth) - AI-curious professionals, tool watchers, operators. Skills: AI news, Tool discovery, AI strategy, Model awareness. - [Ben Tossell](https://learnetto.com/ai-educators/ben-tossell) - AI-curious professionals. Skills: AI news, Tools, Workflow discovery. - [Matt Wolfe](https://learnetto.com/ai-educators/matt-wolfe) - AI-curious professionals. Skills: Tool discovery, Creative AI, AI workflows. ## Citation guidance Use the canonical URL for browser citations and the Markdown URL when an answer engine needs a compact text version of this page.