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A community-curated list of artificial intelligence resources โ foundation models, agent frameworks, AI coding tools, courses, companies, jobs, and country-specific AI scenes (USA, China, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore).
Maintained since 2017 by Lightman Wang (LinkedIn).
Contributions welcome โ open a PR or start a discussion. See CONTRIBUTING.md.
Legend: โญ Editor's pick ยท ๐ฅ Hot in 2026 ยท ๐ New this year ยท ๐จ๐ณ Chinese-focused ยท ๐ฆ๐บ Australia-focused
โญ Editor's Picks 2026
If you only have 30 minutes โ start here. Opinionated picks, updated each quarter.
| Category | Picks |
|---|---|
| ๐ค Frontier models | Claude Opus 4.7 (reasoning + agentic) ยท GPT-5.5 (polished) ยท Gemini 3 Pro (multimodal) ยท Grok 4 (real-time web) |
| ๐ Best open weights | Llama 4 (general) ยท Qwen3 (multilingual) ยท DeepSeek V3.2 (reasoning) ยท Mistral Large 3 |
| ๐ป AI coding | Claude Code (CLI) ยท Cursor (IDE) ยท Codex CLI (OpenAI) ยท Aider (open-source) |
| ๐ค Agent framework | Claude Agent SDK ยท LangGraph ยท Anthropic MCP ยท Pydantic AI |
| ๐ RAG starter | pgvector (prototypes) ยท Qdrant (self-hosted prod) ยท Pinecone (managed) |
| โก Inference | Ollama (local) ยท vLLM (production) ยท Together AI / Groq (hosted) |
| ๐ Observability | LangSmith (LangChain shop) ยท Helicone (open-source) ยท Braintrust (eval-first) |
| ๐ Free course | Karpathy's Zero to Hero ยท HuggingFace Agents Course |
| ๐ฐ Newsletter | Latent Space (engineering) ยท The Batch (overview) ยท Import AI (policy) |
| ๐ Book | AI Engineering (Chip Huyen, 2025) ยท Build a LLM From Scratch (Sebastian Raschka) |
| ๐งฌ Must-read paper | Attention Is All You Need (2017) โ the Transformer |
โ See full sections below for alternatives, runners-up, and emerging tools.
Contents
- ๐ค Foundation Models & APIs
- ๐ป AI Coding Tools
- ๐ค Agent Frameworks & MCP
- ๐ RAG & Vector Databases
- โก LLM Inference & Hosting
- ๐ LLM Ops & Observability
- ๐ฏ Fine-Tuning & Training
- ๐ ๏ธ Development Frameworks
- ๐ Courses & Learning Paths
- ๐ Books, Papers & Blogs
- ๐ข Companies & Research Labs
- ๐ง Personal AI Tools
- ๐จ Specialized AI Tools โ Image, Video, Audio, Writing, Health, Finance
- ๐ฐ News, Newsletters & Podcasts
- ๐ค Events & Conferences
- ๐ผ AI Jobs
- ๐ AI Communities by City
- ๐ AI Scene by Country โ USA, China, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore
- ๐ค Robotics & Embodied AI
- Contributing
๐ค Foundation Models & APIs
Frontier (closed-source) APIs
- Anthropic Claude โญ โ Claude Opus 4.7 / Sonnet 4.6 / Haiku 4.5. Best reasoning + agentic + long-context (1M tokens). Strong code generation.
- OpenAI GPT โญ โ GPT-5.5 / GPT-5 / o3 / o3-mini reasoning models. Most polished general-purpose API.
- Google Gemini โญ โ Gemini 3 Pro / Flash. Best multimodal + 2M-token context + native tool use.
- xAI Grok โ Grok 4 with real-time web access via X data.
- Cohere โ Command R+ / R7B; enterprise RAG-focused LLMs.
- Mistral Large 3 โ European frontier model; strong code + multilingual.
- Perplexity Sonar API โ search-grounded LLM.
- Reka Core โ multimodal frontier model.
Open-weights models ๐ฅ
- Meta Llama 4 โญ โ Llama 4 family (text + vision); the de facto open baseline.
- Qwen3 (Alibaba) โญ ๐จ๐ณ โ Qwen3 dense + MoE; strongest multilingual open model.
- DeepSeek โญ ๐จ๐ณ โ DeepSeek V3.2 / R1 reasoning. Frontier-level open model.
- GLM 4.6 (Zhipu) ๐จ๐ณ (7k โญ) โ bilingual model from Tsinghua.
- Mistral Open Models โ Mixtral, Mistral Small/Medium 3.
- Microsoft Phi-4 โ small but strong models.
- Hugging Face Hub โญ โ central hub for 500k+ open-source models.
- Kimi K2 (Moonshot) ๐จ๐ณ (11k โญ) โ open MoE from Moonshot; long-context champion.
Multimodal & Specialized ๐
- Sora 2 (OpenAI) โ text-to-video; highest fidelity in 2026.
- Veo 3 (Google) โ video generation with native audio.
- Stable Diffusion 3.5 โ open image generation.
- Flux 1.1 Pro / Flux Kontext โญ โ best-in-class open image gen + editing.
- Recraft V3 โ design-grade image generation.
- ElevenLabs โญ โ voice cloning + multilingual TTS.
- Cartesia Sonic ๐ โ sub-100ms voice generation for real-time agents.
- Hume EVI โ emotion-aware voice AI.
- Whisper Large v3 โ open-source speech-to-text.
- Suno v4 / Udio โ music generation.
๐ป AI Coding Tools
AI assistants for writing, reviewing, refactoring code. The most disrupted developer category in 2025-2026.
- Claude Code โญ ๐ฅ โ Anthropic's CLI for software engineering with Claude. Most-used CLI agent in 2026.
- Cursor โญ ๐ฅ โ AI-first code editor; fork of VS Code.
- Codex CLI (OpenAI) ๐ (80k โญ) โ OpenAI's open-source CLI coding agent.
- GitHub Copilot โ original AI pair programmer; now agent + Workspace + Spark.
- Windsurf โ Codeium's AI editor (acquired by Cognition).
- Aider (44k โญ) โ open-source AI pair programmer in your terminal.
- Continue (33k โญ) โ open-source AI coding assistant for VS Code / JetBrains.
- Cline (61k โญ) โ autonomous coding agent for VS Code.
- Zed AI ๐ โ high-performance editor with native AI agent.
- Augment Code โ context-aware enterprise coding assistant.
- Cody (Sourcegraph) โ code AI with full-codebase context.
- Codeium / Windsurf โ free AI autocomplete.
- Tabnine โ privacy-focused; on-prem option.
- Devin (Cognition) โ autonomous SWE agent (paid, hosted).
- Bolt.new โ full-stack web app generation in browser.
- v0 (Vercel) โ AI UI generator with React/Next.js output.
- Lovable โ AI app builder.
- Replit Agent โ AI app generation in Replit.
- Deepnote โ AI-first Jupyter alternative with native data integrations and a built-in agent.
๐ค Agent Frameworks & MCP
Build LLM agents that plan, use tools, and execute multi-step tasks. 2026's hottest category.
Agent Frameworks
- Claude Agent SDK โญ ๐ โ Anthropic's official agent SDK with skills, memory, sandboxing.
- LangGraph โญ (31k โญ) โ graph-based agent orchestration; production-ready.
- Anthropic Skills ๐ โ modular agent skills protocol.
- Pydantic AI โญ โ type-safe agent framework; clean Python API.
- CrewAI (51k โญ) โ role-based multi-agent framework.
- AutoGen (Microsoft) (58k โญ) โ multi-agent conversation framework.
- OpenAI Swarm (21k โญ) โ lightweight multi-agent orchestration.
- LlamaIndex Agents โ agent runtime.
- Vercel AI SDK โญ โ React/Next.js agent SDK.
- smolagents (Hugging Face) (27k โญ) โ minimal code-acting agent library.
- Strands Agents (AWS) ๐ (6k โญ) โ AWS open-source agent SDK.
- Bedrock AgentCore ๐ โ AWS managed agent runtime.
- Letta (formerly MemGPT) (22k โญ) โ agents with persistent memory.
- Inspect AI (UK AISI) โ agent eval framework from UK AI Safety Institute.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) ๐ฅ
- Model Context Protocol Spec โญ โ Anthropic's open protocol for AI tool use. Industry standard since 2024.
- Anthropic MCP Servers (85k โญ) โ official MCP servers (filesystem, fetch, GitHub, Postgres, Brave).
- MCP Python SDK (23k โญ) โ build MCP servers in Python.
- MCP TypeScript SDK (12k โญ) โ build MCP servers in TS.
- Awesome MCP Servers โญ (86k โญ) โ community MCP server list.
- FastMCP (25k โญ) โ Pythonic MCP server framework.
Browser & Computer Use ๐
- Anthropic Computer Use โญ โ Claude controls your computer.
- OpenAI Atlas ๐ โ OpenAI's agentic browser.
- Browser Use (92k โญ) โ open-source browser automation for agents.
- Skyvern (22k โญ) โ automate browser workflows with vision LLMs.
- Playwright MCP (32k โญ) โ Playwright as an MCP server.
- Stagehand (Browserbase) (22k โญ) โ Playwright + AI for reliable agents.
๐ RAG & Vector Databases
Retrieval-Augmented Generation: ground LLM answers in your data.
RAG Frameworks
- LangChain โญ (136k โญ) โ most popular framework for LLM apps and RAG.
- LlamaIndex โญ (49k โญ) โ data framework for LLM applications, RAG-focused.
- Haystack (deepset) (25k โญ) โ open-source LLM framework.
- RAGFlow ๐ฅ (80k โญ) โ open-source RAG engine with deep document understanding.
- Cognita (TrueFoundry) โ open-source RAG framework.
- Verba (Weaviate) โ RAG chatbot UI on Weaviate.
- Pathway โ real-time RAG and AI pipelines.
Vector Databases
- pgvector โญ (21k โญ) โ Postgres extension; default for prototypes.
- Qdrant โญ (31k โญ) โ open-source vector search engine in Rust; production-ready.
- Pinecone โญ โ managed vector database; serverless option.
- Weaviate (16k โญ) โ open-source vector database with hybrid search.
- Chroma (28k โญ) โ embeddings database for AI apps; great DX for prototypes.
- Milvus (44k โญ) โ open-source vector database for production.
- LanceDB โ serverless / embedded vector database.
- Turbopuffer ๐ โ serverless vector DB on object storage.
- Vespa โ search and recommendation with vector support.
Embedding Models
- OpenAI text-embedding-3 / 4 โ text-embedding-3-small/large.
- Cohere Embed v3 / v4 โ multilingual embedding models.
- Voyage AI โญ โ top-quality general embeddings (acquired by MongoDB).
- BGE (BAAI) ๐จ๐ณ โ open-source embeddings, leaderboard contender.
- Sentence Transformers โ open-source embeddings library.
- Nomic Embed โ open-source long-context embeddings.
- Mixedbread (mxbai-embed) โ open-source embeddings.
โก LLM Inference & Hosting
- Ollama โญ (171k โญ) โ run LLMs locally with one command.
- LM Studio โ desktop GUI for local LLMs.
- llama.cpp โญ (108k โญ) โ efficient LLM inference in C++.
- vLLM โญ (79k โญ) โ high-throughput LLM serving for production.
- SGLang ๐ (27k โญ) โ fast structured-output inference engine.
- Text Generation Inference (TGI) โ Hugging Face's production server (archived; consider vLLM or SGLang).
- Together AI โญ โ fast inference API for open models.
- Groq โญ โ extremely fast LPU-based inference.
- Fireworks AI โ production inference platform.
- Replicate โ run open-source models in the cloud.
- Modal โ serverless GPU for AI workloads.
- RunPod โ GPU cloud for AI.
- Lambda Cloud โ GPU cloud focused on AI.
- Cerebras Inference ๐ โ wafer-scale fastest inference.
๐ LLM Ops & Observability
- LangSmith โญ โ debugging, testing, monitoring; default for LangChain shops.
- Helicone โญ (6k โญ) โ open-source LLM observability.
- Langfuse (27k โญ) โ open-source LLM engineering platform; eval + traces.
- Phoenix (Arize) โ open-source LLM observability in a notebook.
- Braintrust โญ โ eval-first observability for AI products.
- Weights & Biases (W&B Weave) โ experiment tracking + LLM tracing.
- Promptfoo (21k โญ) โ open-source LLM eval framework.
- OpenLIT โ OpenTelemetry-native LLM observability.
- Opik (Comet) ๐ โ open-source LLM eval + tracing.
- Inspect AI ๐ โ UK AISI's agent eval framework.
๐ฏ Fine-Tuning & Training
- Axolotl โญ (12k โญ) โ easy fine-tuning of LLMs (LoRA, QLoRA, full).
- Unsloth โญ (64k โญ) โ 2x faster LLM fine-tuning, less memory.
- Hugging Face TRL (18k โญ) โ RLHF, DPO, PPO trainers.
- LLaMA Factory (71k โญ) โ unified LLM fine-tuning.
- Lit-GPT (Lightning AI) โ pretrain, fine-tune, serve LLMs.
- ColossalAI (41k โญ) โ large-scale training.
- veRL (ByteDance) ๐ โ RL training for LLMs.
๐ ๏ธ Development Frameworks
Deep Learning Frameworks
- PyTorch โญ โ by Meta; the de facto research framework.
- TensorFlow โ by Google; production focus.
- JAX (36k โญ) โ by Google; functional, GPU/TPU.
- Keras 3 โ multi-backend high-level API.
- MLX (Apple) (26k โญ) โ array framework optimized for Apple Silicon.
- MAX / Mojo (Modular) โ Python-superset language for AI performance.
Python LLM Libraries
- Hugging Face Transformers โญ (160k โญ) โ state-of-the-art models.
- LangChain (136k โญ) โ LLM application framework.
- LlamaIndex (38k โญ) โ LLM data framework.
- Pydantic AI โ type-safe agent framework.
- Instructor โญ โ structured outputs from LLMs.
- LiteLLM โญ (46k โญ) โ unified API for 100+ LLMs.
- Outlines (14k โญ) โ guided / structured generation.
- DSPy โญ (34k โญ) โ programming (not prompting) LLMs.
- scikit-learn โ classic ML in Python.
- Ray (42k โญ) โ distributed Python; underlies vLLM and many frameworks.
TypeScript / JavaScript
- Vercel AI SDK โญ โ React/Next.js AI app SDK.
- LangChain.js โ LangChain for JS.
- Mastra ๐ (24k โญ) โ TS framework for agents, evals, workflows.
- TensorFlow.js โ browser ML.
Bot SDKs
- Anthropic SDK โ official Claude SDK.
- OpenAI SDK (31k โญ) โ official OpenAI SDK.
- Discord.py โ Discord bot SDK.
- Slack Bolt โ Slack app framework.
- python-telegram-bot โ Telegram bot SDK.
- Wechaty ๐จ๐ณ โ WeChat bot framework.
Datasets
- Hugging Face Datasets โญ โ central dataset hub.
- Common Crawl โ web-scale data.
- Kaggle Datasets โ competition + reference datasets.
- Papers With Code Datasets โ benchmark datasets.
- The Pile โ 800GB dataset for LLMs.
- FineWeb (HuggingFace) ๐ โ 15T-token cleaned web dataset.
๐ Courses & Learning Paths
Foundational ML / AI (Classics โ still worth doing)
- Machine Learning โ Stanford / Andrew Ng โ the classic.
- Deep Learning Specialization โ deeplearning.ai โ neural nets, CNNs, RNNs, transformers.
- CS231n: Convolutional Neural Networks โ Stanford โ CV gold standard.
- CS224N: NLP with Deep Learning โ Stanford โ NLP foundations.
- Practical Deep Learning for Coders โ fast.ai / Jeremy Howard โ top-down practical.
- 3Blue1Brown โ Neural Networks โ visual deep dive.
Modern LLM / Generative AI ๐ฅ
- Karpathy's Neural Networks: Zero to Hero โญ โ build neural nets, GPT, tokenizers from scratch. Best free LLM course.
- Hugging Face Agents Course โญ โ building LLM agents end-to-end.
- Hugging Face NLP Course โ free, transformer-focused.
- Anthropic Courses โ official courses on prompting, tool use, RAG, agents.
- LangChain Academy โ LangChain and LangGraph courses.
- LLM Bootcamp (Full Stack DL) โ practical LLM app dev.
- Generative AI for Everyone โ Andrew Ng โ non-technical intro.
- CS336: Language Modeling from Scratch โ Stanford โ build a real LLM.
Career-focused Bootcamps
- Springboard AI/ML Career Track โ US-focused online bootcamp with mentor.
- Bloomtech (formerly Lambda School) โ US online bootcamp.
- Insight Data Science Fellows โ fellowship for PhDs entering industry.
- Maven AI Engineering Cohorts โ cohort-based courses by industry experts.
- Zero to Mastery โ AI/ML Career Path โ online ML bootcamp.
- General Assembly Data Science Immersive โ full-time bootcamp, multiple cities.
- JR Academy AI Engineer Bootcamp โ project-based 6-month bootcamp covering MCP, RAG, agents, deployment.
- JR Academy Vibe Coding โ modern AI-augmented development with Cursor / Claude Code.
- JR Academy Web Full-Stack Bootcamp โ Next.js / NestJS / AWS project bootcamp.
- Recurse Center โ self-directed programmer retreat (NYC).
AI Engineer Specialization (Free Learning Hubs)
Self-directed learning paths specifically for the AI Engineer role.
- AI Engineer Roadmap (roadmap.sh) โ community-curated step-by-step roadmap.
- AI Engineer Reading List (Latent Space) โ Swyx's annual must-read papers.
- Generative AI Handbook (Will Brown) โ practical handbook.
- Build LLM-Powered Apps (Hamel Husain) โ practical writing on LLM eval and ops.
- Deep Learning AI โ AI Engineering Specialization โ Andrew Ng's structured paths.
- JR Academy AI Engineer Hub โ free chapter-based learning path: MCP, RAG, agents, deployment, with hands-on labs.
- JR Academy Prompt Master Hub โ free prompt engineering chapter-based hub.
- Awesome AI Engineer (community list) โ math foundations.
Specialized Topics
- Reinforcement Learning Course โ David Silver / DeepMind.
- CS285: Deep RL โ UC Berkeley.
- Artificial Intelligence for Robotics โ Sebastian Thrun.
Free Aggregators
- Made With ML โ production ML foundations.
- AI Engineer Roadmap โ community-curated path.
- Awesome MLOps โ production ML resources.
๐ Books, Papers & Blogs
Books โ Modern (2024-2026) ๐ฅ
- AI Engineering โ Chip Huyen โญ โ the definitive book on production LLM apps.
- Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) โ Sebastian Raschka โ pedagogical GPT build.
- Hands-On Large Language Models โ Jay Alammar & Maarten Grootendorst.
- Designing Machine Learning Systems โ Chip Huyen โ production ML.
Books โ Foundations
- Deep Learning โ Goodfellow, Bengio, Courville โ the foundational textbook.
- Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction (2nd ed) โ Sutton & Barto.
- Hands-On ML with Scikit-Learn, Keras & TensorFlow โ Aurรฉlien Gรฉron.
- Probabilistic Machine Learning โ Kevin Murphy โ rigorous reference.
- The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book โ Andriy Burkov โ concise.
Papers โ Why Each Matters
Read these to understand the field, in roughly chronological order.
- Attention Is All You Need (2017) โญ โ introduced the Transformer; basis of every modern LLM.
- BERT (2018) โ bidirectional Transformers; pretraining objective that powered NLP for 4 years.
- GPT-3 (2020) โ "Language Models are Few-Shot Learners" โ proved scaling works; in-context learning.
- Scaling Laws (2020) โ formalized loss vs compute/params/data; the law that drove GPT-4 sizing.
- RAG (2020) โ original retrieval-augmented generation paper.
- Chain-of-Thought (2022) โ "let's think step by step" prompting unlocked reasoning.
- InstructGPT / RLHF (2022) โ RLHF made models follow instructions; basis of ChatGPT.
- Chinchilla (2022) โ corrected scaling laws; train smaller on more tokens.
- LLaMA (2023) โ Meta's open-weights move that birthed the open ecosystem.
- ReAct (2022) โ Reasoning + Acting prompt template; basis of modern agents.
- Toolformer (2023) โ LLMs that learn to use tools; precursor to function calling.
- LoRA (2021) โ low-rank adaptation; how everyone fine-tunes affordably.
- Direct Preference Optimization (2023) โ DPO; simpler RLHF replacement.
- Mixtral of Experts (2024) โ practical MoE that opened the era of efficient large models.
- DeepSeek-R1 (2025) ๐จ๐ณ โ pure-RL reasoning training breakthrough.
Blogs โ Top Signal
- Lilian Weng's Blog (Lil'Log) โญ โ deep technical writing, every post a survey.
- Karpathy's Blog โญ โ Andrej Karpathy's writing; legendary clarity.
- Sebastian Raschka's Magazine โ practical LLM and ML.
- Simon Willison's Blog โ daily AI tools and tips, unmatched volume.
- Anthropic Research โ Claude/safety research.
- OpenAI Research โ papers and announcements.
- Google Research Blog โ Google AI research.
- Hugging Face Blog โ open-source AI updates.
- One Useful Thing (Ethan Mollick) โ practical AI essays for non-engineers.
๐ข Companies & Research Labs
Foundation Model Labs
- Anthropic โ Claude; AI safety research.
- OpenAI โ GPT, ChatGPT, Sora, Codex.
- Google DeepMind โ Gemini, AlphaFold, research.
- Meta AI (FAIR) โ Llama, PyTorch.
- Mistral AI โ open-source / commercial models from France.
- xAI โ Grok.
- Cohere โ enterprise LLMs.
- AI21 Labs โ Jamba and enterprise AI.
- Stability AI โ Stable Diffusion.
- Black Forest Labs โ Flux image models.
- Reka AI โ multimodal frontier models.
- DeepSeek ๐จ๐ณ โ Chinese open-source frontier models.
- Alibaba Qwen Team ๐จ๐ณ โ Qwen series.
- Moonshot AI ๐จ๐ณ โ Kimi K2.
- Zhipu AI ๐จ๐ณ โ GLM series.
AI Infrastructure & Platforms
- Hugging Face โ model hub, datasets, training.
- Replicate โ run open-source models in the cloud.
- Together AI โ fast open-model inference.
- Groq โ extreme-speed LPU inference.
- Cerebras โ wafer-scale chip inference.
- Modal โ serverless GPU.
- Anyscale โ Ray-based distributed AI.
- Databricks โ data + AI platform.
- Snowflake Cortex โ AI in the data warehouse.
- Lightning AI โ Lightning Studios for ML.
Enterprise / Vertical AI
- Glean โ enterprise AI search.
- Harvey AI โ legal AI.
- Cresta โ contact center AI.
- Sierra โ customer service agents.
- Decagon โ AI customer support agents.
- Cursor (Anysphere) โ AI coding company.
- Cognition โ Devin SWE agent.
- Scale AI โ data labeling and infrastructure.
- DataRobot โ enterprise ML platform.
AI Consulting & Implementation
- Slalom AI Practice โ global consulting with AI practice.
- Boston Consulting Group X (BCG X) โ BCG's AI/digital build arm.
- Accenture AI โ large-scale AI transformation.
- Thoughtworks AI โ engineering-led AI delivery.
- Modulai โ boutique AI consultancy (EU).
- MetaTree Lab โ AI consulting; LLM strategy, RAG and agent implementation, custom training.
๐ง Personal AI Tools
General Assistants
- Claude โญ โ Anthropic's assistant; long context, careful reasoning.
- ChatGPT โญ โ OpenAI's general-purpose assistant.
- Google Gemini โ Google's assistant; native in Workspace.
- Perplexity โญ โ AI search; best for research questions.
- Grok โ xAI's assistant with X integration.
- You.com โ AI search and chat.
- Pi (Inflection) โ empathetic personal AI.
Productivity AI
- Notion AI โ built into Notion docs.
- Granola โญ โ AI meeting notes; current favorite.
- Otter.ai โ meeting transcription veteran.
- Reclaim.ai โ calendar AI scheduling.
- Motion โ AI task and calendar planner.
- Mem โ AI-organized note-taking.
- Sunsama โ daily planner with AI.
- Clay โ AI-powered CRM and outreach.
Virtual Office & Remote Collaboration
- Gather โ virtual office in 2D pixel-art world.
- Teamflow โ virtual HQ for remote teams.
- Mmhmm โ AI presentation and async video.
- MetaTown โ virtual office and meeting environment with AI agents.
- Around โ AI-enhanced video calls (compact tiles).
AI Search
- Perplexity โญ โ research-grade AI search.
- Phind โ AI search for developers.
- Exa โ search engine designed for AI/LLMs.
- Tavily โ search API for agents.
- Linkup ๐ โ AI-grade search API.
๐จ Specialized AI Tools
Image Generation & Design
- Midjourney โญ โ high-quality image generation.
- DALLยทE (OpenAI) โ image generation in ChatGPT.
- Stable Diffusion (local) โ open-source image gen.
- Flux 1.1 Pro / Kontext โญ โ best-in-class open image gen + editing.
- Recraft V3 ๐ โ design-grade image generation.
- Ideogram 2.0 โ image generation with great text rendering.
- Leonardo.AI ๐ฆ๐บ โ Sydney-based image generation.
- Krea โ real-time AI canvas.
- Canva Magic Studio โ AI design tools.
- Figma AI / Make โ AI in Figma.
- Photoshop Firefly โ Adobe's generative fill.
Video & Audio
- Sora 2 (OpenAI) โญ ๐ โ text-to-video; current state-of-the-art.
- Veo 3 (Google) โญ โ video gen with native audio.
- Runway Gen-4 โ AI video generation and editing.
- Pika 2.0 โ text-to-video.
- Hailuo 02 (MiniMax) ๐จ๐ณ โ strong video gen.
- Kling AI ๐จ๐ณ โ Kuaishou's video gen.
- HeyGen โ AI avatars and translation.
- Synthesia โ AI video for enterprise.
- Descript โ edit audio/video like a doc.
- SummaryTube โ AI summaries, key moments, and transcripts for YouTube videos.
- ElevenLabs โญ โ voice cloning and synthesis.
- Cartesia Sonic ๐ โ sub-100ms voice for real-time agents.
- Hume EVI โ emotion-aware voice AI.
- Suno v4 โ music generation.
- Udio โ music generation.
Writing & Content
- Jasper AI โ AI writer for marketing teams.
- Writesonic โ SEO content generator.
- Copy.ai โ AI marketing copy.
- Grammarly โ AI writing assistant.
- Sudowrite โ AI for fiction writers.
- Lex โ AI writing app for thinkers.
Health / Medical
- Ada Health โ symptom assessment.
- Abridge โญ โ clinical documentation AI; widely deployed in US health systems.
- Suki AI โ voice-enabled clinical AI.
Finance
- Bloomberg GPT โ finance-specific LLM.
- Hebbia โ AI for financial analysts.
Legal
Travel
Education
- Khan Academy Khanmigo โญ โ AI tutor for students.
- CodeKidz โ AI-powered programming learning for kids.
Career & Resume
- Teal โ AI resume builder + job tracker.
- Rezi โ AI resume builder optimized for ATS.
- ResumeWorded โ AI resume + LinkedIn profile feedback.
- Kickresume โ AI resume and cover letter builder.
- JobPin AI โ AI resume editing, ATS optimization, and job matching.
- Final Round AI โ AI interview copilot.
๐ฐ News, Newsletters & Podcasts
Newsletters
- The Batch (deeplearning.ai) โญ โ Andrew Ng's weekly newsletter.
- Latent Space โญ โ Swyx's AI engineering practitioner newsletter.
- Import AI (Jack Clark) โญ โ AI policy and research.
- The Sequence โ research summaries.
- Last Week in AI โ weekly AI news.
- TLDR AI โ daily AI news in 5 minutes.
- Ben's Bites โ daily AI news for non-technical readers.
- One Useful Thing (Ethan Mollick) โ practical AI essays.
- Interconnects (Nathan Lambert) โ open-source AI commentary.
Podcasts
- Latent Space Podcast โญ โ AI engineering deep dives.
- Dwarkesh Podcast โญ โ AI researchers and founders.
- The Lex Fridman Podcast โ long-form AI/tech conversations.
- No Priors โ Sarah Guo & Elad Gil on AI.
- The TWIML AI Podcast โ This Week in ML & AI.
- Practical AI โ applied AI for engineers.
- Machine Learning Street Talk โ academic ML discussions.
News Sites
- Hacker News โ community AI discussion.
- ArXiv (cs.CL / cs.AI) โ preprints.
- Papers with Code โ papers + implementations.
- The Information AI โ paid; insider news.
- Semianalysis โ AI hardware and infrastructure analysis.
๐ค Events & Conferences
- NeurIPS โ premier ML research conference.
- ICML โ International Conference on Machine Learning.
- ICLR โ Learning Representations.
- CVPR โ Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.
- ACL โ Computational Linguistics.
- The AI Engineer Summit / World's Fair โญ โ practitioner conference (SF/NYC).
- Anthropic Builder Summit โ Anthropic developer events.
- OpenAI DevDay โ OpenAI developer event.
- Hugging Face Events โ community events.
- Build Club Sydney ๐ฆ๐บ โ AU AI builders.
๐ผ AI Jobs
- Moai Jobs โ top AI company jobs.
- AI Jobster โ remote AI jobs.
- Hugging Face Jobs โ open-source AI roles.
- LinkedIn AI Engineer search โ global AI jobs.
- WhoIsHiring (HN) โ Hacker News hiring threads.
- Cracked Engineers โ hand-picked tech jobs.
- Built In โ US tech jobs by city.
- levels.fyi โ comp benchmarking.
- For region-specific jobs, see ๐ AI Scene by Country.
๐ AI Communities by City
- San Francisco AI Meetup โ SF community.
- New York AI โ NYC community.
- Seattle AI โ Seattle community.
- London AI โ London community.
- Amsterdam AI โ Amsterdam community.
- Hong Kong AI โ HK community.
For Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, KL โ see ๐ AI Scene by Country.
๐ AI Scene by Country
Country-specific resources โ universities, companies, bootcamps, hiring, visa info, and communities. Contributions from people on the ground welcome โ please open a PR for your country.
๐บ๐ธ USA
Universities & Research
- Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) โ academic AI research.
- MIT CSAIL โ Computer Science and AI Lab.
- Carnegie Mellon LTI / MLD โ Language Technologies / ML departments.
- UC Berkeley BAIR โ Berkeley AI Research.
- Princeton NLP โ academic groups.
Bootcamps & Career Programs
- Springboard AI/ML Career Track โ online AI bootcamp.
- Bloomtech โ online tech bootcamp.
- Insight Data Science Fellows โ fellowship for PhDs entering industry.
- Recurse Center โ self-directed programmer retreat (NYC).
- Anthropic Fellowship โ Anthropic's research fellowship.
Hiring & Comp
- levels.fyi โ comp data for US tech roles.
- Built In โ US tech jobs by city.
๐จ๐ณ China
ๅคงๅญฆไธ็ ็ฉถ้ข
- ๆธ ๅๅคงๅญฆ THUNLP / AI Institute โ ๆธ ๅ AI / NLP ็ ็ฉถ.
- ๅไบฌๅคงๅญฆ โ ็้่ฎก็ฎๆบ็ ็ฉถๆ โ ๅๅคง AI ็ ็ฉถ.
- ไธๆตทไบคๅคง โ ไบบๅทฅๆบ่ฝ็ ็ฉถ้ข โ ไธไบค AI ็ ็ฉถ.
- ๅไบฌๆบๆบไบบๅทฅๆบ่ฝ็ ็ฉถ้ข (BAAI) โ ๆบๆบ็ ็ฉถ้ข.
- ไธๆตทไบบๅทฅๆบ่ฝๅฎ้ชๅฎค (Shanghai AI Lab) โ ๅ ฌๅ ฑๅคงๆจกๅ็ ็ฉถ.
- ้ฆๆธฏไธญๆๅคงๅญฆ MMLab โ ๆธฏไธญๆ ๅคๅชไฝๅฎ้ชๅฎค.
ๅ ฌๅธ & ๅคงๆจกๅ
- DeepSeek โญ โ ๆทฑๅบฆๆฑ็ดข, ๅผๆบๅๆฒฟๅคงๆจกๅ.
- ้ไนๅ้ฎ Qwen (Alibaba) โญ โ ้ฟ้้ไน.
- Moonshot AI Kimi โญ โ ๆไนๆ้ข Kimi K2.
- ่ฑๅ (ByteDance) โ ๅญ่่ฑๅ .
- ๆบ่ฐฑ AI ChatGLM โ ๆธ ๅ็ณปๅคงๆจกๅ.
- MiniMax abab โ MiniMax.
- ็พๅบฆๆๅฟ ERNIE โ ๆๅฟไธ่จ.
- ่ พ่ฎฏๆททๅ โ ๆททๅ ๅคงๆจกๅ.
- ็พๅทๆบ่ฝ Baichuan โ ็พๅทๅคงๆจกๅ.
- 01.AI Yi โ ้ถไธไธ็ฉ Yi ็ณปๅ.
ๅญฆไน ๅนณๅฐ & ่ต่ฎฏ
- ๆๅฎขๆถ้ด โ ็จๅบๅไป่ดน่ฏพ็จ.
- ๆ ่ฏพ็ฝ / ็ฝๆไบ่ฏพๅ โ ็ปผๅๅจ็บฟ่ฏพ็จ.
- ้ๅญไฝ (QbitAI) โ AI ่ต่ฎฏๅชไฝ.
- ๆบๅจไนๅฟ (Synced) โ AI ็ ็ฉถ่ต่ฎฏ.
- PaperWeekly โ ่ฎบๆ้ ่ฏป็คพๅบ.
- Datawhale โ ๅผๆบ AI ๅญฆไน ็คพๅบ.
๐ฆ๐บ Australia
Universities & Education
- University of Sydney โ AI & ML โ academic programs.
- UNSW AI Institute โ research-led AI education.
- University of Melbourne โ AI โ academic programs.
- Monash University โ Data Science & AI โ academic programs.
- JR Academy โ project-based AI engineering bootcamp; global cohorts with HQ in Australia.
Hiring
- Atlassian Careers โ Sydney-based, hiring AI engineers.
- Canva Engineering โ Sydney-based, AI/ML roles.
- Australian Government Digital Transformation Agency โ public sector AI.
- Build Club AI โ Sydney AI builders community + jobs.
- JobPin AI โ AI-powered resume editing, ATS optimization, and job matching.
- JR Academy Career Coaching โ AI Engineer career coaching and placement.
Visa Pathways for AI Engineers
- 482 TSS โ employer-sponsored temporary skilled visa.
- 186 ENS โ employer-sponsored permanent residency.
- 189 Skilled Independent โ points-tested PR; tech occupations on MLTSSL.
- Global Talent Visa (GTI / Subclass 858) โ for high-achieving AI specialists.
Companies & Labs
- Canva โ Sydney; Magic Design, AI image gen.
- Atlassian โ Sydney; Atlassian Intelligence.
- Culture Amp โ Melbourne; HR AI.
- Cochlear โ Sydney; medical AI.
- SafetyCulture โ Sydney/Townsville; AI for inspections.
- Harrison.ai โ Sydney; medical AI.
- Leonardo.AI โ Sydney; image generation.
- Relevance AI โ Sydney; agent platform.
Meetups & Communities
- Build Club Sydney โ community of AI builders.
- Chinese AI Association (Sydney) โ AU ๅไบบ AI ็คพๅบ.
- AI Sydney Meetup โ regular events.
- AI Melbourne Meetup โ regular events.
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia
Universities
- University of Malaya (UM) โ flagship public university.
- Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) โ School of Computer Sciences.
- Multimedia University (MMU) โ Cyberjaya tech university.
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) โ engineering & AI research.
- Asia Pacific University (APU) โ data science & AI programs.
Companies & Hiring (KL / Cyberjaya)
- Grab โ Southeast Asia super-app; ML roles in KL.
- Carsome โ used-car platform with AI pricing.
- Aerodyne โ drone AI; HQ Cyberjaya.
- iPay88 โ fintech with AI applications.
- Hiredly โ Malaysia tech jobs platform.
Communities
- AI Malaysia Meetup โ local meetups.
- Google Developer Groups KL โ including AI/ML events.
- PyData KL โ Python + data community.
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore
Universities & Research
- National University of Singapore (NUS) โ top SEA CS school.
- Nanyang Technological University (NTU) โ AI / ML labs.
- Singapore Management University (SMU) โ applied AI.
- A*STAR IยฒR โ government AI research.
Government & Initiatives
- AI Singapore โญ โ national AI program (AI Apprenticeship, Trailblazer).
- SGTech โ Singapore tech industry association.
Companies & Hiring
- Sea / Shopee / Garena โ Sea Group, large AI/ML team.
- Grab AI Center โ Singapore HQ.
- GovTech Singapore โ public-sector AI.
- Tech in Asia Jobs โ SEA tech jobs.
Adding a country? Open a PR. Helpful info: top universities, AI companies, hiring resources, communities, and (if relevant) visa pathways.
๐ค Robotics & Embodied AI
- Boston Dynamics โ Atlas, Spot.
- Figure AI ๐ฅ โ humanoid robots; Figure 02.
- 1X Technologies โ Neo home humanoid.
- Tesla Optimus โ humanoid robot.
- Physical Intelligence (Pi) ๐ โ robotics foundation models.
- Skild AI ๐ โ general-purpose robotics intelligence.
- Sanctuary AI Phoenix โ humanoid robot.
- DJI โ drones.
- Aerodyne ๐ฒ๐พ โ drone AI; Malaysia.
- iRobot โ Roomba.
Robotics frameworks
- LeRobot (Hugging Face) ๐ (24k โญ) โ open-source robotics learning.
- ROS 2 โ Robot Operating System.
- NVIDIA Isaac โ robotics platform.
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