Expert Watch
Rolling analysis of the people whose current thinking we track, grouped by how often they're worth checking, then by theme. As at 10 Jul 2026.
Fast Watch · weekly
The most active, highest-signal voices, worth a fresh look every week.
Coding & agentic engineering
- Boris ChernyHead of Claude Code, Anthropic · agentic coding, loop engineering
- Matt PocockAI Hero / Total TypeScript · how developers actually adopt AI coding
- Peter SteinbergerCreator, OpenClaw; OpenAI · self-modifying agents, agents replacing apps
Enterprise AI & knowledge work
- Aaron LevieCEO, Box · coding vs knowledge work, enterprise AI
- Nate B JonesAI strategy analyst · agent stack, model routing, the adoption gap
- Dan ShipperCo-founder/CEO, Every · the allocation economy, knowledge work, how people actually use AI
Infrastructure, capital & strategy
- Dylan PatelFounder & CEO, SemiAnalysis · AI-infrastructure buildout, compute economics
- Ben ThompsonStratechery · business strategy of AI, Aggregation Theory
Research methods
- Ben WarnerElectric Twin · AI "synthetic audiences" vs real research
Slow Watch · monthly
High-influence but low-frequency speakers, worth checking monthly.
Frontier models & world models
- Andrej KarpathyAnthropic (ex-OpenAI, Tesla) · agents, Software 3.0, timelines
- Fei-Fei LiWorld Labs, Stanford HAI · spatial intelligence, world models
- Yann LeCunAMI Labs, NYU · world models / JEPA, sceptic of pure-LLM scaling
Safety, policy & national security
- Geoffrey Hinton"Godfather of AI" · existential risk, control, jobs
- Eric SchmidtEx-Google CEO · AI and national security, energy, drones
Capital & company building
- Garry TanPresident & CEO, Y Combinator · founders, "thin harness, fat skills", vertical AI
- Bill GurleyBenchmark, BG2 Pod · AI capex cycle, unit economics, the "reset"
- Benedict EvansIndependent analyst · AI hype vs adoption, "1997 for AI"
Robotics & applied product
- Jonathan HurstAgility Robotics · humanoids, physical AI, real deployment
- Claire VoChatPRD, How I AI · AI-native product building, "PM is dead"
Research methods & measurement
Light Watch · monitor only
Very high-output creators: topics and summaries only, no per-item deep dive, escalate to a full profile only when something clearly warrants it.
No one assigned yet. Reserved for a future high-volume creator.