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How to use this
Do not try to do all of this tonight. Watch the first video, follow the five people, bookmark the one feed. That alone puts you ahead of almost everyone. Then come back for the rest when you are ready.
One thing to notice as you go: a few of these names show up more than once. Greg is the podcast, a video, and one of the five. Peter is the Hermes course and one of the five. That is not an accident. A small group of people sit at the center of this whole world, and once you are plugged into them, you are plugged into all of it.
Step 1
Watch these two, in order
The first one rewires how you think. The second one gives you something real that works.
Building AI Agents that actually work (Full Course)
by Greg Isenberg
This is the catch-up. Greg walks through how to actually think about AI, the principles underneath all of it, the stuff that stays true even when the tools change every week. If you feel behind, this is the single fastest way to close the gap. Watch it once for the big picture. Then watch it again with a notebook, because the second time is where it really lands.
Watch on YouTubeHermes Full Course: Build Your 24/7 AI Chief of Staff in 45 Minutes
by Peter Yang
This is the build. Once you have the principles, Peter shows you how to make something real: an AI agent that runs in the background and handles your life like a chief of staff. 45 minutes, start to finish. This is the moment it stops being theory and you actually have a thing that works. (Yes, that Peter is also one of the five people below. Told you the names repeat.)
Watch on YouTubeStep 2
Live in this podcast
The Startup Ideas Podcast
by Greg Isenberg
Put this in your ears and leave it there. Every episode is Greg and a sharp guest pulling apart real AI business ideas, what is working right now, what is coming next. It is the easiest way in the world to absorb how the smartest people are thinking about AI, on your commute, your walk, doing the dishes. You do not have to study it. Just let it run and your instincts start to sharpen on their own.
Open the playlistStep 3
Follow these 5 people on X
This is your starting lineup. Follow all five today.
@gregisenberg
Greg Isenberg
Builds and teaches AI businesses out in the open. The best single account for "okay, but what do I actually build with this?"
@bcherny
Boris Cherny
One of the people who actually built Claude Code. When the person who made the tool shows you how to use it, you pay attention.
@boringmarketer
Boring Marketer
Programmatic SEO, AI-built funnels, marketing systems that basically run themselves. If you sell anything, this is the feed.
@petergyang
Peter Yang
The Hermes guy from video #2. Breaks down AI, product, and how real people actually use this stuff. Clear, practical, zero hype.
@coreyganim
Corey Ganim
Went all-in building an AI business in public, and shows the real numbers along the way. Follow him if your goal is to make money with this.
Step 4
Then turn X into your AI feed
Here is the move almost nobody makes on purpose. Follow those five, then engage. Like, reply, save, and click on their stuff and any other good AI content you come across, especially the people who actually work at the big AI labs (Anthropic, OpenAI, and the like).
The algorithm is watching every single thing you engage with, and it starts feeding you more of it. Give it a week or two and your feed quietly turns into a free, real-time AI education that updates faster than any course ever could. X is where this stuff breaks first, before the YouTube videos, before the newsletters, before anyone packages it up.
You are not just scrolling. You are training a personalized AI tutor that runs 24/7. Feed it the good stuff and let it teach you.
Step 5
Check this one page every week
GitHub Trending
Bookmark it. Glance at it once a week. This is the page that shows you what people are actually building right now, often before it has a name, a logo, or a launch video. You will spot the tools and ideas here weeks before they hit your feed. And here is the part that matters: you do not need to understand a single line of code to get value from it. Just notice what keeps showing up. When the same thing trends three weeks running, that is your signal something real is happening.
Open GitHub TrendingThe One Move
If you only do one thing
Watch Greg's agent course (the first video) today. It is the fastest path from "I keep hearing about AI" to "oh, now I get it." Everything else on this list stands on the principles in that one video. Start there, then come back for the rest one piece at a time.
Do not try to inhale all of this in one night. Pick the first video, follow the five people, bookmark the feed. That is a genuinely dangerous starting position, and you can do all of it in about 20 minutes.
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