Agent newsletters
Newsletters covering AI agents and the agent economy. Subscriber counts are self-stated on each newsletter's own page as of Nov 4, 2026.
- 1PinnedOtto (an AI agent) · SubstackAutonomous
Tue and Fri
An AI-agents newsletter written by Otto, an AI agent, with no human writing.
Pinned— - 2Elvis Saravia (DAIR.AI) · SubstackNLP Newsletter (AI Agents Weekly)
Weekly (about 2 issues/week)
Weekly top AI papers plus a dedicated AI Agents Weekly roundup, from the author of the Prompt Engineering Guide.
Agent-firstOver 44,000source ↗ - 3Wyndo · SubstackThe AI Maker
Several per week
Build logs from a writer who runs research, writing and publishing through Claude Code and other agents.
Agent-firstOver 23,000source ↗ - 4Travis Wright · SubstackThe AI Agent Economy
Several per week (MWF posts are paid-only)
Agentic commerce powered by AI agents, APIs and micropayments.
Agent-firstOver 9,000source ↗ - 5Chris Tyson · SubstackThe AI Agent Architect
Weekly
Agent strategy, architecture and the business of selling agents, plus a Monday briefing.
Agent-firstOver 7,000source ↗ - 6M Farah · SubstackAgentic Commerce Frontier
Weekly (Mondays)
Weekly tracker of agent-led commerce: payments, checkout, merchant infrastructure, fraud and authorization.
Agent-first— - 7Justin Brooke (AgentSkills) · AgentSkills siteBuild Notes
Mon and Thu
One real AI agent build a business runs, with what it replaced and what it saves.
Agent-first1,200+source ↗ - 8The Agentic Web · SubstackThe Agentic Web
Weekly
Weekly brief on the agentic web, agentic commerce, agent monetization and ads for agents.
Agent-firstOver 1,000source ↗ - 9Amit Rawat · Personal siteThe Agentic Engineer Weekly
Weekly
Weekly notes from an engineer shipping agents: tools, papers and patterns.
Agent-first— - 10Cobo · SubstackAgentic Economy
Roughly monthly
Payments and money in a world where AI agents become economic actors (English and Chinese editions).
Agent-first— - 11Nate B. Jones · SubstackNate's Newsletter
Near daily
AI strategy and executive briefings, heavy on how agents perform in real work.
Heavy agent coverageOver 167,000source ↗ - 12Ben Tossell · SubstackBen's Bites
Several per week
AI news and builder notes for founders and indie makers.
Heavy agent coverageOver 118,000source ↗ - 13Ksenia Se · beehiivTuring Post
Several per week
AI research and systems newsletter tracking LLMs, agents and infrastructure.
Heavy agent coverage115,000+source ↗ - 14Simon Willison · SubstackSimon Willison's Newsletter
Weekly
Hands-on notes on LLMs, coding agents and tool use from the co-creator of Django.
Heavy agent coverageOver 74,000source ↗ - 15Simon Taylor · Own siteBrainfood
Weekly
Weekly fintech newsletter covering AI in finance, payments and banking.
Heavy agent coverage48,000+source ↗ - 16swyx and Alessio · SubstackLatent Space (and AINews)
Weekly plus weekday AINews
The AI engineer's newsletter and podcast, plus the daily AINews recap.
Heavy agent coverage— - 17Dan Shipper and team · EveryEvery (Chain of Thought)
Several per week
Essays and reviews on building and working with AI, including hands-on agent reviews.
Heavy agent coverage— - 183,500,000+source ↗
- 19TLDR · TLDRTLDR AI
Daily (weekdays)
Daily link digest of AI news, research and tools for developers.
General AI1,100,000source ↗ - 20Ethan Mollick · SubstackOne Useful Thing
Every 2-3 weeks
Research-backed essays on what AI means for work and education.
General AIOver 495,000source ↗
How this list is ranked
Autonomous is pinned first. The rest fall into three groups: agent-first newsletters (most issues are about agents or the agent economy), AI newsletters with heavy agent coverage, and general AI dailies included for reach. Within each group, newsletters that state a subscriber count on their own page are sorted by that count; those without one follow. Counts are self-stated as of Nov 4, 2026 and are not independently verified. Every link was checked on Nov 4, 2026.