# AI Daily Brew

> The 5-minute daily AI brief for people who build. Every weekday we turn the AI firehose into the few things that actually matter: what shipped, what to build, which tool to use, and what to ignore. No hype, just signal.

Operated by Joshua Davis. General contact: hello [at] aidailybrew.com. Privacy + terms linked from every page footer.

## What AI Daily Brew is

A free daily email newsletter (Morning Brew style) for AI builders, operators, founders, and the AI-curious. Each weekday issue is a short, scannable brew with a top story, quick hits, a tool or model of the day, one practical thing to try, an honest signal-vs-hype read, and one number that matters. The Friday flagship, "The Weekly Brew," distills the week. Readers choose which topic sections they want.

## Topic sections

- Agents & Building — shipping agents, RAG, memory, and AI-coded products
- Local & Open Source — running models on your own hardware; self-hosting, privacy
- Signal vs Noise — cutting hype, decoding research, what is actually real
- AI Money — making money with AI; what people actually pay for
- Tools & Models — the one tool or model worth your attention, and who it is for
- Start Here — the credible on-ramp: prompting, first builds, where to begin

## Canonical URLs

- `/` — homepage + subscribe
- `/getting-started` — post-signup topic picker (per-user; not for indexing)
- `/challenge` — recommended partner offer (the AI Secrets Challenge)
- `/privacy` — privacy policy
- `/terms` — terms of service

## Where to read

- Newsletter archive + issues: https://aidailybrew.substack.com
- Subscribe: https://aidailybrew.com

## Editorial stance

Skeptical, not cynical. Plain English over jargon. One thing to do and one thing to ignore in every issue. Affiliate/partner links are disclosed and only used for things we would use ourselves.