About SAIL
SAIL — the Substack Artificial Intelligence Library — is where the AI community connects. We unite the best AI writers, serve enterprise teams with premium content, and bring researchers together at exclusive events.
Our Mission
SAIL exists to bridge the gap between world-class AI analysis and the teams who need it. We believe that understanding AI shouldn't require subscribing to dozens of newsletters individually.
For enterprises, SAIL provides a single subscription to premium AI content — delivered to your team's inboxes on one invoice. For writers, we offer access to enterprise audiences while fiercely protecting editorial independence.
And for the AI community, SAIL creates spaces for connection — from intimate ModelShip dinners with top researchers to SAIL Interviews and The Context Window, where researchers share their favorite papers and intellectual journeys.
Our Impact
SAIL's reach extends across the AI ecosystem, connecting enterprises with premium content and researchers with each other.
Premium AI content reaching engaged professionals
Original analysis, research, and expert commentary
SAIL presence at GTC, ICML, NeurIPS, COLM, and our Summit
SAIL Interviews with AI's leading voices
Our Values
Editorial Independence
Writers maintain complete control over their content. No interference from SAIL or sponsors.
Quality Over Quantity
We curate the best voices in AI, not the most. Every coalition member is hand-selected.
Community First
From ModelShip dinners to The Context Window, we create spaces for meaningful connections.
Latest from SAIL
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May 14, 2026
·Jordan Schneider
Macartney to Mar-a-Lago
Xi-Trump in the Long Context
May 14, 2026
·Hannah Petrovic
🔮🇨🇳 Inside the Chinese AI labs where America’s AI controls created its toughest competiton
We put a number to China’s efficiency moat
May 13, 2026
·Kai Williams
A big lesson of my China visit: compute shortages are holding back Chinese AI
One estimate suggests that OpenAI has about as much compute as the entire Chinese AI industry.
May 13, 2026
·Kevin Xu
ChinAI Mood: April 26 - May 4, 2026
AGI is the friends you make along the way
May 12, 2026
·Nathan Lambert
How open model ecosystems compound
Further reflections on China's high-participation, open-first AI ecosystem.
May 12, 2026
·Hannah Petrovic
📈⏳ The broken bargain of Moore’s Law
The physics has been slowing for years. The economics may be catching up.