Substacks recommended by Chris Hughes

Recommended by Chris Hughes

Erik Torenberg

By a16z

Explorations and inquiries into my curiosities: culture, politics, tech, business, and human nature

Startup Riders

By Ivan Landabaso

How top 1% startups grow.

The Security Industry

By Richard Stiennon

All things cyber security. Researching 3,753+ vendors.

Great coverage of the industry and vendor landscape.

- Chris Hughes

Frankly Speaking

By Frank Wang

Security engineer. Recovering VC and academic sharing random thoughts on security.

The Cybersecurity Pulse (TCP)

By Darwin

Fortune 500 CISOs and their teams read this. So do vendors and the investors funding them. Weekly security news covering threats, deals, and startups. Occasional deep dives and opinion pieces.

The VC Corner

By Ruben Dominguez

The VC Corner is where founders stay ahead: sharp news, fundraising strategies, battle-tested playbooks, and the tools to grow.

The VC Corner is one of the best resources on Substack when it comes to the intersection of of AI, Business and VC. I always find the content helpful and timely!

- Chris Hughes

Marketing Ideas

By Tom Orbach

Get the most powerful tactics from successful startups — 1 new idea, every week.

Tom drops consistently great content around marketing and growth!

- Chris Hughes

Detection Engineering Weekly

By Zack/Det Eng Weekly

The latest news and how-tos in detection engineering

The Pragmatic Engineer

By Gergely Orosz

Big Tech and startups, from the inside. Highly relevant for software engineers, AI engineers and engineering leaders, useful for those working in tech.

The Bear Cave

By Edwin Dorsey

Exposing Corporate Misconduct

What's Hot 🔥 in Enterprise IT/VC

By Ed Sim

Ed Sim's (@boldstartvc) weekly readings and notes on building and investing in our autonomous future - AI infra, enterprise tech, physical AI, and scaling startups

Ed routinely brings some of the best insights and trends related to venture capital, software and startups - I'm a regular reader!

- Chris Hughes

Big Technology

By Alex Kantrowitz

A newsletter about big tech and society by independent journalist Alex Kantrowitz.

Defense Tech and Acquisition

By Pete Modigliani

Enabling defense and industry professionals deftly navigate the world's biggest bureaucracy to deliver better solutions faster.

Matt and Pete bring consistent amazing analysis of the most relevant news impacting the defense technology and acquisition ecosystem. Strongly recommend checking out their content!

- Chris Hughes

Detection at Scale

By Jack

How AI is reshaping security operations from intelligent agents and detection to the data infrastructure underneath. A weekly newsletter by Jack Naglieri, founder & CEO of Panther.

CEO Dinner Insights

By Dion Lim

An intimate forum for friends of the CEO Dinner to exchange entrepreneurial experiences and discuss technology trends.

Latio Pulse

By James Berthoty

Weekly insights into Cloud, Application & Product Security

☁️ The Cloud Security Guy 🤖

By Taimur Ijlal

A career-focused newsletter on getting hired, staying relevant, and upskilling in modern cloud and AI security.

Venture in Security

By Ross Haleliuk

Helping security practitioners, entrepreneurs, investors and executives build the future of cybersecurity

Software Analyst Cyber Research

By SACR Research

We deliver clear, concise, and in-depth analysis of the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape—built for cyber leaders, operators, and investors.

Francis' Software Analyst Newsletter is a MUST read for better understanding trends in the cybersecurity and software industry.

- Chris Hughes

Deploy Securely

By Deploy securely

Manage risk at the junction of artificial intelligence and software security.

One of the most comprehensive and thought provoking Cybersecurity substacks I follow.

- Chris Hughes

Level Up Software Engineering 🚀

By Caleb Mellas

Join 30,000+ engineers learning how to level up in their career. Everything you need to grow to senior engineer, tech lead and beyond in tech skills, communication, and leadership.

The Cyber Why

By Tyler Shields

Weekly cybersecurity intelligence for people who actually have opinions about it. The Cyber Why covers the biggest stories in security, cyber business, and tech investing — with sharp takes, real analysis, and zero tolerance for vendor spin.

Resilient Cyber

Recommended by Chris Hughes