# Latent Space

> Latent Space is a technical media and community business for AI engineers. Its interviews, essays, weekday AINews roundups and specialist shows help software builders follow models, tools and deployment practices, with subscriptions and sponsorships supporting the publication.

- **Founded:** 2022
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Shawn Wang (swyx) (Newsletter founder, editor and podcast co-founder), Alessio Fanelli (Podcast co-founder and cohost)
- **Products:** Latent Space newsletter and essays, Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast, Discord, meetups and LLM Paper Club, The 2025 AI Engineer Reading List, AINews: Weekday Roundups
- **Notable:** June 2023 essay The Rise of the AI Engineer articulated an application-focused software discipline., March 2024 anniversary reported more than 750,000 podcast downloads and one million unique Substack readers., The first-anniversary Final Frontiers event featured ten teams; Pixee and RWKV won.

## Products & services

- **Latent Space newsletter and essays** — Technical analysis for AI builders; newsletter began in 2022.
- **Latent Space: The AI Engineer Podcast** — Technical interviews in audio and video, with written episode material.
- **Discord, meetups and LLM Paper Club** — Peer discussions, events and recurring research reading sessions.
- **The 2025 AI Engineer Reading List** — Approximately 50 selected readings across ten practical AI engineering fields; published December 27, 2024.
- **AINews: Weekday Roundups** — Daily AI news digest that joined Latent Space in January 2026.
- **Latent Space: AI for Science** — Specialist podcast launched January 28, 2026 with RJ Honicky and Brandon Anderson.
- **Forward Deployed Engineering podcast** — Specialist enterprise AI deployment coverage with Basil Chatha, publicly described as a fourth-show pilot in 2026.
- **Sponsorships** — Commercial placements aimed at a technical AI audience; reopened in September 2026.

## Achievements

- June 2023 essay The Rise of the AI Engineer articulated an application-focused software discipline.
- March 2024 anniversary reported more than 750,000 podcast downloads and one million unique Substack readers.
- The first-anniversary Final Frontiers event featured ten teams; Pixee and RWKV won.
- September 2026 update reported crossing 200,000 on YouTube.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — AINews joined; a network expansion and Kernel studio were announced.
- **2026-01** — AI for Science launched January 28 with specialist hosts.
- **2026-09** — Announced plans for AINews v3, explored a Beehiiv migration and new homepage, and reopened sponsorships after adding business and editorial leadership.
- **2026-10** — October 8 podcast featured Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk in a science/engineering crossover.

## Links

- Website: https://www.latent.space/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/latentspacepod
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/latentspacepod
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LatentSpacePod

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Last updated: 2026-10-09