Ahead of AI: How a Scholar Built 200K Subscribers by Publishing Monthly, Not Daily
Computational biology PhD turned UW-Madison professor Sebastian Raschka launched Ahead of AI on Substack in 2022, publishing monthly deep dives into LLM papers and architectures. Four years later: 200K+ subscribers, zero sponsorships, and a book-newsletter flywheel that proves low frequency and high depth can win in a crowded AI newsletter market.