Deep dives · 20 curated resources

When three minutes isn't enough.

Hand-picked external courses, docs, papers and video series. Every entry says who it's for and roughly how long it takes, so you don't start a 40-hour course to answer a 40-minute question.

Machine Learning Crash Course

Google's own ML primer with interactive exercises. The fastest credible route from "no idea" to "I can read a model card".

GoogleFree~15 hrs

Introduction to Generative AI path

LLMs, embeddings, responsible AI and Vertex. Feeds directly into the Gen AI Leader exam.

Google SkillsFree~12 hrs

Neural Networks: Zero to Hero

Builds a transformer from scratch on video. Hard, worth it, and the best cure for treating models as magic.

Andrej KarpathyFree~20 hrs

Neural networks, visually

If backpropagation has never clicked, watch this before reading another explainer.

3Blue1BrownFree~2 hrs

Hugging Face LLM Course

Practical and code-first. Fine-tuning, tokenizers, datasets — for PMs who want to run something, not just discuss it.

Hugging FaceFree~25 hrs

Prompt Engineering Guide

The reference I keep open. Techniques, failure modes and papers, kept current — better than any paid prompt course.

DAIR.AIFreeReference

Short Courses library

Built with the model vendors. The fastest way to stay current on a specific technique.

DeepLearning.AIFree1–2 hrs each

Practical Deep Learning for Coders

Top-down teaching — you train a model in lesson one. Needs real Python.

fast.aiFree~30 hrs

Kaggle Learn

Short notebook-based micro-courses. Intro to ML and Feature Engineering are the useful two.

KaggleFree3–5 hrs each

Anthropic learning resources

Vendor material that is unusually candid about limitations. Good on prompting and agent design.

AnthropicFreeMixed

OpenAI Academy

Introductory and applied tracks. Useful for bringing a non-technical team up to a shared vocabulary.

OpenAIFreeMixed

AI for Beginners

A structured twelve-week curriculum on GitHub. Dry, thorough, and genuinely complete.

MicrosoftFree~24 hrs

SVPG articles

The closest thing to a canon for empowered product teams. Start with "Product vs. Feature Teams" and work backwards.

Marty CaganFreeReference

Lenny's Newsletter

Deep operator interviews and benchmarks. The free archive alone beats most paid courses.

NewsletterFree tierWeekly

Amplitude Academy

Product analytics taught properly — retention, funnels, cohorts, north-star design. Tool-specific but the thinking transfers.

AmplitudeFree~8 hrs

Reforge Artifacts

Real PRDs, strategy docs and launch plans from real companies. Steal the structure, not the content.

ReforgeFree tierTemplates

Mind the Product

Conference talks and articles. Good for breadth and for spotting what's current.

Mind the ProductFreeMixed

Department of Product

Practical templates and market breakdowns. Strong on the craft end rather than the philosophy end.

Department of ProductFree tierWeekly

OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications

The threat list every AI PM should be able to recite. Prompt injection, data leakage, supply chain, excessive agency.

OWASPFree~3 hrs

AI Risk Management Framework

What your governance and legal teams are going to ask about. Read the core functions; skim the rest.

NISTFree~4 hrs

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