How it works

AI starred surfaces the top third of videos from selected events and channels — the ones most likely to be worth your time. For most sources, we only fetch and rank content published from 2026 onward.

What you see

Each list shows only the highest-scoring third of videos we evaluated. Lower-scoring videos are not listed. Rankings, scores, and summary bullets are shown for the picks only.

How quality is scored

Each item is scored by an LLM on six dimensions (0–10): substance, evidence, specificity, insight density, non-promotion, and practical utility — whether a typical AI engineer or tech founder in Silicon Valley could realistically apply insights to improve their work or decisions.

The composite (0–100) is a weighted sum — substance ×2.5, evidence ×1.5, specificity ×1, insight ×2, non-promotion ×0.5, utility ×2.5 — with a small adjustment for relative like count. Longer videos also take a length penalty: 0.1 point (on the 0–10 scale) for every 10 minutes of runtime beyond 30 minutes, so a two-hour talk loses roughly 0.9. Click any score badge on a listing page for a per-video breakdown.

Why this exists

Conferences and podcasts publish a lot of great material, but lineups also include sponsor showcases, recap filler, and content that restates common knowledge. This site tries to highlight the videos that are most likely to repay your attention.