The AI agent space moves fast. Here's who I actually follow for signal on agent frameworks, infra, and the emerging agent economy.
No influencers. Only builders shipping production code.
Core Engineering & Agent Frameworks
@karpathy — The benchmark for agentic reasoning loops and autonomous systems. His thinking shapes every serious agent builder in 2026.
@steipete — OpenClaw creator, now on OpenAI's agents team. Pure engineering signal on tool-calling, memory, deployment.
Agent Infrastructure & Payments
@bc1beat — That's me. Building ClawRouter: agent-native LLM router x402/USDC micropayments. 1M calls/month, 41 models, <1ms routing, 92% cost savings. Dual-chain (Base Solana). Circle hackathon winner.
@mpcvault — Agent Card: autonomous USDC spending with institutional guardrails. Partnering with us on agent wallet infra.
Product & Multi-Agent
@mattshumer_ — OthersideAI founder. Constant frontier agent demos and real-world agentic workflows. Always shipping.
@MaryamMiradi — 400 domain-specific agents (healthcare, finance, research). Curated paper insights practical patterns.
@unwind_ai_ — Maintains one of the top AI Agents repos on GitHub. Full coverage: RAG, MCP, orchestration.
Strategic follows:
@sama — OpenAI agent roadmap signals
@OfficialLoganK — Gemini/DeepMind agent tooling
@BoWang87 — Bio/health domain agents, vertical scaling
Quick follow strategy:
Start with
@karpathy @steipete for core engineering
Add
@bc1beat for payments/routing infra
Layer
@mattshumer_ @MaryamMiradi for product inspiration
If you're building agents that need to pay, route, and operate autonomously — that's what we ship every day at ClawRouter.
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