Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
Follow Austin Chen to get new release emails from Audible and Amazon.
Austin Chen writes for the people AI is actually going to affect — the freelancers, professionals, small business owners, team leaders, and complete beginners who keep hearing they need to "use AI" but aren't sure where to start, what's hype, and what's actually going to change their work by Friday.
His writing is built on a core belief: AI is most valuable when it makes human creativity and judgment more powerful — not when it tries to replace them. Through documenting real-world case studies and testing tools across dozens of workflows, industries, and skill levels, Austin has developed practical frameworks that work whether you're running a business, climbing a career ladder, leading a team, or opening ChatGPT for the first time.
He believes the future doesn't belong to the people with the most technical expertise or the biggest software budgets. It belongs to the people who learn to work alongside AI faster, more thoughtfully, and more humanly than everyone else — and his books are built to get you there.
When he's not researching the latest AI tools, Austin is on a long walk with his dog, who remains unimpressed by GPT-5 and continues to demand the same tennis ball be thrown the same distance, every single day. There's probably a business lesson in there.
Read more
Read less
