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Introducing OB1
Brad Burnham – Jun 11, 2015
We have said many times that we believe in emergent, decentralized, start-up innovation. Institutions public and private, no matter how well intentioned, tend to protect their institutional interests, whether is it a current revenue stream, or a position of market [...] Read more
DroneBase
Fred Wilson – Apr 29, 2015
A couple years ago, in early 2013, I started writing a lot about Drones. I have always thought that Drones represent the leading edge of a robotics age. There are a host of reasons for that but the main ones [...] Read more
Clarifai
Albert Wenger – Apr 28, 2015
Over 30 years ago when I first started to program I was quickly fascinated by the potential for computers to become smart. I remember writing my own version of Eliza and buying the Winston's book on Artificial Intelligence. It seemed [...] Read more
Keeping the Internet Open
Nick Grossman – Feb 26, 2015
Today the FCC is expected to approve its latest open internet rules, concluding the latest (but certainly not last) round in this now decade-long fight. We believe -- along with many others -- that this set of rules will help [...] Read more
Seed Investing At USV
Fred Wilson – Jan 25, 2015
In our most recent fund, USV 2014, five of our first six investments, have been seed investments. That is probably surprising to many people as USV is not thought of as a seed investor. I wrote a post today explaining [...] Read more
Introducing the USV.com topic of the week
Brittany Laughlin – Jan 20, 2015
As Nick, Jonathan and Fred have shared, this January we’re busy rolling out updates to USV.com. The core idea behind USV.com is to open source our thinking -- to do in public, with the great community of people that has [...] Read more