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Moving New York Tech Forward: Clarifai’s Series B
Albert Wenger – Oct 25, 2016
Today our portfolio company Clarifai has announced its $30 million Series B financing led by Menlo Ventures. It constitutes an important milestone in the history of the New York City startup ecosystem: generous early backing for an ambitious technology vision. [...] Read more
The Problems with EULAs are Infecting Hardware: What Will it Mean to “Own” Your Car?
Albert Wenger – Oct 21, 2016
Watching Tesla’s video of a door-to-door self driving car offers an amazing glimpse into an autonomous and robotic future But there was also a disturbing footnote to the announcement: you are not allowed to let your self-driving Tesla operate as [...] Read more
Birth of a Theorem by Cedric Villani (Book Review)
Albert Wenger – Oct 17, 2016
I recently finished reading “Birth of a Theorem” by the French mathematician Cedric Villani. It is a terrific book even if you understand only a fraction of the math in it (I certainly did not understand most of it). Villani [...] Read more
Our Need for Purpose and Recognition
Albert Wenger – Oct 14, 2016
As part of my thinking about a possible World After Capital, I have been looking into human needs. A framework that is frequently mentioned in that context is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It is a great example of something that [...] Read more
Code Climate
Albert Wenger – Oct 6, 2016
We are excited to be investors in New York City-based Code Climate, which provides tools improve quality production of code. With Code Climate you can make quality improvement explicit, continuous, and ubiquitous, by incorporating source code analytics throughout the workflow of your entire development organization. Read more
Code Climate
Albert Wenger – Oct 6, 2016
Today’s post is over at USV announcing our investment in New York City based Code Climate. I have known Bryan for years and admired what he, Noah and the rest of the team have built with very little outside money. [...] Read more
Uncertainty Wednesday: Limits on Observations (Cost)
Albert Wenger – Oct 5, 2016
As a quick reminder for those who may have missed the beginning, Uncertainty Wednesday is a series about, well, uncertainty. We are in the middle of limits on observations. To understand why these matter and how they relate to uncertainty, [...] Read more
Hillary Clinton for President
Brad Burnham , Fred Wilson , Andy Weissman , John Buttrick and Albert Wenger – Oct 4, 2016
This is the fourth presidential election during the existence of Union Square Ventures and the first one in which we as a firm feel compelled to endorse a candidate: Hillary Clinton. As investors in technology companies, we believe that technology [...] Read more
USV Endorses Hillary Clinton
Albert Wenger – Oct 4, 2016
Today’s post is over on the USV blog: We are endorsing Hillary Clinton as a team. We explain why we are taking this unusual step. Here is my previous personal endorsement. Read more