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History Rhymes?
Andy Weissman and Nikhil Raman – Mar 13, 2026
It is said that while history doesn’t repeat, it does rhyme. This is a pattern we've observed before in the Internet era. When a novel technology arrives, early infrastructure is controlled (or attempted to be controlled) by a small number [...] Read more
Doctronic
Andy Weissman – Apr 18, 2025
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The healthcare system can sometimes feel like it’s not working on our behalf, leading to a loss of trust. When trust erodes, we lose our sense of empowerment. Our sense of agency disappears. Outcomes deteriorate. This isn't inevitable. Instead, people-driven [...] Read more
Healthcare at the Edge
Andy Weissman – Jan 25, 2024
Co-authored with Jared Hecht USV invests at the edge of large markets being transformed by technological and societal pressures, and we believe that healthcare is at a transformational inflection point. At the edge we have a confluence of movements ranging [...] Read more
Open Source, the AI stack, and need for permissionless experimentation
Andy Weissman – Oct 15, 2023
An obvious observation: open-source software has been an integral part of software development for decades. This collaborative approach enables developers across the world to work together on projects in a decentralized manner. Making source code freely available for anyone to [...] Read more
Hallucinations as a feature, not a bug
Andy Weissman – Jun 16, 2023
Co-authored with Grace Carney A few months ago Fred kicked off a conversation about what the “native” applications of AI technology will be. What are the new things or businesses that we can now build that weren’t possible before the [...] Read more
Hallucinations as a feature, not a bug
Andy Weissman – Jun 15, 2023
Co-authored with Andy Weissman . This post was originally published on the USV blog . A few months ago Fred kicked off a conversation about what the “native” applications of AI technology will be. What are the new things or [...] Read more
Trust and Artificial Intelligence
Andy Weissman – Apr 28, 2023
Trust is the core component of the USV investment thesis: “trusted brands that broaden access” is the opening description of our articulation. In a world of applications that are driven by artificial intelligence, we are now thinking about how trust [...] Read more
Hume AI
Andy Weissman – Jan 26, 2023
Bob Dylan’s song Like A Rolling Stone contains the famous chorus: "How does it feel?" This line heralded a generation of music, art, and science that tackled the messiness and complexity of human feeling with an intensely directed focus. The [...] Read more