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What does it mean to have a genuine point of view in the age of AI? The models, yes, can be extraordinary. Yet it often seems like something else is broken or missing. Creating can mean bouncing between a dozen [...]  Read more

History Rhymes?

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

Supp

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

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

Hallucinations as a feature, not a bug

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

Trust and Artificial Intelligence

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