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What Happened In 2022
Fred Wilson – Dec 31, 2022
I like to bookend the New Year holiday with two posts, one looking back at the year that is ending and one looking forward to the year ahead. This is the first of these two posts. The second one will [...] Read more
My Year-End Playlist
Fred Wilson – Dec 19, 2022
As usual, here are some songs that stuck with me this year. fredwilson · Backing It When No One Believed I hope you enjoy it. USV TEAM POSTS: Andy Weissman — Dec 15, 2022 Mombak Albert Wenger — Dec 11, [...] Read more
Mombak
Andy Weissman – Dec 15, 2022
Co-authored by Mona Emissions reduction alone is not enough to address the climate crisis. Carbon removal is an essential part of any solution. In fact, all IPCC 1.5c scenarios feature annual carbon removal at the gigaton level — somewhere between [...] Read more
The Eutopian Network State
Albert Wenger – Dec 11, 2022
If you are not familiar with it, I encourage you to check out the Network State Project . The basic idea is to form new states online first, with an eventual goal of controlling land in the real world. While [...] Read more
The Eutopian Network State
Albert Wenger – Dec 11, 2022
If you are not familiar with it, I encourage you to check out the Network State Project . The basic idea is to form new states online first, with an eventual goal of controlling land in the real world. While [...] Read more
USV 2022 Climate Fund
Samson Mesele – Dec 9, 2022
We are pleased to announce that we have raised a new $200M Climate Fund. This is our second climate fund dedicated to investing in mitigation for and adaptation to climate change. Given the state of the climate crisis and the [...] Read more
The Hour Of Code
Fred Wilson – Dec 9, 2022
I have written many times about the Hour Of Code here at AVC . It is the highlight of the annual Computer Science Education Week which is the first week of December, which is this week. Yesterday Marco Argenti, Goldman [...] Read more
Ostrom
Nick Grossman – Dec 7, 2022
One of the pillars of the USV investment thesis is “trusted brands”, and a core component of brand trust is structural alignment. Structural alignment means that from a fundamental business model perspective, the company’s economics and incentives are aligned with [...] Read more
Not-Yet-Full Self Driving on Tesla (And How to Make it Better)
Albert Wenger – Dec 5, 2022
We have had Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta on our Tesla Model Y for some time. I had written a previous post on how much the autodrive reduces the stress of driving and want to update it for the FSD [...] Read more