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USV Microfiche #6
The Librarian – Dec 19, 2024
Human-powered and AI-curated, Microfiche offers a 90-second sprint through the past month at USV. From early conversations to signed term sheets, we cover the full spectrum of our work. Perhaps due to the holidays, this month our focus was especially [...] Read more
Hello
Jess Oynick – Dec 18, 2024
Four Futures
Rebecca Kaden – Dec 18, 2024
We are in a moment where the future is both wildly exciting and highly uncertain. The acceleration of AI has created a new paradigm of possibilities but also fundamental questions we can’t yet answer. Will we continue speeding towards exponentially [...] Read more
Reasserting the Rule of Law
Albert Wenger – Dec 11, 2024
Last week the CEO of United Healthcare was assassinated in midtown Manhattan. A surprising number of reactions amounted to some variant of “he had it coming.” Why were people defending what appears to be a vigilante killing? Because the rule [...] Read more
Continuations Now on Paragraph
Albert Wenger – Dec 11, 2024
A little over eight years ago I wrote that I was thinking about leaving Tumblr . More interestingly though, the headline of that post went on to say that I was "Looking for a Decentralized Blog Network"! I even explained [...] Read more
Washington Square Park Online
Jared Hecht – Dec 3, 2024
When I was a kid I played competitive chess through most of middle school. My parents used to take me around the country to play tournaments. One of the trips I remember most fondly was when my mom, who was [...] Read more