A historical collection of our writing.
I am flying home from Europe today (by way of Reykjavik) and as a result, have a lot of time to catch up on things. I have spent the bulk of the day writing up a handful of strategy docs relating to some of our portfolio companies and subsequently chatting about them. In every endeavor, […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
I am in the Netherlands this week, catching up the Leap engineering team which is based here in Utrecht, and attending an IoT conference that Helium will be at in Amsterdam. I have always loved it here, primarily because of the close relationship to the water. The Dutch have for centuries harnessed […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
Azeem Azhar has a great post up about the brewing conversation about regulation and the tech industry . There are two main points that stand out to me: 1) In digital systems, ML/AI and data network effects create feedback loops that enable the biggest companies to keep getting better, faster : and, […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
I spent time over the past few days with several entrepreneurs who are building crypto or “web 3” applications well outside of the financial space. One of the takeaways for me was of the important role that digital “bearer” assets will play in creating new experiences in web 3. By bearer assets, I […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
When USV started looking closely at the energy sector, we were excited to find networks on multiple levels: at the grid level, a network of electrons; at the market level, a network of transactions and financial products; and at the data level, a network of connected devices and applications. All […] Read more
I spent the morning today at MTA headquarters, judging the “Accessibility” category of the NYC Transit Tech Lab competition , organized by the Partnership for NYC . Here is the view from the 20th floor of MTA HQ at Bowling Green: Ostensibly, the theme of the day was accessibility in the sense of […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)
