A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonJuan Benet , founder and CEO of our portfolio company Protocol Labs , developer of the IPFS and Filecoin protocols, gave this talk last fall. I like Juan’s statement, about 10mins into this talk, that “what Bitcoin did to money, Web3 does to everything.” That is obviously a very big […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonDavid Kelnar sent me this deck that he did on the state of AI . It is very good. This slide got my attention: It is interesting, and not totally surprising, that the sector that AI-focused entrepreneurs are targeting more than any other is health and wellbeing. It seems like there is so much […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonIf you are feeling a little low on energy and want a pick me up, go to a high school graduation. You could simply crash any graduation, you don’t need to know anyone graduating. They are such feel good events. I went to the AFSE graduation yesterday. This is the fourth glass that has graduated […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
One of the reasons I get a fair bit of reading done is that I avoid watching lots of television. On a flight to Germany last week though, I got sucked into watching Babylon Berlin. The series is set in Berlin in the 1920s and is incredibly atmospheric with a rich historical background that is […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Fred WilsonThe lawmakers in Albany have passed legislation known as the Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA) and it is sitting on the Governor’s desk awaiting signature. There is plenty of debate on whether CCPA is good policy or bad policy. All you need to do is Google “New York’s Climate and […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Fred WilsonUSV portfolio company goTenna ‘s founder and CEO Daniela Perdomo and USV analyst Dani Grant did some number crunching on VC funding and published the info last week. After 4 rounds of VC, I ran my own data analysis to see if my experience is unique. Women founders in female-focused sectors raise […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
