A historical collection of our writing.
Fred WilsonCode is a mobile app built onchain that allows anyone to send anyone else money anywhere in the world and it is entirely self custodial. Code uses the Kin token that came out of the Kik mobile messaging app. The Code team are the same folks that built Kik and Kin. I’ve been working with […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
The LibrarianFat Models, Climate Week, neuromodulation, and Bitcoin L2s […] Read more
Fred WilsonA friend of mine stopped by the USV office the other morning and asked me about startup mortality rates. Her business sells to startups and big companies in roughly equal measure and she told me they were seeing a rising rate of startups closing up (and thus churning as customers). While churn is […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)
Matt MandelIn 2019, Rich Sutton argued that the most effective methods in AI were and will be those that leverage computation. Instead of trying to design better heuristics that more closely approximate human intelligence, Sutton thought progress would come from models that could improve with scale as greater […] Read more (opens Matt Mandel in a new tab)
Jared HechtMy favorite mode of transportation in NYC is the electric citibike. I ride one every morning to and from the USV office. There’s a dock on my block in Brooklyn and a dock around the corner from our office. I love my route – it’s a straight shot across the Manhattan Bridge where I get […] Read more (opens Jared Hecht in a new tab)
Grace CarneyTo practice venture is to practice social theory. It’s not novel to point out that to really understand what’s happening in today’s technology market, we must situate it within its broader societal context. Yet during periods of intense technological innovation and irrational exuberance, the social […] Read more (opens In Transit in a new tab)
