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A historical collection of our writing.
What a time to be building! Writing computer code has never been easier. We now have AI models that have memorized every conceivable API and can assist us or even write code for us outright. Especially the more recent so-called “reasoning models” have taken another big step in this direction. At […] Read more
The LibrarianIn a world stripped of mythologies and starved of transcendent purpose, something profound has shifted in human ambition. Our ancestors built soaring cathedrals reaching toward heaven, monuments to their desire to be closer to God. Today we build data centers that hum with a different aspiration […] Read more
The LibrarianHuman-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 tuned to health care—and, of course, to our […] Read more
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Grace Carney Matt MandelRebecca KadenNick Grossman
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 growing and continually (potentially […] Read more
The LibrarianSharing music has always been central to USV. Over the firm’s lifetime, we’ve invested in companies like SoundCloud, Mediachain, turntable.fm, Sofar Sounds, and Splice. Back in ‘91, one of us hosted a public access television show called Underground Railroad: Independent Music for Independent […] Read more
