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Nikhil Raman

Nikhil Raman – Jul 16, 2026

Over the last 24 months, prediction markets have grown rapidly, consistently defied expectations, and quickly become an indelible part of our social and economic fabric. Prediction markets receive a lot of criticism, some warranted, but ultimately we believe these types [...]  Read more

Data At The Edge

Rebecca Kaden

Rebecca Kaden – Jul 8, 2026

Many of the most critical data sets are the ones that we have long been unable to access or interpret. Value on the internet has largely compounded through data loops that continuously strengthen with scale. A product or platform collects [...]  Read more

Alqem

Albert Wenger

Albert Wenger – Jul 6, 2026

The universe of potential materials is vast. To get a sense for just how big it is consider the following: we want to combine three different elements (drawn from a subset of the periodic table of say only 10 elements) [...]  Read more

Consumer Rebellion

Rebecca Kaden

Rebecca Kaden – Jun 23, 2026

We've been talking a lot at USV about the rebel alliance—the alternative to big model reliance—and the opportunities it creates for builders of the agentic stack. But the result of a strong rebel alliance also means we're at the entrance [...]  Read more

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