Writing

Two profound things are happening right now for entrepreneurs. First, AI is creating an entirely new set of capabilities for people to build new experiences and solve new problems. In the same way mobile and the cloud unlocked a new [...]  Read more

In 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 [...]  Read more

Human-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 [...]  Read more

Sharing 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 [...]  Read more

Human-powered and AI-curated, Microfiche is a 90-second sprint through the last month at USV. From our early conversations to signed term sheets, we cover the full scope of our work. Here's what caught our eye this month. We'd love to [...]  Read more