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Paying attention to the climate crisis
Grace Carney – Oct 3, 2023
In March of this year, the IPCC reported that global surface temperature for the years 2011-2020 had reached an average of 1.1°C higher than pre-industrial levels. This unequivocally came as a result of human activity, principally through the emission of [...] Read more
Chamber
Albert Wenger – Sep 18, 2023
Today we’re excited to announce our investment in Chamber, a new service for securely holding digital assets. One of the challenges for crypto adoption is the perception that it is unsafe. Research by Pew found “75% of Americans who have [...] Read more
Daybreak’s Series B
Rebecca Kaden – Aug 8, 2023
Over the last several years, USV has built out both our thesis and portfolio around tackling the mental health crisis. Our investments have broadly broken down into three groups: Broadening access to care by making it easier to find, receive, [...] Read more
Mind the Storage Gap
Matt Mandel – Jul 31, 2023
Co-authored with Mark Khalil Deployment of renewables has been accelerating globally. In 2022, around 12% of electricity came from wind and solar, compared to less than 3% a decade ago. These resources offer access to low-cost clean energy – but [...] Read more
Hallucinations as a feature, not a bug
Andy Weissman – Jun 16, 2023
Co-authored with Grace Carney A few months ago Fred kicked off a conversation about what the “native” applications of AI technology will be. What are the new things or businesses that we can now build that weren’t possible before the [...] Read more
Tutors for Everyone
Albert Wenger – Jun 12, 2023
In 2009 we hosted a one day event we called "Hacking Education." We brought together a diverse group that included game designers, principals from schools, and even homeschoolers. We were fortunate to have the late Sir Ken Robinson give opening [...] Read more