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Alqem

Jul 6
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) into a new material. A naive first estimation would be that we have 10x10x10 = 1000 candidates to consider. But wait, we can choose to have varying amounts of each element in the material. Again just to get a sense, simply assume that we can have between 1 and 100 units of each...

The Rebel Alliance

Jun 25
We believe that the AI opportunity is too big and too important to be owned by any one company. Instead, we see a massive ecosystem emerging around the agentic AI stack. We refer to it as the Rebel Alliance, and we believe it's not just competing, but is structurally positioned to lead. What began as a simple "chat app" experience has matured into the agentic era. More powerful models, combined with better tooling to orchestrate and connect them, have made it possible to build truly capable applications.

Consumer Rebellion

Jun 23
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 to a bubbling and awesome agentic consumer explosion built on top of this new set of open tools and foundations. Michael Mignano @mignano For the first time in ~3 years, it feels like the AI table has been flipped over.

Suno

Jun 3
USV is delighted to be participating in Suno's Series D round of financing. The last two decades of the internet have proven, more than any other period in history, that people are inherently creative. As smartphones democratized most creative mediums, many of us began posting our thoughts, photos, videos, and podcasts, too.

Our Investment in Anon

May 28

Meet the Agents at USV: Arthur, Ellie, Sally, and Friends

Mar 25
There’s a great story in Stewart Brand’s How Buildings Learn about how a temporary wooden structure left over from World War II became one of the most loved buildings at MIT. During the war, MIT needed a new building to house urgent classified development of radar technology.

10 Highlights from USV's 2025 Annual Meeting

Nov 10
We like to say that USV is a continuous conversation. It’s through conversations that new ideas and observations emerge, take root as theses, and continue to grow through public engagement.

Scale is All You Need?

May 6
Progress in artificial intelligence has come in the form of a bag of tricks, some of which have proven to be unreasonably effective.