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Over the last decade, there has been a proliferation of new blockchains and onchain assets.

This trend is just accelerating as our online world is increasingly built on blockchain rails. Today, creating new chains and tokens is cheaper, faster, and [...]

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 [...]

We recently started investing out of our newest USV Core Fund.

As with each of our previous funds, while it is a new vehicle, our approach will stay the same: small fund, thesis driven, high conviction, and low velocity. We’ll [...]

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 [...]

Humans are not simple creatures.

Although we like to present ourselves as coherent wholes to the outside world, on the inside, we’re divided. Marvin Minsky argues in The Society of Mind that minds are composed of smaller agents, each with [...]

At USV, we invest in networks that help coordinate human behavior at scale.

Particularly at the edge of large markets experiencing transformative pressure.  Today we're announcing our investment in the Glow Protocol, which incentivizes the deployment of solar infrastructure.  Glow’s [...]