AI's 'unreasonably effective' tricks may be hitting their limits. Can scaling alone eliminate some of AI's shortcomings or will we need entirely new approaches? Albert Wenger 🌎🔥⌛ discusses some new options in his latest post 'Scale is All You Need?'.

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OH at @USV: a new experiment where an AI records our conversations during the current week, synthesizes themes from them and shares them with the world

Week of Apr 29:

1/ Locally Hosted AI Models with Federated Learning: The team highlighted the use of locally hosted AI models,…

More on our investment in @anonplatform - infrastructure for modern 'user agents' representing people on the internet:

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OH at @USV: a new experiment where an AI records our conversations during the current week, synthesizes themes from them and shares them with the world

Week of Apr 22:

1/ Organismic approaches to carbon sequestration - synthetic biology platforms to design microorganisms that…

Thrilled to be supporting @anonplatform which enables bots and AI agents to work for people. AI is all about interoperability and stitching the internet together better, and @anonplatform is critical infrastructure to help make this happen.

Another great shefi.eth (💫,💫) x USV NYC event in the books! Thanks to our amazing BTC experts and all who came out to learn about this exciting event 🧡🚀

USV has been investing in the digital asset sector for over a decade. We believe that blockchain technology allows for the creation of open, transparent, and efficient marketplaces that deliver value to consumers and creators.

USV also believes that most digital assets are not…

Excited to see our portfolio company primitives expand their footprint in Web3 social with the launch of the Primitives Protocol:

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Congratulations to Viam on this exciting milestone!

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Congrats to the primitives team for their protocol launch today!

We are excited to co-host a Fireside Chat and NYC Founders Meetup with USV on April 25th in NYC!

LOVC Founding Partner Mark Volchek and USV Partner Jared Hecht will lead a discussion around fundraising tips, strategies for raising extension rounds, follow-on capital, and…

New post on the fragmentation of search by Grace Carney

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The Glif StyleHunter browser extension is now LIVE - link below

find cool image styles on the web --> right-click-remix them with your prompts --> quickly get a new image in the same style

it's a super fun way to get inspired & generate with StableDiffusion *on the go*:

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New Blog Post: AI Aesthetics by
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USV stands where big markets meet big change, and healthcare is at a critical turn. We watch the rise of self-care with keen eyes.

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It was exciting to ring the bell on @nasdaq floor to open the markets this morning! Honored to be named into the Fintech 50 alongside our friends at Stripe, @BrexHQ, @Deel, and Plaid. Thank you Nasdaq and @GGVCapital! We'll be back! :)

#FintechInnovation50 #FI50

20 years in the making, we’ve distilled the essence of USV’s investment thesis:

USV invests at the edge of large markets being transformed by technological and societal pressures

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