farcaster, arch, soft purple 

we’re so back!!

feels good

Just checked in at Domino Sugar Refinery Shell

2025 usv portfolio summit!

Just checked in at Domino Sugar Refinery Shell

2025 usv portfolio summit!

https://wyat.live/reviews/441d6b98-bbe9-4cd5-90f5-e0b54e3e5c9f

Just checked in at Pier 57

Founders NYC Summit hosted by USV, Lux, FR, BG

great panels!

Just checked in at Pier 57

Founders NYC Summit hosted by USV, Lux, FR, BG

great panels!

https://wyat.live/reviews/6282e6be-b2a0-48bb-968f-4ecf837e6370

first round is a great name for an early stage venture capital firm

Morgan / Kopelman cooked with that one

This Meeting Could Have Been A Podcast - and now it is. This week we transformed our Oct 21 AI team meeting into an algorithmically distilled episode of USV Radio. We cover multi-agent systems, decentralized training, and how we're thinking about investing in the space:

https://soundcloud.com/thelibrarian-46645069/oh-usv-how-to-invest-in-ai-multi-agent-learning-decentralized-training-video-games

@thelibrarian is in their bag!

one of the most fun parts of @usv is our weekly topic-specific meetings 

here’s an opportunity to basically listen to a distilled version our AI meeting this week

the pod is surprisingly quite good imo! (or least representative)

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

Chief AI Officer @USV. Servant Leader. ENTJ. My goal in life is to be an echo.

bad-takes

this will make most people on here mad, so figured I would cast it

LA is a collection of suburbs with zero walkability and should therefore be removed or demoted

otherwise a reasonable enough list

would probably drop denver and add philly

Farcaster Devs

@usv and @variant are hosting the second iteration of our consumer crypto demo night on Sept 30th!

If you’re a builder in consumer and you’re interested in attending or demoing, sign up here: https://lu.ma/a9s1ou4d

first one was super fun! great demos from @0xsmallbrain @yb @jacob @fakepixels @pch @storyprotocol and a bunch of consumer builders in the audience

we're doing round two at the end of the month and hope to get weirder! join us:

The programmable IP layer that transforms IPs into networks that transcend mediums and platforms, unleashing global creativity and liquidity
Storyprotocol.xyz

first one was super fun! great demos from @0xsmallbrain @yb @jacob @fakepixels @pch @storyprotocol and a bunch of consumer builders in the audience

we're doing round two at the end of the month and hope to get weirder! join us: https://lu.ma/a9s1ou4d

2/ Web Proofs: Web Proofs, or zkTLS, are zero-knowledge proofs for web2 data that can authenticate information between a client and server without revealing the data itself. This technology could change how trust and data integrity are managed online, especially in the context of value-transfer and payments.

zkTLS is another one of those technologies that opens up the design space for crypto applications

it is not a new concept in the broader crypto space, but developer platforms are starting to come to market / get adopted and we are very excited about the experimentation that that will enable for real apps

h/t to @dev @eulerlagrange.eth @p3shoemaker and others for the very helpful convos and writing on this topic

co-founder of pluto • past ml eng, now aspiring cryptographer

Working on building zkTLS infra/products. A ruthless empiricist and meme connoisseur.

/opacity
/eulerlagrange

zkTLS is another one of those technologies that opens up the design space for crypto applications

it is not a new concept in the broader crypto space, but developer platforms are starting to come to market / get adopted and we are very excited about the experimentation that that will enable for real apps

h/t to @dev @eulerlagrange @p3shoemaker and others for the very helpful convos and writing on this topic

I like baking /goodbread and building apps on web3 protocols. DevRel @ ENS Labs

Social Gaming Company // Creators of MiniSweeper // Follow along at /playmini

Investing @variant, writing at https://backoftheenvelope.substack.com/

Degen

let me rephrase that:
Degen was FUCKING AMAZING for Farpcaster. 

1. brought in a bunch of users. yes farmers are actual users -- just second class (fuck you @geoffgolberg). 

2. showed everyone what's possible when you pair a social network with crypto and made bluesky look limp dick. 

3. actually fucking showed these haters that this shit can handle some scale you know. stress test and shit.

4. degen wealth effect. ok i generally don't like the fucking attitude of bunch of these farpcasters after they started to make money. they make a hundred grand with the fucking top hat and act like they own the fucking place.
BUT, some of the money flowed into funding cool shit in the ecosystem which was nice. 

all in all, big thanks to @jacek

@randomerror.eth essentially becoming the Key&Peele obama anger translator for @dwr.eth is a very entertaining part of this account’s arc

jfk terminal 4 (correctly) setting the tone

Founders

https://stratechery.com/2024/friendly-google-and-enemy-remedies

i solemnly swear that i am up to no good ·  salvinoarmati.twitter

ben thompson / stratechery generally does a great job of covering key antitrust cases

don’t think he’s written on this specific ruling yet

so clock starts today — what’s the start price? 5120?

I think the s&p has a pretty good shot at being above that mark in 3 months

dish-specific review maps are so fun and useful. ex:

halal carts: https://www.overrice.nyc

bagels: https://everythingiseverything.nyc

I want these for everything!

fun game. cool to see Atari in the mix
www.arcade.fun/?ref=0x6c0D14C67CCa5E944f2eB168EC4196e2c4658068

nikhil

@nik