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Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in NYC. We invest at the edge of large markets being transformed by technological and societal pressures
You don't own your memory.
Following our series on memory, I sat down with @bradusv who's been making investments in memory and personal data stores for the last decade+. We talked about how this moment rhymes so deeply with the past and why it's so important to get it right this time Will share full…
I couldn't get ChatGPT to stop infiltrating every answer with the Knicks after I told it to remember that my son was a fan--and it has me thinking about not only the role of memory in AI but also the role of forgetting. Maybe the best AI memories won’t be flawless databases.…
How should we choose our actions in light of our understanding of reality and the potential impact of our actions on this reality ?
Philosophy Mondays: Universalism and Moral Progress
Some memories are better left forgotten.
I couldn't get ChatGPT to stop infiltrating every answer with the Knicks after I told it to remember that my son was a fan--and it has me thinking about not only the role of memory in AI but also the role of forgetting. Maybe the best AI memories won’t be flawless databases.…
New post in my Star Trek Vision series: Fully automated production
2024: Voice Cloning 2025: What about personality cloning? Hume’s voice AI can now not only mimic your voice but also speaking style and language. It’s now available via our TTS and new speech-to-speech model, EVI 3, which is also launching today.
In many parts of the world, coal is only *slightly* more profitable than solar. But a slight edge is all it takes to dominate the market - what Capitalist would make $10 when they could instead make $11? Glow tips the scales by adding just enough incentive to let solar win.
Finally, we can own and control our messaging the way we own & control our money. Today at NewDayOne, @baseapp + XMTP unlock a new surface for builders: AI + Money + Secure group chats It’s time to build agents & mini-apps that work for people, not platforms. Let’s dive in👇
Hello from @baseapp Coinbase Wallet is now much more than a wallet. Your new home to create, earn, trade, discover apps, and chat with friends all in one place.
We’re thrilled to announce our $20M Series B to fuel XMTP’s mission: 🌐 Build the most secure, decentralized messaging protocol 🤖 Support any identity across any digital ecosystem 📡 Help fuel the next generation of messaging applications XMTP is rebuilding secure messaging…
OMG!! Someone just created the 10 millionth Jam!!! 🤯 So excited. Less time fixing, more time building!! Thanks y'all for building this with us! 🍓
🍿A blast bringing @Popcorn_Co and Ai moviemaking to the people, with @minhsmind & @MachineCinemaAI. Here is a glimpse of our workshops on our European tour. Thank you Fred Grinstein, @MichalOwerczuk for making it 🔥
Important paper from @PluralisHQ with accompanying video explainer
We also made a @3blue1brown style video explaining the paper at a high level.
we like systems of record :) great articulation by @rebeccakaden of where defensibility will come from for ai tools (link below)
Tools drive efficiency. Systems of record build dependency, and ultimately, longer-term moats. We’re excited by tools that retrieve, move, and process data with elegance. But we’re interested in partnering with tools that turn this data into collective knowledge and sources of…
Sequoia Wants It Hard (or What Not to do When Fundraising)
LLMs are better when they know more about us. The flipside is they build more leverage over locking us in with that knowledge. @usv wrote about the need for a Rebel Alliance to build the horizontal infrastructure for user data is now.
How should you protect your data from AI? Blog 2/2 explores startups that help you control your AI context. buildexante.substack.com/p/the-rebel-al…
Does AI own your memory? Post 1 of a 2-part blog series exploring digital memory architecture, co-authored w our friends @usv open.substack.com/pub/buildexant…