A rare interview with Fred Wilson and Brad Burnham. “Since founding USV in 2003, Fred and Brad have backed companies like Twitter, Etsy, Cloudflare, and Coinbase while developing an investment thesis focused on enabling new forms of value creation through open access to networks, capital, and knowledge.” ~ learn more
Of course AI assistants lower the bar for who can code and how quickly, expanding the universe of people who can create software. Yet as more code-writing comes through this pipeline, it also creates a choke point for the underlying tech that’s used in the software. This is a great point: “I have noticed a bias towards specific technologies in multiple popular models and have noted anecdotally in conversation and…
“Those that succeed are focused from day one on developing technology and building companies that deliver real economic value per dollar spent, not by leaning on government crutches, rich subsidies, or vague promises of economies of scale. They develop and build rapidly and iteratively with a maniacal focus on the cash they spend and an unmatched urgency to generate revenue.” ~ learn more
Attention subscribers who are attorneys — I want to hear from you on this… “I just used Grok Deep Research to draft a simple contract. Took 15 minutes. Would have cost $2,000 with a lawyer. When I sent it to my attorney to review, his response was "looks good" 2 days later.” ~ learn more
If you grew up on the internet in the 90s and early 2000s you won’t regret the nostalgia in this link. ~ learn more
So many apps secretly collect geolocation data without user consent. This developer decided to try and track himself through this backdoor data. He stopped short of buying his data in the database due to the hefty pricetag. “But still, I know my location data was collected and I know where to buy it!” ~ learn more
This coin flip app is connected to an IBM quantum computing service, providing a truly random outcome. ~ learn more
“For most other Texans, however, the extent of their knowledge of where water comes from is the kitchen faucet and backyard hose. But behind every drop is a complicated system of sources, laws and management challenges.” ~ learn more
“FDA Regulations say that Mixed Nuts must contain at least 10% of four different tree nuts (or peanuts), and that they must be of a specific size. The largest nuts can be in an "Extra Fancy" mix. Mid-sized nuts can be in a "Fancy" mix.” ~ learn more
“It is impossible for us to know exactly how another person's experience of the world compares to our own, but a new experiment is helping to reveal that colour is indeed a shared phenomenon” ~ learn more