Venture capitalists often mutter, “I haven't seen anything I like lately”. Founders frequently complain that “investors are back-seat drivers who won't get their hands dirty.” A $55 million fund with a fresh approach is…
While some people have received some surprise tax bills when filing their returns, corporations continue to avoid paying tax — thanks to a cocktail of tax credits, loopholes, and exemptions. According to a report from the Institute on…
10 years ago, in March 2009, USV hosted an event called Hacking Education. The team pulled together a group of operators, founders, and investors to talk about how to create transformation in education. Following the event, my partner Brad wrote a…
Looks like there's still money to be made in news aggregation — at least according to the investors backing the news app SmartNews. The company is announcing the close of a $92 million round of funding at a valuation of $1.2 billion. The…
AI and machine learning model architectures developed by Alphabet's DeepMind have substantially improved the Google Play Store's discovery systems, according to Google. In a blog post this morning, DeepMind detailed a collaboration to bolster the…
