In a world where playbooks expire overnight, the best hires aren’t the ones who’ve mastered the old map but the ones who can chart a new one at speed. Founders are swapping expertise for horsepower, hunger, and rapid experimentation.

In a world where playbooks expire overnight, the best hires aren’t the ones who’ve mastered the old map but the ones who can chart a new one at speed. Founders are swapping expertise for horsepower, hunger, and rapid experimentation.

I have, like many others, become somewhat obsessed with vibe coding. Im not technical, never have been very capable of building anything, and now, miraculously, I can. It started with Lovable and then Claude Code and now I find myself eagerly fiddling with lots of new tools. It’s not really about utility. It’s somewhat about exploration and understanding what’s out there, and a lot about that rush of “wow, it’s so wild this is possible.” I sometimes call it “work related” but maybe this is wh...

I have, like many others, become somewhat obsessed with vibe coding. Im not technical, never have been very capable of building anything, and now, miraculously, I can. It started with Lovable and then Claude Code and now I find myself eagerly fiddling with lots of new tools. It’s not really about utility. It’s somewhat about exploration and understanding what’s out there, and a lot about that rush of “wow, it’s so wild this is possible.” I sometimes call it “work related” but maybe this is wh...

At USV, we have been spending a lot of time asking the question of what we would look like if we built the firm from scratch today in an AI-native world. What’s our new OS? The answer is that many of the core principals stay the same: small funds, tight partnership, and a thesis-driven model with specific points of view (the more specific the better.) We still believe in a model that prioritizes relationships with founders, teams, and with each other. That will not change. But we also think a...

At USV, we have been spending a lot of time asking the question of what we would look like if we built the firm from scratch today in an AI-native world. What’s our new OS? The answer is that many of the core principals stay the same: small funds, tight partnership, and a thesis-driven model with specific points of view (the more specific the better.) We still believe in a model that prioritizes relationships with founders, teams, and with each other. That will not change. But we also think a...