gov/acc is a Metagov initiative to map the biggest governance challenges in web3 and the solutions emerging to address them. We're sharing preliminary findings from the first Harmonica session, alongside a few dataviz artifacts.

For the better part of fifteen years, the startup playbook has been built on a single premise: software companies disrupt legacy industries by doing the same things more efficiently. This is the core of the "software is eating the world" thesis that has defined venture capital since Marc Andreessen wrote those words in 2011. Tech companies move into traditional sectors, extract better margins through software leverage, and the incumbents either adapt or die. That playbook has always had a mix...

After a bit of a hiatus, True Stars is back with Emily Carrig, Anupa Dasgupta, and Gwen O'Donnell co-hosting the True Stars Podcast. True Stars is a community for creative, purpose-driven builders working where creativity, culture, and modern technology meet. On the podcast, we get honest about the reality of creative entrepreneurship: building a brand, growing a community, monetization, and the inner life behind building in public. You can join for free and listen to our interview with Shrey...

Yes, crypto is for finance. But also, finance is becoming much more expansive than is commonly understood.

Why don't we have Goodreads for science? We did, until Elsevier acquired it for $65M, mined researcher footprints for billions, and let the product wither. Now AI is making that data even more valuable. But open protocols and cooperative models offer a way to rebuild, with infrastructure researchers actually own.

Today's issue offers a collection of opinion pieces and research papers that will inform, shape, and even challenge your thinking about Crypto x AI.

As the 25/26 season draws to a close, every gameweek is increasingly important at every point on the table. At the top, Arsenal and Manchester City seem set to slug it out for the title. And at the bottom, a cluster of clubs is crowded around 18th (Tottenham, Leeds, etc), but it seems like the main characters of the battle for safety will be Nottingham Forest and West Ham. Another battle is being fought by four clubs (United, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Brentford) for the final Champions League s...

Let's ponder how we have interacted with software up to today. User experience was organized around a premise so foundational that it barely needed stating: humans act, machines respond. We clicked and made something happen. Interfaces existed to help people navigate, configure, and execute. Dashboards displayed state. Forms captured intent. Buttons triggered outcomes. Now things are changing.