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The Open API Is Dead. Long Live the Open API.
In three short years, Cursor went from a VS Code fork running on OpenAI’s API to a legitimate competitor to Claude Code and other coding models.
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Where Crypto Markets Are Headed: Everywhere
We’re back on Substack!
Mar 6
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How We’re Thinking About AI
Tasteful AI; the SocialFi stack; running the risk with tokens
May 31, 2024
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Thinking about web3 social
May 25, 2023
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App rollups, onchain ads
Jun 30, 2023
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How We’re Thinking About AI
May 31, 2024
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Points have a point in crypto
Dec 19, 2023
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The Progressive Ownership Playbook
Nov 17, 2023
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DEXs flex their resilience
Aug 1, 2023
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Memecoins as “attention assets”; Farcaster startups we’d like to see
Apr 2, 2024
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How Crypto Can Make an 'Impact'
Jake on "impact litigation" for crypto; what to watch for in Denver; portfolio news
Feb 27, 2024
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Headless marketplaces, Farcaster frames
Jesse on a new GTM strategy for crypto founders; highlights from our Frames hackathon in NYC.
Jan 30, 2024
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Hiring, building, and playing the game on the field
Takeaways from our hiring & compensation survey with USV; our 2024 requests for startups; and Jesse Walden on memecoins.
Jan 9, 2024
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Points have a point in crypto
Plus: Wrapping the year with our best writing
Dec 19, 2023
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New signs of life for NFTs
Data shows new participants minting onchain and new use cases.
Dec 8, 2023
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The Progressive Ownership Playbook
The crypto app layer has yet to see a winning model for how to distribute tokens to users in a way that achieves sustained growth and retention. Now…
Nov 17, 2023
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