fredwilson

@fredwilson.eth

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I am a VC

FarCon NYC

The Big Shift fireside chat with Dan Romero and Fred Wilson

May 9, 2025

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@fredwilson.ethMar 25, 2026, 10:41 PM

Hi Casters. About six months ago, we set out to make USV fully agentic. We recruited Spencer Yen to help us and he wrote this blog post explaining what we built and why. https://blog.usv.com/meet-the-agents

Meet the Agents at USV: Arthur, Ellie, Sally, and Friends

There’s a great story in Stewart Brand’s How Buildings Learn about how a temporary wooden structure left over from World War II became one of the most loved buildings at MIT. During the war, MIT needed a new building to house the urgent classified development of radar technology. They hastily built a three story wood structure to fit the thousands of additional researchers: You know those time lapse photographs they make of construction of skyscrapers? Well Building 20 went up like that – alm...

https://blog.usv.com/meet-the-agents

Featured onJust Clank it (with your frens): GM Farcaster ep353

@fredwilson.ethFeb 3, 2026, 05:36 PM

Hi Casters. Our portfolio company @xmtp is taking an approach to office space that I really like. Instead of being fully remote or entirely in one office they are opening a network of workspaces for themselves and their ecosystem of builders around the world. They tweeted about it today https://x.com/i/status/2018373875130864090

https://x.com/i/status/2018373875130864090

Featured onBots With Wallets, Purple Hats, and the Future of Degen: GM Farcaster ep338

@fredwilson.ethJan 21, 2026, 05:13 PM

Hi Casters. I wrote about decentralized social today in the wake of two protocol handovers and an excellent post on this topic by @vitalik.eth https://avc.xyz/decentralized-social

Decentralized Social

Back in 2022, when Twitter was sold to Elon Musk, I tweeted this:Twitter is too important to be owned and controlled by a single person. The opposite should be happening. Twitter should be decentralized as a protocol that powers an ecosystem of communication products and services.So began my departure from Twitter which ended up in a complete departure in May 2024 when I wrote this post. I've tried all of the decentralized social protocols, Lens, Bluesky, and Farcaster and have been most acti...

https://avc.xyz/decentralized-social

Featured onNeynar Takes the Keys: GM Farcaster ep333 with Rish of Neynar

@fredwilson.ethJan 5, 2026, 12:13 PM

Hi Casters. I ran an experiment over the holidays to see if USV could close an investment without legal representation. The anwer is a resounding yes and I wrote about it today https://avc.xyz/notebook-lawyer

Notebook Lawyer

When USV commits to investing in a startup, we negotiate a term sheet and then hand over the details to our lawyers. The startup hires a lawyer, and we hire a lawyer. The startup's lawyer prepares the closing documents, and our lawyer reviews them. In addition, our lawyer conducts "legal due diligence," which primarily involves reviewing existing contracts, stock issuances, the charter, and other relevant legal documents. This process is expensive and made worse because the startup typically ...

https://avc.xyz/notebook-lawyer

Featured onBracky Mode Activated: GM Farcaster ep325 with @tldr

@fredwilson.ethJan 1, 2026, 02:50 PM

Hi Casters. I published by 2026 predictions this morning. https://avc.xyz/what-will-happen-in-2026

What Will Happen In 2026

Here are ten things I think will happen in 2026: 1/ Gemini passes ChatGPT in terms of DAUs, MAUs, and tokens consumed in the first half of 2026, making Google the king of AI. 2/ The Democrats take control of the House in the Nov 2026 elections, bringing to an end Trump's complete control of the US government. 3/ Smartglasses finally reach product market fit in 2026, but it won't be Meta that delivers the winning approach. 4/ A majority of venture capital deals close without lawyers on either ...

https://avc.xyz/what-will-happen-in-2026

Featured onBracky Mode Activated: GM Farcaster ep325 with @tldr

@fredwilson.ethDec 31, 2025, 06:31 PM

Hi Everyone. I jotted down ten things that happened in 2025 that struck me as important.

What Happened In 2025

I like to bookend the New Year holiday with two posts, one looking back at the year that is ending (What Happened) and one looking forward to the year ahead (What Will Happen). This is the first of these two posts. The second one will run tomorrow. Here's a top ten list of things that happened this year that really matter. 1/ The end of globalization. The Trump Tariffs represent a fundamental change in trade policy, and if they remain the approach of future White Houses, it will mark a return...

https://avc.xyz/what-happened-in-2025

Featured onNew Year and we’re still yapping about creator coins: GM Farcaster ep324

@fredwilson.ethJul 24, 2025, 10:35 AM

Hi Casters. I've been enjoying the collecting game that the Farcaster team launched this week. Engaging on casts can be and should be more than a like, recast or reply. I have long believed that "mint is the new like" and also the path to monetization for consumer crypto. So I'm very enthusiastic about this experiment.

Featured onep270 Friday July 25, 2025 with @toadyhawk @betrmint

@fredwilson.ethMay 12, 2025, 12:32 PM

HI Casters. I posted the talk that @dwr and I did at Farcon to avc.xyz this morning https://avc.xyz/farcon-fireside

AVC

I am a VC

https://avc.xyz

Farcon Fireside

The Farcaster community gets together every year in a community-produced event called Farcon. It took place the first few days of May this year in Brooklyn. Dan Romero, co-founder and CEO of Farcaster, asked me to do a fireside chat with him and while I'm trying to do less of this sort of things these days, that was an invitation I could not resist. Dan took me on a trip down career memory lane. The result is a powerful argument for protocols over platforms. See for yourself. It's just over t...

https://avc.xyz/farcon-fireside

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@fredwilson.ethJan 1, 2025, 04:49 PM

Hi Casters. Here are my predictions for 2025. It's going to be a wild year. https://avc.xyz/what-will-happen-in-2025-1

What Will Happen In 2025

I've done a lot of these January 1st look forward posts in the 20+ years I've been blogging. I've used many different approaches. I sometimes talk big themes, like I did last year. I sometimes focus on just one thing. And sometimes I just make a bunch of predictions. I am going to do the latter approach today because I feel like it and it's so much fun. 1/ Apple and Google will leverage their existing market power to surpass OpenAI/ChatGPT in consumer AI prompts by the end of 2025. 2/ Waymo w...

https://avc.xyz/what-will-happen-in-2025-1

Featured onGm Farcaster Ep198 Friday January 3 2025

@fredwilson.ethSep 7, 2024, 08:16 PM

If you are building a consumer Web3 app and plan to be in NYC on Sept 30th, considering demoing it at our 2nd consumer crypto demo night

Featured onep153 Monday September 9, 2024

@fredwilson.ethAug 23, 2024, 04:34 PM

Hi Casters. I love showcasing digital art on TV screens in my home and offices. I've been doing this for almost a decade now and it has gotten easier. With view.art, which launched to the world today, it has gotten wayyyy easier. I wrote about all of this on my blog today https://avc.xyz/viewart

view.art

Curate and showcase onchain art anywhere

http://view.art

View.art

I have long been interested in displaying digital art on the walls in my home and office. I wrote this back in 2017 and this when we open...

https://avc.xyz/viewart

Featured onEp147 Monday August 26, 2024

@fredwilson.ethAug 13, 2024, 07:00 PM

Hi Casters. I am reminded that the addition of just one person into your feed can materially improve a social media product. For me that was following @mazmhussain here sometime in the last week. It's not the first time that has happened to me here at Farcaster and each time the experience has leveled up a lot.

Featured onEp142 Wednesday August 14, 2024

@fredwilson.ethJun 22, 2024, 04:07 PM

Hi Casters. I love the idea of streaks. I used this mechanic to build a very large and loyal following of readers on the AVC blog. I posted there every day for something like seventeen years. That was a hell of a streak. The psychology of steaks is so powerful. So I'm taking advantage of the new streaks feature in Farcaster and starting a steak in the AVC channel

Featured onep122 Monday, June 23, 2024

@fredwilson.ethMay 21, 2024, 04:57 PM

Hi Casters. I've published my second in a series of blog posts about moving my Internet presence onchain. This one is about Farcaster https://avc.xyz/ive-moved-onchain-continued

I've Moved Onchain (continued)

A few weeks ago I started a new series on this blog talking about how I've moved my Internet presence onchain over the last few years. The first inst...

https://avc.xyz/ive-moved-onchain-continued

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@fredwilson.ethJan 4, 2024, 12:28 PM

Hi Casters. My colleague @nik wrote about NFTs on the USV blog https://www.usv.com/writing/2024/01/nfts-have-evolved-nfts-endure/

NFTs Have Evolved, NFTs Endure | Union Square Ventures

USV started playing with NFTs in 2017. First when Rare Pepes were starting to gain some niche popularity and then again when cryptokitties launched.

https://www.usv.com/writing/2024/01/nfts-have-evolved-nfts-endure/

Featured onep43, Jan 5, 2024 - with guest Rish from Neynar