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JANUARY 31, 2024

The most common analogies I’ve been considering with the current wave of generative AI are blockchain, self-driving cars, and Web 2.0. In contrast, generative AI has already inspired a myriad of compelling uses, and it’s easy to envision its integration across many categories of software. Which leads me to the second analogy.

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JULY 31, 2014

As my partner Rob Go has written , our goal is to invest half in consumer web and mobile and half in business-focused ventures. This is hardly a unique investment category, but that’s because the shift in how software is purchased and delivered has been so fundamentally transforming. Step-Function Ad Tech.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Another irony of these rampant store closures is that increasingly, web-only brands are beginning to open storefronts or experimenting with other ways of establishing a physical presence. Reinventing Retail.

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APRIL 21, 2015

Matt Prince , Co-Founder and CEO, CloudFlare (Web performance and security to protect and accelerate websites; $72.1 For enterprise software companies, this was quite far from the truth. On Launching and Finding Early Traction. NextView Ventures: Where did the initial idea for your company come from?

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MARCH 19, 2015

” So I left Google to do another startup, Agitar Software. Our product, a software development and testing tool, was amazingly innovative, worked great, and won a bunch of prestigious awards. Another success. So I thought, “I am good!” This time we raised a total of $25 million from top-tier VCs like Sequoia and NEA.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

This technology enhances a consumer experience for literally thousands of media properties across the web. In our portfolio, Code Climate is a perfect example of this, as its software becomes embedded within an engineering team’s daily workflow. 2) Pervasive Tools. Impact First, Business Models Second.

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APRIL 21, 2016

If you know you are building something that is web-based but very UI intensive, an engineer with lots of Front-End experience is ideal. But having a few generalists who are willing and able to work on anything and perhaps have a wider perspective of how to construct software will allow you to have that necessary flexibility.

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