Naval's GP, Ankur Nagpal, Breaks Down The Viral “USVC” Fund | E2284

About this episode

Ankur Nagpal discusses the new USVC fund and its investment strategies, followed by insights from guests Jon Durbin and Yash Goenka on AI compute and startup workflows.

This Week In Startups is made possible by: Render - render.com/twist Vanta - vanta.com/twist Northwest Registered Agent - northwestregisteredagent.com/twist Have you wanted to invest in venture capital alongside your 401k contributions, but struggled to find a way to place a bet? Search no more, for the AngelList team has created USVC, a new fund that will accept investments of as little as $500 from folks who lack accreditation. USVC’s Ankur Napgal swung by the show to chat about investment strategies, access, fees, and just how illiquid the venture-like vehicle will prove to be. Jason and Alex were then joined by Jon Durbin, core contributor at Chutes, and Yash Goenka, co-founder and CEO of Humwork. Chutes is the most valuable Bittensor subnet, focused on aggregating GPUs to offer trustless AI compute. Humwork wants to help bring a human into your agentic workflow to unstick your agent when it runs into a hitch. The show closes with a news lightning round — enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro + Plaud AI sponsor read (Jason demos the NotePin S) 2:06 Plaud: If your work depends on conversations — interviews, meetings, calls — you need a Plaud NotePin. You can check it out at…

People in this episode

Host: Jason Calacanis

Guests: Ankur Nagpal, Jon Durbin, Yash Goenka

Topics covered

• venture capital
• investment strategies
• USVC fund
• AI compute
• startups

Keywords

• USVC
• venture capital
• investment
• AI
• startups
• funding
• accreditation

Sponsors

Render, Vanta, Northwest Registered Agent

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AngelList, Chutes, Humwork

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