{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"AI & I","title":"How Union Square Ventures Built an AI Brain for Venture Capital - Ep. 36 with Matt Cynamon","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4150,"description":"Union Square Ventures is building an AI operating system to support their investment team. \n\nBut it’s not what you think: It’s a constellation of AI tools that captures and synthesizes the firm's collective wisdom. It’s evolving every day, and Matt Cynamon is the mad scientist in charge\n\nMatt calls himself a “regular” at USV. In practice that means he’s responsible for running experiments with AI for the firm. As an inherently curious person with the professional obligation to tinker, he’s built a suite of tools for the firm, including: \n\nThe Librarian, a chatbot trained on around 15,000 articles from USV’s blog\nPortfolio Tracker, a GPT that analyzes the investments made by the firm\nMeeting Notes, a tool that makes it possible for team members to interact with meetings  \n\nI sat down with Matt to talk about how AI is enabling him to bring his ideas to life as a generalist, get demos of the tools listed above, and exchange notes on all the other projects he has in the works at USV. We edit actionable insights extracted by an AI from meetings at USV and prepare them to be posted on the firm’s X handle live on the show. We even try out an art project at USV’s office called The Dream Machine, which generates art from conversations. Here’s a link to the episode transcript.   \n\nThis is a must-watch for anyone interested in riding the AI wave by learning how to ship useful products quickly.\n\nIf you found this episode interesting, please like, subscribe, comment, and share! \n\nWant even more?\nSign up for Every to unlock our ultimate guide to prompting ChatGPT. It’s usually only for paying subscribers, but you can get it here for free.\n\nTo hear more from Dan Shipper:\nSubscribe to Every: https://every.to/subscribe \nFollow him on X: https://twitter.com/danshipper \nTIMESTAMPS:\nIntroduction: 00:00:52\nHow Matt became in charge of everything AI at USV: 00:01:56\nHow AI empowers generalists to be creators: 00:06:22\nThe Librarian, a chatbot trained on everything USV has published:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tpm1hNSy8JXTtPDypo5McPF0S6eDqruRTGYywu9SVrc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yNDM2/YzU4NDNmYTQxNTJh/MTEzYjE4YmJmYTg5/ODY1NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}