USV · 25 June 2026 · Investment Thesis

The Rebel Alliance

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USV argues that an open, modular ecosystem of specialized companies ("Rebel Alliance") will outcompete vertically integrated AI platforms, drawing parallels to how PC, web, and mobile ecosystems unbundled earlier monopolies. They map investment themes across orchestration, memory, routing, identity, and payments layers.

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Topics: AI (Horizontal) · AI Infrastructure · Developer Tools

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