# Union Square Ventures (slim)

> Union Square Ventures's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Hume AI and Shippo, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/union-square-ventures/index.md (~600 tokens) · this version ~480 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/union-square-ventures/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/union-square-ventures/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
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Venture firm.

Website: https://www.usv.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Hume AI**, Series B, March 2024
  - [Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-evi.md), graded C, 56.7/100
  - [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.md), graded C, 54.6/100
  - Source: https://siliconangle.com/2024/03/27/hume-ai-raises-50m-building-realistic-generative-ai-chat-experience-yet/
- **Shippo**, Series A, September 2016, led a round
  - [Shippo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/shippo.md), graded C, 61.9/100
  - Source: https://goshippo.com/blog/announcing-our-series-funding

## Where they invest

- Conversational voice agents, 1
- Voice cloning & custom voices, 1
- Shipping & fulfilment, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Laura Behrens Wu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/laura-behrens-wu/), Shippo
- [Simon Kreuz](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/simon-kreuz/), Shippo

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Union Square Ventures invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Hume AI and Shippo backed by Union Square Ventures.

### How are Union Square Ventures's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Hume EVI (Empathic Voice Interface) (C, 56.7), Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP (C, 54.6) and Shippo (C, 61.9).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.