A firm scorecard from the VC Agent-Readiness Census — 25 firms, five doors each, checked 2026-11-01. Official site: www.usv.com
open_api)Verdict: llms.txt research surface; the pitch route is an email inbox for business plans.
Each intent is scored with one door-state, assessed from public official sources on 2026-11-01. Scoring: open_api 4 · partner_gated 2 · aggregator_only 1 · human_only 0 · unverified 0 (flagged).
| Intent | State | Route | Note | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research | open_api | llms.txt | Official llms.txt states thesis and current investment lenses, that USV typically leads/co-leads Seed and Series A, lists the investing partnership with people-page links, and links About (fund strategies, contact), the portfolio directory with stage/year of first investment, and the writing archive. | www.usv.com/llms.txt checked 2026-11-01 |
| Pitch | human_only | Email submission to the firm | No pitch portal or form; the site's contact block instructs founders to email business-plan submissions (info@usv.com as shown in the site's contact block) including a clear description of operations and current progress. | www.usv.com/about checked 2026-11-01 |
| Diligence | human_only | — | USV publishes prose on what it looks for (market dynamics, deal size, stage, geography) but no structured diligence checklist, template, required-metrics list or data-room guidance was found. | www.usv.com/writing/2006/09/other-things-we... checked 2026-11-01 |
| Schedule | human_only | — | No public self-serve route to office hours, events or intro calls found; contact is by email/phone to the New York office and individual team members. | www.usv.com/about checked 2026-11-01 |
| Track | unverified NOT A VERIFIED ZERO | — | No applicant dashboard, status page or response SLA is publicly documented; email submission carries no documented tracking mechanism. | www.usv.com/about checked 2026-11-01 |
Unverified means the state could not be established from public documentation — for most firms that is the track door, where firms rarely publish post-submission mechanics. It is reported as a documentation gap, not as proof that no door exists, and it is never presented as a verified closed door.
| Signal | What the census recorded |
|---|---|
| llms.txt | Yes — served at https://www.usv.com/llms.txt |
| MCP server | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Public API | None documented (checked 2026-11-01) |
| Structured data | llms.txt links the structured portfolio directory (stage and year of first investment per company), people directory and filterable writing archive |
| RSS / sitemap | sitemap.xml declared in robots.txt, listing /people, /writing and /portfolio; portfolio jobs board at jobs.usv.com linked from llms.txt |
| Robots posture | User-Agent: * Allow: /; Disallow: /studio/, /preview/, /supertake; Sitemap: https://www.usv.com/sitemap.xml |
Access gaps. Agent-native surface covers research only: pitch is email-only, and no pitch portal, diligence checklist, booking route or applicant status mechanism is documented.
Agent Outposts research, published 2026-11-01. Agent Outposts is not affiliated with Union Square Ventures. This is a published census scorecard, not an Outpost: Agent Outposts operates no demand registry for venture firms and collects no intents on this page. Door-states are assessed from public sources; every state above links its evidence and carries its check date. Methodology, rubric and scoring formula: the VC Agent-Readiness Census. Companion research: the Agent Readiness Census of 43 consumer brands.
Agent Outposts — the agent-readiness registry. Agent Outposts is not affiliated with the firms listed in this census. Door-states are assessed from public sources; every state links its source and carries its assessment date.