The Thin Web: What Remains When AI Eats the Internet?
Welcome to The Post Web Deep Dive, an exploration of Outlier Ventures’ latest thesis that outlines how AI, Web3, and decentralization converge to reshape the internet. In this series, we unpack the frameworks, tech stack, and business models driving The Post Web era. Imagine an internet without the endless scroll, the pings, or the fight […]
The State of Stablecoins in 2025
Post Web Perspectives 03: USD stablecoins are on the rise, surpassing $220 billion and reaching 1% of the U.S. money supply. With stablecoin legislation in the U.S. set to enable a new class of issuers, including banks, fintechs, enterprises, and governments, the market is approaching an inflection point that will transform competition, distribution, and innovation. Furthermore, […]
The Post Web Is Here: AI, Web3, and the New Internet Playbook
Earlier this month in Denver, our founder and chairman Jamie Burke took the stage to share a powerful update on The Post Web, our latest (and evolving) thesis on the next era of the internet. The core message? The internet as we know it has become a machine for maximizing attention. It’s optimized for engagement, […]
Post Web Perspectives 02: Tokenization of Capital Markets
The tokenization of capital markets represents a fundamental shift in global financial market infrastructure. From the earliest days of capital markets with the Dutch East India Company in the 1600s, to present day, where capital markets represent 25% of the world’s GDP, the infrastructure of financial markets have undergone two major transformations. Tokenization marks the […]
Token Trendlines #4: Gaming & Proof of Personhood (PoP)
We have been looking at blockchain and gaming the wrong way. So far, it’s been pitched as a gamer-led revolution, asset ownership, monetization, and sovereignty. While important, it does not drive adoption. The real driver isn’t the player, it’s the developer. Currently, they do not have strong incentives to move onchain, but their adoption is […]
Outlier Ventures Partners with LifeX Ventures on The Post Web Base Camp
Backing Founders Building The Agentic Web The internet is at an inflexion point and evolving rapidly. Forward-thinking founders can see that we’re moving beyond Web3 and entering the next era where decentralized AI, autonomous agents, and privacy-first systems converge to create a more intent-based Web, which we have outlined in our thesis, the Post Web. […]