April Underwood

When @Jess & I were launching @Adverbvc, we were eager for a day we could proudly display the humans we’d backed on our website. This month, we’re celebrating our two-year anniversary as a firm. We've backed 22 incredible companies, added 2 new team members (@LizaGurtin & @gary_pesola) & have a new website to boot. Check out the companies we’ve backed, and subscribe to our Substack for updates. adverb.vc 🚀

Proof Twitter ain’t what it used to be: the entire Ferry Building has been evacuated and it’s not on Twitter yet

This passive aggression is alarmingly human, Claude

Have been flirting with idea of getting a dog, but maybe I’ll just walk laps around my desk and say “good boy 😍” to Claude

This is not hard. The war is wrong. Even though the Iranian regime is very bad, it is not our job (or our right!) to attack countries unless it is in self defense. Period. @CrookedMedia’s @brhodes helps break it down for us on this week’s ep on Argo. open.spotify.com/episode/74i2XZ…

Today we're sharing some exciting news: the @TryCoveAI team is joining Microsoft. When we started Cove, we set out to reimagine how people collaborate with AI. As model capabilities have accelerated, our conviction in that mission has only grown stronger. We're thrilled to continue this work at Microsoft, where we'll have the opportunity to pursue an even bigger vision. As part of this transition, the entire Cove team has accepted offers to join Microsoft, and the Cove product will be wound down on April 1. We've built a data export feature so you can take your work with you. Full details at cove.ai Founding a startup is an extreme undertaking and I’m sharing this news with a flood of mixed emotions. I’ll save much of that for future posts. What I want to share today is an overwhelming sense of gratitude. To our users — you used Cove in ways we never anticipated, shaped the product, and made the whole journey worthwhile. Thank you. To our investors — we're fortunate to have had the best in the business in our corner. Thank you for the unwavering support. To the Cove founding team — @andyszy, Mike Chu, @dprothro, Huy Nguyen, Ryan Washburne, @curioushruti, Yuwen Wu, I couldn't have imagined doing this with anyone else. I can’t wait to see what we build together in this next chapter. To Microsoft AI — @mustafasuleyman, @jacobandreou, Rob Cromwell and team, thank you for the warm welcome. We're excited to be here.

There are some tweets out there saying that Granola is trying to lock down access to your data. Tldr; we are actually trying to become more open, not closed. We’re launching a public API next week to complement our MCP. Read on for context. A couple months ago, we noticed that some folks had reversed engineered our local cache so they could access their meeting data. Our cache was not built for this (it can change at any point), so we launched our MCP to serve this need. The MCP gives full access to your notes and transcripts (all time for paid users, time restricted for free users). MCP usage has exploded since launch, so we felt good about it. A week ago, we updated how we store data in our cache and broke the workarounds. This is on us. Stupidly, we thought we had solved these use cases well enough with our MCP. We’ve now learned that while MCPs are great for connecting to tools like Claude or chatGPT, they don’t meet your needs for agents running locally or for data export / pipeline work. So we’re going to fix this for you ASAP. First, we’ll launch a public API next week to make it easier for you to pull your data. Second, we’ll figure out how to make Granola work better for agents running locally. Whether that’s expanding our MCP, launching a CLI, a local API, etc. The industry is moving quickly here, so we’d appreciate your suggestions. We want Granola data to be accessible and useful wherever you need it. Stay tuned.

Donald Trump is the worst president we've ever had.

It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.

for years--literally!--observers on Twitter like Sarah Kendizor have predicted that T***p would do anything to keep in office/remain invulnerable to investigation & incarceration; he would destroy the entire US if he could, if not the world, if he had the power. such observers were considered victims of TDS & ignored or vilified. but now we see how a single rash decision of T***p, to deflect from his latest scandal, the Epstein files, is destabilizing the entire world like ripples rushing out from an earthquake.

🚨NEWS: Democrat Andy Thomson has won the Boca Raton mayoral race by just ONE vote. 🔵 Thomson — 7,568 🔴 Liebelson — 7,567 With 100% of votes in, Thomson becomes the first Democratic mayor of Boca Raton in over 30 years. One vote decided the election.

Why the fuck would you not want to protect this

This war in 7 days has cost 20 years of NPR/PBS funding.

This exchange just happened on the Senate floor. Cornyn: “I don’t understand how the SAVE Act disenfranchises voters.” Durbin: “Happy to explain. Driver’s licenses don’t qualify under the bill. 50% of Americans don’t have passports.” Cornyn: “Why not just amend it?” Durbin: “When’s the last time the Senate actually amended a bill?” Silence. The SAVE Act requires passport-level documentation to register to vote. 50% of Americans don’t have a passport. The people least likely to have passports: the elderly, the poor, rural Americans, young first-time voters. The people most likely to have passports: wealthy Americans. This is not voter protection. This is voter selection. And when a senator suggested fixing it — his own colleague couldn’t name the last time the Senate amended anything. That’s the Senate in 2026.

War is not a f*cking video game. War is not a f*cking video game. War is not a f*cking video game. Seven Americans are dead.

One family, the right-wing Trump-aligned Ellisons, will soon control: TikTok CBS CNN HBO Discovery Channel BET Cartoon Network Comedy Central DC Studios Fandango Miramax MTV Nickelodeon Paramount PlutoTV Showtime TBS The CW TNT Warner Bros. And more This is oligarchy.

No, Senator. Bigotry is the enemy inside. It sickens the soul that carries it and corrupts the nation that embraces it. Brother, as my Christian faith and yours teaches, LOVE is the only way. x.com/SenTuberville/…

EVERYONE! If you're in SF this Sunday, come hear an awesome behind the scenes talk about the making of #hoppers , featuring some talented key folks from the movie!! (i'll be in the back cheering them on, come say hi) 💛

I can't even find the words to express how repugnant and despicable this post is. People who spew such Islamophobic bile don't belong in the United States Congress. The job of elected officials is to combat hate, not fan its flames. Shame on Senator Tuberville: Keep New York City out of your bigoted mouth. This Jewish New Yorker is proud that we elected our first Muslim mayor.

When the administration repeatedly points to "Israel" being the reason why we're in this war, instead of taking ownership, this was bound to happen. Jews everywhere -- even the many, many, many of us who don't support this war or Netanyahu at all are less safe.

Horrifying news out of Michigan today. As a country we can’t allow this to be normal.