Announcing our new firm and first fund: Footwork (@footworkvc). nbt.substack.com/p/footwork

Have kids. Take them to the World Cup. Highly recommend.

The best companies don't fit neatly into boxes. @nbt breaks down why the most durable businesses today combine consumer and enterprise DNA from day one, instead of choosing one lane and hoping to expand later. His observation: almost all of the world's largest companies serve both individuals and enterprises. Yet venture firms still organize around separate consumer and enterprise teams, missing the companies that transcend category. Footwork's portfolio reflects this thesis. Three-quarters of their companies self-identify as hybrid: consumer motion with enterprise depth, or enterprise infrastructure with consumer-grade UX. The takeaway for founders: If your product can legitimately serve both markets, don't let traditional GTM frameworks force you into a single box. The audacity to tackle both simultaneously might be your competitive edge. What matters is not the label. It's whether you understand the mechanics of both motions, and can execute across them. Full episode below.

slides from the original pitch deck for what ended up becoming canva (h/t: @nbt)

We are releasing WeatherMesh-6 today, a huge step forward in weather forecasting. Its a fully end-to-end AI-based weather model. Observations in, weather forecasts out.

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Hiring in data, marketing, and sales Power is in a special spot: 8 figures of revenue, grew 5x last year and will 3x this year We have ~1/3 of the headcount of startups our size which means everyone has nonlinear contribution We are building the operational infrastructure to run medical research If you are excited about AI Bio but nervous about the clinical trial bottleneck then DM me :)

BREAKING: Apple is no longer the final boss every app you vibe code on Anything now ships to the Play Store too

lol @GeorgeKurdin great response

This is a good way to frame speed, which is perhaps the most discussed term in startup rooms now - an input and not an output. From @nbt’s substack. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/nbt/p/…

kinda obsessed with the fact that @canva used to be called "Canvas Chef", it's so cute!! thank you @nbt for sharing the original Canva deck!! canva.com/design/DAHIHV3rb94…

If you’re fortunate as a VC, you have a handful of moments where you meet a founder and within 15 mins you know you have to invest. I’ve had one of those moments in 2026, meeting @GeorgeKurdin & Joe at @usemonk. Delighted to lead their $25M Series A @footworkvc alongside @AcrewCapital & @btv_vc. Why did we get so excited to partner with Monk? 1/ The team has built a magical customer experience. Monk is the only AI-native accounts receivable platform in market today. The product automates the invoice-to-cash lifecycle: invoicing, intelligent collections, cash application, and reporting. This is a manual process for most finance teams today — sitting between emails, PDFs, spreadsheets, payment rails, and banks. Monk automates it, saving finance teams time, and enabling businesses to get paid accurately and more quickly. 2/ It’s loved by several forward-thinking AI-native companies. For customers like @ElevenLabs, @tryprofound, and @siro_app, Monk is making the lives of the finance teams, and those around them, so much easier. It simply gets them paid, faster. On average, customers see 40% lower DSO (days sales outstanding), 24% higher collections response rate, and 25 hours/month saved. The platform typically pays for itself in month one. These are demanding teams operating at the frontier of AI. Delighting them is hard, but in doing so Monk is building a product that can one day be used by every enterprise. 3/ The vision starts with AR but is much bigger. Stripe started with payment processing. Ramp started with corporate cards. Like those two companies, Monk has the opportunity to move beyond its initial wedge to building a broader B2B finance and revenue platform. 4/ It really does all come back to the team. George and Joe have built a small in-person team in NYC with an exceedingly high bar for talent. They are intense. They are mission-driven. They hold nothing sacred as an AI-native company, and realize they must evolve quickly as the capabilities of the models evolve. If the above resonates, come join us at Monk — we’re hiring across engineering and go-to-market. And if your business can benefit from automating AR, please reach out. monk.com/careers @LaurenKolodny @pitdesi @nbobba

Today @usemonk is announcing our $25M Series A co-led by @footworkvc and @AcrewCapital with continued support from @btv_vc. $3T sits in U.S. accounts receivable. Our mission is to close the gap between earning revenue and receiving it. For most B2B companies, that gap is 45-90 days, thousands of hours of manual work per year, and millions in trapped working capital. It's a tax every growing business pays. Monk invented the Intelligent Collections category. Most AR tools automate the easy parts. We built for the edge cases, portal uploads, PO mismatches, and disputes. On average, customers see 40% lower DSO, 24% higher collections response rate and 25 hours/month saved. Thank you to @ElevenLabs, @tryprofound, @siro_app, and our customers for the trust. Our platform typically pays for itself in month one. Book a demo to learn more.

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Satoshi Nakamoto = Adam Back? nytimes.com/2026/04/08/busin…

🚨 JUST IN: Apple caved! the Anything app is back on the App Store to celebrate vibe coding we are launching a $5k weekend hackathon reply to get in 20k credits

BREAKING: Apple is scared of vibe coding they removed Anything from the App Store so we moved app building to iMessage good luck removing this one, Apple

We're automating @footworkvc and hiring someone to help us. You'll work closely with me. Ideal profile? AI-native, building with the latest models, understands VC, incredibly fast learner, hard worker, in SF. Referrals appreciated. forms.footwork.vc/ai-lead