EHT & ALMA: a view of the local Universe

MmVLBI has revolutionised our view of black holes and have provided some of the most striking, high resolution images obtained by mmVLBI, like the first images of a supermassive black hole obtained by the Event Horizon Telescope collaboration (EHTC). But beyond these two best studied targets, M87 and SgrA*, the EHTC has been exploring a variety of nearby AGN allowing to study different local environments and jet properties. In this talk I will present an overview of the AGN that are targeted with mmVLBI at 1.3mm and 3mm, highlighting some of the recent results that have been obtained. MmVLBI is a powerful tool not only for observations of the accreting material at tens of muas resolution, but will be critical - especially as more baselines become available around the globe - to study jet launching mechanisms and how these connect to the more extended jet material which is studied with cmVLBI at mas resolution.