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Tractian Chose Atlanta for Talent and Customers. Now It’s a $1.4B AI Company.

Tractian Chose Atlanta for Talent and Customers. Now It’s a $1.4B AI Company.

ATLANTA, October 22 (Hypepotamus) - One question I regularly ask investors and tech leaders: Which startups in Atlanta are you most excited about? The answers come with predictable caveats. Investors name companies they’ve backed. A recent Demo Day pitch is still fresh in someone’s mind and they'll

New Name, New Funding: Atlanta’s Graypool Targets Trucking’s Missed Revenue

New Name, New Funding: Atlanta’s Graypool Targets Trucking’s Missed Revenue

What You Missed At Venture Atlanta 2026

What You Missed At Venture Atlanta 2026

Atlanta’s Women on the Cap Table Makes First Investment in AI Startup Narratize

Atlanta’s Women on the Cap Table Makes First Investment in AI Startup Narratize

Florida transportation companies Beep and Freebee complete merger

Florida transportation companies Beep and Freebee complete merger

Atlanta Startup Botsi Raises Pre-Seed To Personalize Subscription Pricing With AI

Atlanta Startup Botsi Raises Pre-Seed To Personalize Subscription Pricing With AI

Tampa PropTech DLAnalyzer Raises $1M To Help Investors Evaluate Commercial Real Estate Deals

Tampa PropTech DLAnalyzer Raises $1M To Help Investors Evaluate Commercial Real Estate Deals

// Startup News

Vanderbilt Students Launch Their Own Venture Studio to Help Classmates Build Startups

Vanderbilt Students Launch Their Own Venture Studio to Help Classmates Build Startups

NASHVILLE, October 22 (Hypepotamus) - A group of students on Vanderbilt’s campus want to help more of their classmates build and scale startups through a new venture studio. Aptly named Campus Venture Studio, founder Eli Landers described the program as a “startup building startups.” It works as an independent, student-

Could Algae be the Solution for Outdated HVAC Systems?

Could Algae be the Solution for Outdated HVAC Systems?

Vectris Labs Brings West Coast AI Talent to Birmingham For Startup Boosting GPU Efficiency

Vectris Labs Brings West Coast AI Talent to Birmingham For Startup Boosting GPU Efficiency

Raleigh’s Scale Social Uses AI to Help Brands Capture What Actually Happened

Raleigh’s Scale Social Uses AI to Help Brands Capture What Actually Happened

Metro Atlanta High Schoolers Tap the City’s Startup Ecosystem to Build a Cerebral Palsy Therapy Device.

Metro Atlanta High Schoolers Tap the City’s Startup Ecosystem to Build a Cerebral Palsy Therapy Device.

Atlanta’s HackerHouse Takes Over a Former Nightclub, Plans National Campus Expansion.

Atlanta’s HackerHouse Takes Over a Former Nightclub, Plans National Campus Expansion.

Atlanta’s Ode Social Takes Aim at the Hardest Part of Hanging Out: Making It Happen

Atlanta’s Ode Social Takes Aim at the Hardest Part of Hanging Out: Making It Happen

// Growth-Stage News

Calendly changed how we get meetings on the books. How is it evolving in our AI Agent world?

Calendly changed how we get meetings on the books. How is it evolving in our AI Agent world?

ATLANTA, October 20 (Hypepotamus) - There are few homegrown success stories from Atlanta on par with Calendly. The work productivity and collaboration-focused software, which was founded by Tope Awotona in 2013, scaled to a unicorn company with a small amount of outside capital. The company also transformed how companies across

Ditto Names Matt Lohman CCO as Offline Connectivity Platform Grows in Atlanta

Ditto Names Matt Lohman CCO as Offline Connectivity Platform Grows in Atlanta

Is This The Southeast's Defense Tech Moment?

Is This The Southeast's Defense Tech Moment?

Why AI Startup Obvious Sees Atlanta as A Strong In-Person Hub.

Why AI Startup Obvious Sees Atlanta as A Strong In-Person Hub.

Booming Business: Atlanta Firm Creates Cleaner Way to Sop Up Oil Spills

Booming Business: Atlanta Firm Creates Cleaner Way to Sop Up Oil Spills

Church Tech Company Ministry Brands Moves Headquarters To Metro Atlanta

Church Tech Company Ministry Brands Moves Headquarters To Metro Atlanta

Get To Know The CEO Simplifying Financial Compliance

// Corporate News

Chattanooga, the First Gig-Speed City, Now Wants to Lead in Quantum

Chattanooga, the First Gig-Speed City, Now Wants to Lead in Quantum

CHATTANOOGA, October 6 (Hypepotamus) - In 2010, Chattanooga became the first city in the country to offer gig-speed internet to every one of its residents and businesses. EPB, the city’s municipal utility, says that decision delivered $5.3billion in local benefit and helped recruit or retain over 10,000

Using AI to Boost Recycling at the World’s Busiest Airport

Using AI to Boost Recycling at the World’s Busiest Airport

Cox Enterprises Selects 10 Cleantech Startups for New Atlanta Residency Program

Cox Enterprises Selects 10 Cleantech Startups for New Atlanta Residency Program

QumulusAI CEO on Taking Atlanta’s AI Infrastructure Company Public

QumulusAI CEO on Taking Atlanta’s AI Infrastructure Company Public

A Georgia Urgent Care System Is Using AI To Handle 20,000 Billing Calls A Month

A Georgia Urgent Care System Is Using AI To Handle 20,000 Billing Calls A Month

How a SpaceX IPO Could Boost Southeast Startups

How a SpaceX IPO Could Boost Southeast Startups

Alpharetta’s Spectra Builds Defense Tech for Tough Missions

Alpharetta’s Spectra Builds Defense Tech for Tough Missions

// Get To Know The CEO

From Georgia Tech Capstone to Atlanta MarTech Startup: Inside Genius

From Georgia Tech Capstone to Atlanta MarTech Startup: Inside Genius

ATLANTA, September 23 (Hypepotamus) - Marketing teams can see what they spend on Google, LinkedIn and Meta ads. Figuring out what those separate streams of data mean for their next decision is harder. Atlanta MarTech (marketing technology) startup Genius connects those channels and gives marketers recommendations based on their target customers,

Contributor Thoughts: What CEOs Still Get Wrong About AI

Contributor Thoughts: What CEOs Still Get Wrong About AI

CEO Q&A | How Atlanta’s GenAI Healthcare Built a Smarter Health Ring.

CEO Q&A | How Atlanta’s GenAI Healthcare Built a Smarter Health Ring.

Phobio Has Returned $960M to Business Budgets. Meet The Company's New CEO.

Phobio Has Returned $960M to Business Budgets. Meet The Company's New CEO.

Alpharetta’s Spectra Builds Defense Tech for Tough Missions

Alpharetta’s Spectra Builds Defense Tech for Tough Missions

Atlanta AI Company Tractian Expands With 30-Intern Hiring Push

Atlanta AI Company Tractian Expands With 30-Intern Hiring Push

Tampa Startup Uses AI to Organize Medical and Legal Records

Tampa Startup Uses AI to Organize Medical and Legal Records

Featured Events

Where To Be: October 2026 Tech Events

Where To Be: October 2026 Tech Events

There's something for everyone this October. Fintech events. Climate-focused tech chats. Pitch events in front of national VCs. We've curated the top 9 events, from Atlanta to Memphis to Eastern Tennessee, that need to be on your calendar if you are a founder, investor, or

Pitch your startup 1:1 to 20 investors

Pitch your startup 1:1 to 20 investors

After The Event: What Stood Out From 'The Atlanta Question'

After The Event: What Stood Out From 'The Atlanta Question'

Top Tech Events in the Southeast: September 2026

Top Tech Events in the Southeast: September 2026

Your Guide to Atlanta Tech Week 2026: Events, Panels & Meetups

Your Guide to Atlanta Tech Week 2026: Events, Panels & Meetups

Atlanta's Avant South 2026 Conference Returns With OpenAI, NVIDIA Speaker

Atlanta's Avant South 2026 Conference Returns With OpenAI, NVIDIA Speaker

12 Southeast Tech Events for Founders and Funders

12 Southeast Tech Events for Founders and Funders

City / Atlanta

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Tractian Chose Atlanta for Talent and Customers. Now It’s a $1.4B AI Company.

Could Algae be the Solution for Outdated HVAC Systems?

Calendly changed how we get meetings on the books. How is it evolving in our AI Agent world?

What You Missed At Venture Atlanta 2026

Meet the 5 Atlanta Startup Insiders Helping Founders Perfect Their Pitch

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Vectris Labs Brings West Coast AI Talent to Birmingham For Startup Boosting GPU Efficiency

Birmingham’s New Venture Studio Has Its First Two Startups

Birmingham’s Sloss Tech Shows The Magic City’s Startup Ecosystem Is Ready To Scale

Birmingham Ranks No. 1 for College Graduates Starting Careers

Where To Be In June 2026: Birmingham for Sloss Tech

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Vanderbilt Students Launch Their Own Venture Studio to Help Classmates Build Startups

Breaking: Vanderbilt Gets Approval For 40-Acre Innovation Neighborhood In Nashville

These Tennessee Startups Are Heading to SXSW

Nashville’s Arena Labs Cuts Clinician Burnout 33% With Tech

Nashville Startup Tanbii Turns Virtual Trees Into Real Impact

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