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Atlanta-based Grayscale’s Road To Paylocity Acquisition

Atlanta-based Grayscale’s Road To Paylocity Acquisition

ATLANTA, July 20 (Hypepotamus) - Co-founder Ty Abernethy and Hubert Liu built Grayscale out of Atlanta Tech Village as a bet that they could fix a blind spot in hiring and recruiting. Their solution signed customers ranging from multinational food manufacturers to consumer brand giants, and this spring, it got

Ten Sparrows Builds AI Agents So Atlanta Businesses Don't Get Left Behind

Ten Sparrows Builds AI Agents So Atlanta Businesses Don't Get Left Behind

ATLANTA, July 20 (Hypepotamus) - Earlier this year, Hypepotamus covered ATDC’s push to become a launchpad for Georgia-based AI companies. One of the companies building currently inside ATDC isn’t just building AI tools. They are a team ensuring organizations don’t get left behind in the AI Age.

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Huntsville Startup Brings Big-League Training to Braves Country Youth

Huntsville Startup Brings Big-League Training to Braves Country Youth

HUNTSVILLE, July 17 (Hypepotamus) - Baseball across “Braves Country,” or the Southeastern states with a strong love of the Atlanta MLB team, is set to expand, thanks to a new partnership with a startup out of Huntsville, Alabama. This summer Ember Sports, a mobile SportsTech, announced an official partnership with Major

Georgia Teens Launch Vivaly App to Get Their Peers Offline

Georgia Teens Launch Vivaly App to Get Their Peers Offline

ATLANTA, July 16 (Hypepotamus) - Rising 10th grader Ruth Geller ran into a problem this summer. She loved spending time with her friends IRL (in real life). But all the places they wanted to go were expensive…or did not want teenagers. So Geller and her friends teamed up and in

Editor's Note #1: Things are changing at Hypepotamus. Join us on this next chapter.

Editor's Note #1: Things are changing at Hypepotamus. Join us on this next chapter.

Hi Hypepotamus readers, Fourteen years ago, we launched Hype to provide Atlanta entrepreneurs physical space they needed to grow and evolved shortly thereafter to become a digital publication covering the underreported Innovation Ecosystem across the Southeast. In this time we’ve grown to: * 1+ million annual site views * 60k+ social

Atlanta Startup Reditus Space Readies Reusable Reentry Vehicle for Launch

Atlanta Startup Reditus Space Readies Reusable Reentry Vehicle for Launch

ATLANTA, July 13 (Hypepotamus) - Late last year, Atlanta-based and Create-X alumni company Reditus Space came out of stealth and closed its $7.1 million seed round to fuel its Microgravity-as-a-service platform. Now, the startup — under the leadership of CEO Stef Crum — is one step closer

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