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Maija Ehlinger

Atlanta, GA

Born and raised in Southern California, Maija has been in Atlanta since 2010. She is a graduate of Emory University and the Columbia Journalism School's Lede Program for data journalism.

Georgia Tech Founders Build An AI Marketing Engine For Small Businesses

Georgia Tech Founders Build An AI Marketing Engine For Small Businesses

ATLANTA, September 9 (Hypepotamus) - It’s 2026. Can you automate your company’s marketing? Atlanta-based Osmoti is ready to show that you can. The MarTech (marketing technology) startup, created by co-founders Rahul Mehta (a current Georgia Tech student) and Om Patel (a recent GT graduate), built Osmoti as

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

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

ATLANTA, September 9 (Hypepotamus) - So, you have a business that relies on subscriptions. How do you determine what that subscription amount should be? Atlanta entrepreneur Jason Schubert said that traditionally, pricing decisions are made with a “combination of intuition, competitive research and A/B testing.” And the price they land

Atlanta’s Standard Education Uses Data To Help More Students Graduate

Atlanta’s Standard Education Uses Data To Help More Students Graduate

ATLANTA, September 8 (Hypepotamus) - TJ Muehleman and Jason Elgin know they have a pretty cool job. “Helping kids graduate from high school is pretty awesome,” as Muehleman put it. The two are behind Standard Education, a bootstrapped data platform helping school districts with some of their most pressing problems, including

Atlanta Startup Scannit Offers AI Companies An Alternative To Long-Term GPU Contracts

Atlanta Startup Scannit Offers AI Companies An Alternative To Long-Term GPU Contracts

ATLANTA, September 8 (Hypepotamus) - Up-and-coming AI companies have a capacity problem. “New compute hardware goes to the largest buyers first, and by the time it reaches a company with twenty people, the terms attached to it are hyperscaler terms,” said Atlanta entrepreneur Karl Nowak. That means startups getting

These Georgia Tech Startups Stood Out At CREATE-X Demo Day 2026

These Georgia Tech Startups Stood Out At CREATE-X Demo Day 2026

ATLANTA, September 4 (Hypepotamus) - On the Atlanta startup calendar, there are a few “can’t miss” days. One of those happened last night, and it brought investors, seasoned CEOs, and ecosystem leaders together inside the LOOP on Georgia Tech’s campus. Create-X Demo Day has become a venerable “who’

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