Newsletter Edition #1220: Can We Fix The Startup GPU Problem?
We're in the last week before things really kick off.
3686 in Nashville next week, followed closely by Atlanta Fintech Week, Avant South, and Venture Atlanta. But before the fall event circuit gets underway, we have your news briefing ready to power you through this short week.
Today's top headlines:
- Getting the compute startups need
- A startup to watch revamping the subscription game
- An EdTech set on bootstrapping
Let's get reading.
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The Big Headline: Startups have a GPU and a compute problem. Could an answer be brewing in the Southeast? We caught up with a team in Atlanta (that has strong roots in Europe) about Scannit, a neocloud alternative helping AI companies get the computing power they desperately need. More here.
Startup To Watch: Jason Schubert and William Schubert bootstrapped inBrain.ai for seven years and brought the company to a successful exit in 2021. Now, the duo is back building Botsi, a platform to improve online subscription pricing options. And this time, they are bringing on VCs to scale. Get the Botsi story here.
Community News: School districts have the data. The problem? It is scattered all over the place...and that leads to students slipping through the cracks. A team in Atlanta is building a fix that has already gained traction across the country. We caught up with the Standard Education team to learn about their vision, their technology, and why they are bootstrapping their EdTech. More here.
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Word On The Street…
- Stephanie Glenn in as OneTrust CFO
- Sam Smith leaving as CEO of NC's Amissa Health
- Emory sunsetting its incubator and launching entrepreneurial community called Sandbox
- Fulcrum's Junior Gaspard becomes CEO of Florida-based Feathr
- CRAVE catering app is looking for beta testers
- Last call for last call for advertisers for the Startup Atlanta book. Interested? Reach out to Mikey DiCensio
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