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Newsletter Edition #1230: Venture Atlanta: Plan Your Week

Next week is the big one for Atlanta. We'll see many of you at Avant South, Atlanta Startup Awards (last chance for tickets), and Venture Atlanta.

We're wrapping up this week with the following stories:

Keep on scrolling to see who is hiring, who is on the move, and where events are happening next.

This edition of Hypepotamus is brought to you by Live Oak Bank.

The Big Headline: What do investors want to hear from founders at Venture Atlanta? Where should founders be spending their time at the Southeast's largest venture conference? We have those answers ready in your Venture Atlanta 2026 preview. Get the details here.

Startup To Watch: Atlanta’s HackerHouse started by turning an old fraternity house into a home for student entrepreneurs. Now, a former Midtown nightclub is home to 50 startup founders. Next up? Rethinking the career fair. The team is bringing more than 30 startups to Georgia Tech on October 13 for Not A Career Fair, where résumés get reviewed in advance, interviews get booked, and companies are encouraged to make offers on the spot. More here.

City News: Chattanooga got a head start on gig-speed internet. Now it wants one on quantum. The city’s municipal utility is giving startups and established companies access to quantum hardware to test real business problems, with city leaders pointing to a projected $1.1 billion in regional economic output by 2035. We talked to EPB’s CEO about the opportunity for founders and why Chattanooga is betting on getting there early. More here.

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