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Atlanta Startup Vettex Sports Builds Smarter Athletic Gear

Atlanta Startup Vettex Sports Builds Smarter Athletic Gear

ATLANTA, June 22 (Hypepotamus) – Most startups spend years and marketing budget building a brand from nothing. Vettex Sports used its Georgia Tech connections to skip that step to build under a name that already had history. The Create-X company was known until last year as LZRD Tech (Hypepotamus featured

Atlanta-Based Balon Is Building AI That Grades Its Own Answers

Atlanta-Based Balon Is Building AI That Grades Its Own Answers

Balon is an Atlanta-based AI infrastructure startup building technology to prevent hallucinations in large language models.

These Georgia Teens Built An App To Show You How Much You Really Scroll

These Georgia Teens Built An App To Show You How Much You Really Scroll

How much time are you really spending on your phone? The average American spends well over four hours on their phone and looks at their screen over 200 times a day, according to Consumer Affairs. Young Georgia-based entrepreneur Pranshu Raithatha had a feeling individuals grossly underestimated their own screentime.

As Vertical Reality Shows Grow, eStreamly Bets Great Stories Still Sell

As Vertical Reality Shows Grow, eStreamly Bets Great Stories Still Sell

ATLANTA, June 17 (Hypepotamus) – Movie theaters are pulling Gen Z back in. AI films are landing at major festivals. Media is reshuffling on several fronts at once, and Atlanta’s eStreamly is betting on one shift in particular: vertical shows are turning into a category of their own. eStreamly, the

Is Atlanta Ready for a World Cup Traffic Spike? A Canadian Tech Firm Investing Here Has the Answer

Is Atlanta Ready for a World Cup Traffic Spike? A Canadian Tech Firm Investing Here Has the Answer

Editor’s note: This article was first published in Global Atlanta, an online news publication devoted to revealing the city’s ties with the world and helping local companies navigate the global economy. ATLANTA, June 11 (Global Atlanta) - To say that traffic will spike during matches anticipated in FIFA World

Atlanta’s WEI Graduates Latest Cohort, Continuing Legacy Of The Nation’s Only Municipally-Funded Accelerator For Women Founders

Atlanta’s WEI Graduates Latest Cohort, Continuing Legacy Of The Nation’s Only Municipally-Funded Accelerator For Women Founders

ATLANTA, June 11 (Hypepotamus) - Over 100 entrepreneurs have graduated from WEI (the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative), the Nation’s only municipally-funded women-focused accelerator. And to date, those entrepreneurs have gone on to raise $6.29 million in capital while creating over 750 new jobs. Its latest cohort, which

Atlanta’s Sabertooth Capital Targets High-Growth DeepTech Deals

Atlanta’s Sabertooth Capital Targets High-Growth DeepTech Deals

ATLANTA, June 11 (Hypepotamus) - Atlanta-based investor Justin Ernest is taking a “contrarian philosophy around fundraising” with his new role as Founder and Managing Partner at Sabertooth Capital. The firm, officially announced by TechCrunch this week, focuses on investing in “enduring technology companies.” But instead of spending the last year

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