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During the pandemic, some Georgia Tech students are gaming to slow the spread of COVID-19

During the pandemic, some Georgia Tech students are gaming to slow the spread of COVID-19

In 2020, a lot goes into answering questions like ‘should I go get groceries?’ or ‘when is my office going to open up?’ For a group of Georgia Tech engineers and media professionals, these questions offer a unique design problem. And it’s a design problem they think they can

Sharecare acquires North Carolina AI company to cut healthcare payment waste

Sharecare acquires North Carolina AI company to cut healthcare payment waste

Atlanta’s digital healthcare company Sharecare is set to increase its payment processing capabilities with the acquisition of North Carolina-based WhiteHatAI, according to a statement on WhiteHatAI’s website. WhiteHatAI’s fraud detection platform finds inaccurate claims before they are paid out, saving both time and money for healthcare

Founders Ashlee Ammons & Kerry Schrader of Mixtroz

Coronavirus Startup Survival Stories: Ashlee Ammons of Mixtroz

The novel coronavirus COVID-19 is impacting businesses across the globe, including Southern startups. We want to know how you're being affected, as a startup founder, employee, investor or general member of the community. We're publishing selected stories sent directly from you, only making edits where

Oncolens

#NewNormal: How COVID-19 Changed Healthcare And Brought Telemedicine To The Forefront

Put simply, says Dr. Angela Fusaro, the COVID-19 pandemic has changed how people interact with one another. Healthcare is no exception. “From a provider perspective, I’ve seen doctors who didn’t previously offer telehealth services scrambling to implement the technology in some way,” says Fusaro, an emergency room

Castellucci & Sons #NewNormal Main

#NewNormal: How Food-Oriented Startups GettaBite and Sifted Pivoted In The Face of Coronavirus

“Man, it’s been wild,” Federico Castellucci III says over the phone. It was the beginning of April, and the president and CEO of Castellucci Hospitality Group was preparing to debut a new pop-up, takeout steakhouse concept Castellucci & Sons. (It did well enough that the company introduced a

BELLA Felipe Barral

Atlanta-Based Startup BELLA Wants To Use Visual Media To Help People Cope With The COVID-19 Crisis

A picture is worth a thousand words, the saying goes. And during his 20-plus year career as a CNN producer, Felipe Barral noticed that gorgeous still photography gleaned from B-roll footage he recorded while on assignment had an awful lot to say. But instead of framing his stills,

BestFit Founders

This Atlanta Startup Provides Needed Resources to College Students Displaced By COVID-19 Campus Closures

With COVID-19 effectively upending the residential college experience, many students have revealed the upheaval they face as campuses remain closed. This, among other things,, reveals the urgency of her work, says BestFit CEO and co-founder Asha Owens. “Millions of college students are already struggling to find stable access

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