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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’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’

Startup To Watch: Nexlayer is building the tools developers need in the AI age

Startup To Watch: Nexlayer is building the tools developers need in the AI age

ATLANTA, September 3 (Hypepotamus) - I get plenty of email introductions to founders building “innovative” or “game-changing” technology. But it’s not often that the introduction pitch calls someone’s technology “mindblowing.” But that’s how Nexlayer was first described to me. The Atlanta-based company is building the infrastructure

UGA Students Turned A Class Project Into NIL FinTech Startup

UGA Students Turned A Class Project Into NIL FinTech Startup

Editor's Note: This article was written and submitted by Wilson Harmond. Harmond is a payments strategist and fintech writer. In his newsletter, Financial Rewinds, Wilson mines fintech history to find lessons and insights for today's leaders and operators. A CFA charterholder and Georgia Tech engineering alumnus,

Work Events Have A Networking Problem. This Atlanta Startup Wants To Solve It.

Work Events Have A Networking Problem. This Atlanta Startup Wants To Solve It.

Key Takeaways * GetNetworked is an Atlanta-based event technology platform built for professional events, conferences, and recurring communities, with tools for registration, check-in, attendee engagement, sponsorships, and post-event insights. * In March 2026, GetNetworked publicly launched its rebuilt platform across iOS, Android, and web after incorporating years of MVP

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