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Georgia’s largest sports event is getting an AI upgrade. As The Masters Tournament gets underway at Augusta National this week, IBM is rolling out new fan features on the official Masters app and Masters.com. Fans tuning in from home will now have more in-depth analysis options and a
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Space enthusiasts (including all you solar eclipse watchers!) will want to keep an eye on one Alabama startup that is currently orbiting around Earth sixteen times a day on the International Space Station (ISS). Birmingham-based Shipshape Urban Farms, an AgTech startup creating localized food networks with modular hydroponic farms, blasted
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For most industries, the conversations in 2024 around artificial intelligence (AI) have focused on how new computing capabilities can drive efficiencies and transform the future of work. But the conversation is a bit more complicated in the world of ClimateTech. AI is certainly helping CleanTech companies collect better data and
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What better way to start off a new week than to take a quick look back at the big headlines from last week? Our Monday “Fund” Day series can get you all caught up on the major startup headlines from last week…and the important startup announcements that may have
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For more than 80 years, the City of Warner Robins, Georgia was largely defined by its military community. The city, located 110 miles southeast of Atlanta, appeared on the map seemingly overnight after The Great Depression. A new railroad route helped attract what would become the prominent Robins Air Force
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Even retail giants like The Home Depot spend a good chunk of their year planning for seasonal spikes. And one of their biggest seasons, Spring, is here. “Spring is our Super Bowl,” VP of Integrated Marketing Allison Kolber said during The Home Depot's inaugural marketing summit InFronts. The
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The “entrepreneur-in-residence” (EIR) role is common in the startup world, with accelerators and university startup programs hiring such a person to provide mentorship, guidance, and expertise to budding entrepreneurs. But that title isn’t as common in the nonprofit world. But the United Way of Greater Atlanta is taking a
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Despite a general slowdown in Venture Capital checks being written, the first quarter of 2024 still saw plenty of big tech headlines. In the Southeast, these are the headlines that caught our attention in January, February, and March: TOP SOUTHEAST VC STORIES Fearless Fund, the Atlanta-based venture firm focused on
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The co-founders behind Gumption are looking to change how commercial real estate deals get financed…one perfect match at a time. From a user’s perspective, the commercial real estate (CRE) financing marketplace works like Tinder, AngelList, and other matchmaking or introduction-based platforms. But as a CRE-focused platform, Gumption connects
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Tennessee native Eller Kelliher built her career across the state’s venture capital scene. She started as an intern at the angel fund The JumpFund in Chattanooga and then moved her way up the ranks at Jumpstart Foundry, a seed-stage healthcare innovation fund based out of Nashville. She served as
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The Southeast has a new regionally-focused angel investment network. Last week the NO/LA Angel Network (NO/LAAN) rebranded as the Gulf South Angels (GSA) and announced its geographic expansion across the Gulf South. The New Orleans-based angel investment group will now look at deals from eastern Texas to the
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Fortune 500 companies like Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, and UPS have their eyes on eight founders recently selected to join Engage, a 10-week program that helps B2B startups refine their go-to-market strategies and get in front of enterprise clients. The Atlanta-based program is open to companies across the country. But