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How Telecom Giant Comcast Thinks About Fueling Startup Innovation

How Telecom Giant Comcast Thinks About Fueling Startup Innovation

Telecommunications giant Comcast may be headquartered in Philadelphia, but Atlanta has grown to become the company’s prime testing ground for new technologies and community programs. And entrepreneurs are reaping the benefits. Comcast has set up its Atlanta office at The Battery to serve as its Southeast and Midwest hub,

Armed with a new $15 million funding round, Atlanta-based Apptega prepares for the future of cybersecurity compliance

Armed with a new $15 million funding round, Atlanta-based Apptega prepares for the future of cybersecurity compliance

Atlanta-based Apptega has been in growth mode recently. The cybersecurity compliance team has made some high-profile leadership hires, including bringing on new CEO Dave Colesante late last year. It has also closed a new round of funding to help the team build and grow in the new era of AI-driven

Craving A Weekend Getaway? Check Out This Home Exchange Club That Just Launched In The Southeast.

Craving A Weekend Getaway? Check Out This Home Exchange Club That Just Launched In The Southeast.

Ifrah Khan has a knack for building marketplace startups. She founded her first one, an on-demand babysitting mobile app called Usit, while she was still a student at Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Over three years, Atlanta college students earned over a million dollars through babysitting and thousands of

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Women Who Codes Shuts Down, But Atlanta Members Look To Carry On Legacy

Women Who Code (WWC), an international tech community headquartered in Atlanta, announced late last week that it was abruptly shutting down operations. The organization was started by a group of engineers in San Francisco in 2011 with the expressed goal of bringing more women into the tech community. After cementing

Hannibal AI is using an ancient philosophy for AI innovation

Hannibal AI is using an ancient philosophy for AI innovation

Atlanta based tech startup Hannibal AI aims to solve complex business problems for clients with strategic development and use of AI — but with a unique guiding philosophy. Created by co-founders Paul Wallace (CEO) and Levi Perkins (CTO), alongside Georgii Speakman (Senior Partner), Hannibal AI’s vision is guided by the

Offices are out. But Switchyards is planning a major "work club" expansion...with 200 new locations across the country

Offices are out. But Switchyards is planning a major "work club" expansion...with 200 new locations across the country

At the start of 2024, commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield put the Atlanta office vacancy rate at a record 24.6%. That rate is similar over in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Tampa. But it isn’t just Southeastern office spaces that are struggling. Across the US, office-using employment is

Readiness can be Everything: How Atlanta Startups Can Strategically Prepare for an Evolving IPO Market

Readiness can be Everything: How Atlanta Startups Can Strategically Prepare for an Evolving IPO Market

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are transformative events for any company, unlocking access to capital and boosting brand value. The IPO market, however, is unpredictable. IPO windows fluctuate, opening and closing at any moment in reaction to external events such as elections, military conflicts, and interest rates. The market completed a