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AI Startup Nyad Raises $1.3M to Protect Water Infrastructure as Wastewater Operators Retire

AI Startup Nyad Raises $1.3M to Protect Water Infrastructure as Wastewater Operators Retire

While training for a triathlon in her home in the UK, Virginia Szepietowski (in featured photo) “experienced really poor water quality firsthand” while trying to find clean and safe bodies of water to swim in. After diving into (pun intended) into the wastewater world, she realized a problem right away.

These 9 Alabama startups just landed backing from Los Angeles VC firm

These 9 Alabama startups just landed backing from Los Angeles VC firm

(Featured photo shows: Jennifer K. Mandelbaum (Partner), Jesse Draper (Founding Partner), Ashley Balla (Partner). Photo credit: Michael Gauthier) Back in September, Hypepotamus readers were first introduced to Halogen Ventures, the Los Angeles-based VC firm that announced it was investing $10 million into startups based and building in Alabama. This week

Birmingham’s Startup Luau Is Calling the Plays for Your Social Calendar

Birmingham’s Startup Luau Is Calling the Plays for Your Social Calendar

Planning a Super Bowl party? It shouldn’t take three group chats, a shared spreadsheet, and a Facebook invite that only half your guests even open to make it happen. Whether it’s Super Bowl Sunday or any other day of the year, event planning and logistics bog hosts and

Tariffs Nearly Broke This Asheville Startup. Here’s How It Adapted and Grew.

In July of 2025 North Carolina entrepreneur Erik Fabian had a full-length featured article in the Business Section of The New York Times. That might sound like a dream for any young startup company, especially one building in the crowded consumer products market like he was with his company, Sourhouse.

The Hidden Cost of Bad Pricing: Lessons from Founders and Pricing Experts

The Hidden Cost of Bad Pricing: Lessons from Founders and Pricing Experts

Pricing mistakes don’t just cost startups revenue — they can derail growth. We asked pricing experts, professors, and founders what goes wrong most often, from underpricing and freemium traps to weak value storytelling and poor packaging, plus what actually works in the trenches.

Atlanta startup Pull Logic lands $3.3M seed to help manufacturers, retailers cut lost sales

Atlanta startup Pull Logic lands $3.3M seed to help manufacturers, retailers cut lost sales

Atlanta AI startup Pull Logic raised $3.3M seed funding to help manufacturers, distributors, and retailers prevent stockouts and rebalance inventory faster.

Atlanta Tech Partnership Targets Online Safety Crisis in Disability Community

Atlanta Tech Partnership Targets Online Safety Crisis in Disability Community

An Atlanta-based digital safety company is partnering with a local disability support platform to address alarming rates of cyberbullying and online exploitation facing children and adults with disabilities.