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Zyrobotics' Suite of EdTech Products Personalizes Educational Support For Special Needs Kids

Zyrobotics' Suite of EdTech Products Personalizes Educational Support For Special Needs Kids

Education company Zyrobotics' founder/CTO Dr. Ayanna Howard comes from an extensive career in robotics — while at Georgia Tech, she received an NSF grant that helped her explore developing technologies to teach children with motor disabilities how to program robots. Following her findings, Howard laughed her company, bringing on

This Knoxville Startup Uses Machine Learning to Create Super-Personalized Mass Emails

This Knoxville Startup Uses Machine Learning to Create Super-Personalized Mass Emails

When measuring marketing campaigns, engagement rates count the most. Personalized emails had a 29 percent higher open rate and 41 percent higher click rates than emails without any personalization, according to a recent study. Surprisingly, however, 70 percent of brands fail to use this feature. Knoxville-based Lirio uses machine learning

Brytecore Provides A Smart Sales Lead Tracker For Real Estate Brokers

Brytecore Provides A Smart Sales Lead Tracker For Real Estate Brokers

Eddie Krebs was serving as CIO of an Atlanta real estate broker agency when he noticed how difficult it was for agents to track any of their online leads. He saw potential in some of the agency's in-house technology that studied the purchasing patterns of potential clients and

This Non-Profit Is Teaching Kids How to Code With Tiny Sumo Wrestling Robots

This Non-Profit Is Teaching Kids How to Code With Tiny Sumo Wrestling Robots

When you hear the words 'sumo wrestler,' the first thing that comes to mind is the disciplined wrestlers from Japan. Innovation and tech education non-profit HACK Augusta is injecting that sense of competition into a robotics curriculum with their Sumo Robot League. The League's STEM robotics

MyRighty Is an AI-Boosted Virtual Assistant 'For the Masses'

MyRighty Is an AI-Boosted Virtual Assistant 'For the Masses'

MyRighty, a company that provides human virtual assistants that use artificial intelligence to help you get your to-do list done, began with its founders trying to solve a pain point for themselves. Eithan Martinez and Joseph Levy, currently students at Georgia Tech; high school student Ariel Martinez , and Michael Seidl,

BrightDime Lowers Employees' Stress By Coaching Financial Wellness

BrightDime Lowers Employees' Stress By Coaching Financial Wellness

Every time you start a new job you may have enroll in a new 401K account and gain access to any new stocks provided by the company. Of course, you also need to stay on top of your personal debt, your children's future education, and your retirement. What

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YC Grad Looklive Connects Culture to Commerce By Making Celebrity Style Shoppable

Fashion is moving to a digital industry as e-commerce skyrockets past brick-and-mortar (why brave the crowds of Black Friday when you can hit up Cyber Monday from your couch?), and brands are increasingly looking for novel ways to help consumers discover their newest styles. At the same time, as it