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Six months after concert venues around the country shut down due to COVID, music lovers are still turning to Zoom and YouTube live streams to connect with their favorite artists. Now, an Atlanta-based 3D animation studio is livening up 2020 concerts with their new app designed to bring artists into
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We're ending the week with a quick round up on all the funding, acquisitions, and other startup news from across the Southeast you need to know. Know of a headline we missed? Let us know! Funding News North Carolina: JupiterOne JupiterOne, out of Morrisville, North Carolina, raised $19
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The Atlanta-based startup gradschoolmatch.com announced this week they have reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by ETS, the New Jersey-based testing service behind the GRE and TOEFL exams. In a Q&A with Hypepotamus in 2016, founder and Emory University professor T.J. Murphy, Ph.D, said
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Amazon and Atlanta-based Sharecare are teaming up to talk about your most pressing health issues. Sharecare announced today that the company would integrate their library of over 80,000 healthcare-related questions with the Amazon Alexa ecosystem, making it possible for users to ask common medical questions from home. For Sharecare’
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For those struggling with addiction, finding structure and routine are key steps on the road to sobriety. But often, necessary recovery programs are too expensive or out of reach for those seeking help. Fortunately, two engineering students are blending their technology background with leading mental health practices to bring structure
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A year ago my friend Muriel Vega, Hypepotamus’ former managing editor, invited me to coffee at Little Tart Bakeshop in Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood to discuss an editorial position at the Southeast’s leading publication covering innovation and technology. Today, as my tenure as editor-in-chief comes to an end, I
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While this fall is shaping up to be another Zoom-filled, socially distanced season across the Southeast, many startups are using this time to hone their ideas and get their product pitches ready for upcoming competitions and conferences. Here are a few of the programs that you should know about as
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Create-X, Georgia Tech’s entrepreneurship program, is celebrating its second successful exit for a student-run company. This time, a Create-X company is taking to the sky to make lifesaving medical evacuations safer. Anti-Rotational Technologies (ART) developed Stabilizing Aerial Loads Utility System (SALUS), whose anti-rotational stretcher stabilizes the spin of someone
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While various software companies like Zoom and Slack have made it possible for many to work from home, technology has done little to ease the pain points associated with actually buying a piece of real estate to call home. But Orchard, the tech company bringing the listing, buying, loan, and
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While virtual meetings and Zoom happy hours have filled both personal and professional schedules over the past six months, it still feels nearly impossible to stay engaged and excited about online networking. There’s even a good chance you’re reading this while listening to one of the countless Zoom
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After closing a round with Florida Funders, Atlanta-based moving logistics company MyPorter is hitting the road with their fleet of trucks and expanding into Tampa. Founded in 2018, MyPorter started as an idea years earlier when Robert Crump and John Foshee were college students at Vanderbilt dealing with the hassle
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While biotech companies and healthcare labs rush to find a COVID cure, one North Carolina startup is taking to the skies to help keep students and spectators safe. Lucid Drone Technologies, founded by Davidson College alums Andrew Ashur, David Danielson, and Adrian Mayans, started when the team saw drones as