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The “Uber for runners” app is coming to Atlanta. Running Mate is an on-demand running app that matches verified runners. The app got off the ground when Founder and CEO Dena Lewis wanted to take a more proactive approach to keeping runners like herself safe. After successfully launching in Austin,
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Physical security is getting an AI upgrade, thanks to Birmingham, Alabama-based Analytical AI. The startup, founded in 2019, looks to secure airports and checkpoints. The team has captured the attention of the United States’ Customs and Border Protection and has been scaling through seed funding and startup-focused grants. As the
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Lindsay deOliveira's entrepreneurial journey started with a drawing she did in Microsoft Paint. An optician by training, deOliveira was at home with her newborn daughter in 2021 and 2022 when she experienced something that most new parents will understand: It was next to impossible to find a pacifier
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B2B (business-to-business) startups have to navigate a notoriously difficult sales cycle. But the Southeast is known for creating B2B startup and scaleup success stories. So this week, we are turning the mic over to current B2B founders so they can share pieces of advice that up-and-coming founders need to hear.
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Techstars Atlanta Powered By Cox Enterprises didn’t have to look too far from home to find the startups for its 2024 cohort. Over half of the startups selected come from either Atlanta or the great Southeast region. From AI-powered marketplaces to roommates matching apps, here are the startups just
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Startup founder Don Templeman wants to make polarization in journalism a thing of the past. That certainly seems like a lofty goal in 2024. Today, big media outlets and social media platforms build their audiences by reinforcing specific viewpoints. The reality is that the focus is on click rates and
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When we first met Gbenga Adeyemi in the early part of 2023, he was focused on eliminating stress around parking at the airport with his valet startup Varkn. He’s now back in the founder seat with his next startup…and this time he’s focused on eliminating stress for
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Atlanta-based fintech Momnt has a new CEO. Chris Bracken, who has served as the startup’s Chief Revenue Officer since 2020, has taken on the top executive seat. Co-founder and Momnt’s first CEO Barclay Keith will step in as a Special Advisor to the Board. Founded shortly before the
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Kenyan President William Ruto was in Atlanta last month for a diplomatic visit that took him to places like the Spelman College, the CDC, and Tyler Perry Studios to discuss Kenya-US connections around education, health, and the entertainment sector. Ruto got to meet with Atlanta leaders like Senior Technology Advisor
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Investor Charles Robinson is on a mission to change the City of Durham, one business district at a time. To start, he’s eyeing Hayti District, a historic neighborhood that served as the social and cultural center for the city’s Black community. Robinson is working with a new Social
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Adam Isley, Dr. Kaylan Barbrey and the team behind Artemis Immersive have a clear vision for the future of medical imaging. And that future is in 3D. Its first product it is looking to launch, VoxScan, is an imaging and patient empowerment tool that makes medical imaging data more accessible
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Tim Elam spent part of last week “tagging” the whiteboards around Atlanta Tech Village with news that his first startup, DemoFox, officially launched. The message he wrote on the whiteboards was simple: Understand Your Developers With DemoFox. But behind that message is a big goal. Because at its core, DemoFox