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Launch Powered by KPMG Accelerator Holds Demo Day For 4th Cohort

October 21, 2026 David Schwartz

Tuesday night marked the culmination and celebration of another cohort in the Launch Powered by KPMG accelerator program. This was the fourth batch of startups the program has supported since […]

Curated Clinical Uses AI To Bring Community Voices Into Clinical Trials

October 19, 2026 Ella Moore

With a trackable engagement platform, Curated Clinical CEO Allison Mathews believes the brainstorming process for community-based health intervention solutions can become much more efficient and effective. Mathews, a former adjunct […]

Monday Mix: A Startup House Block Party, AI Horror Stories, Cary’s Walking Masterminds, and More!

October 19, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of October 19th! This week we have a Saturday block party in Charlotte, and are gearing up for the Halloween season […]

Friday Fix: ExpertTheory, Phaseshift, ShotSpin AI, and “Backrooms” Inspired Floor 404

October 16, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

We cover as much startup- and tech-related content as we can here at GrepBeat.com—but we know you can’t always catch it all in the course of your week. On the Friday Fix, […]

Return Game: Exited Founder Is Back To Level Up Your Tennis With ShotSpin AI

October 15, 2026 David Schwartz

Anil Chawla has done the whole founder journey in the Triangle before. Many readers will remember him as the Founder and CEO of Durham’s ArchiveSocial, a social media archiving platform […]

Wake Forest’s Phaseshift Makes Sense of the Messy Data Behind Clean Energy

October 14, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Big batteries that store power from the sun and wind are complicated machines unto themselves. They generate a flood of data, including thousands of measurements every second about temperature, voltage, […]

Raleigh’s ExpertTheory Uses AI To Rapidly Scale Simulation Games

October 13, 2026 Michael Melton

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is an author, professor and counterterrorism expert who began experimenting with simulation games while teaching at Georgetown University in 2013. He found that putting students into interactive scenarios […]

Pendo’s New Game Teaches AI Agent Training… in Liminal Spaces

October 12, 2026 David Schwartz

Early last week, the Pendo.io LinkedIn account teased a game release. “We once made keeping a pixelated pet alive our entire personality,” the post read. “We checked in daily. We […]

Monday Mix: Venture Atlanta, PitchBreakfast, a Founder’s Clinic, and More!

October 12, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of October 12th! This week we are zooming out to Atlanta for a conference and providing multiple opportunities to work on […]

Seed List’s Student Networking Night Builds Momentum

October 9, 2026 David Schwartz

This week saw the return of Student Networking Night (formerly “College Night”) for the second consecutive fall and the second time this year. The event was organized and hosted by […]