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The Download: Erkang Zheng, Founder and CEO, Ariso

August 27, 2026 Brooks Malone

Erkang Zheng is the Founder and CEO of Ariso, where he is building AI to help individuals and organizations unlock their full potential through personalized insights and collaboration. A repeat founder, he […]

Charlotte Student’s Readalot.ai Generates Stories to Enhance Reading Lessons

August 26, 2026 Ella Moore

Sofia Norenko, is the CEO of Readalot.ai, a Charlotte startup revolving around a platform that creates customizable stories for kids aged 3-12. The surprise? She isn’t all that much older […]

Path’s Nate Robert-Eze on Winning Invest Fest, Playing Four Instruments, and Approaching a $2.3M Seed Raise

August 25, 2026 David Schwartz

GrepBeat last wrote about Path Intelligence in July of 2025. Path is a Charlotte-based startup providing AI-driven solutions in the real estate industry, primarily through AI that acts as an agent […]

How Coastal Entrepreneur of the Year Koolbridge Energy Facilitates a Sustainable Future

August 24, 2026 Kaitlyn Dang

Introduced in the 1870s, the circuit breaker is arguably one of the most important contributions to modern electricity. Go into any home, store or building, and you’ll be able to […]

Monday Mix: NC IDEA Deadlines, ConvergeSouth, The Seed List, NEW’s AI Roundtable, and More!

August 24, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of August 24th! This week Prefer audio? Subscribe to the GrepBeat podcast to hear our podcast edition. Here’s what’s happening this week:

Friday Fix: Giving Week, RCOAST, XTND, and Much More!

August 21, 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, […]

Wilmington’s XTND Announces Strategic Partnership With Clio

August 20, 2026 David Schwartz

This morning, Wilmington-based XTND announced that it has officially launched a strategic partnership with Clio, a global leader in legal AI. While XTND has integrated natively with Clio Manage “from […]

By a Mother, for Mothers: Raleigh’s Milk Diary Alleviates Stresses of Breastfeeding

August 20, 2026 Kaitlyn Dang

August is National Breastfeeding Month, and one stereotype those recognizing the occasion want to reframe is that breastfeeding seems like an intuitive step for mothers. In reality, its mental, emotional […]

Andrews Launch Accelerator Showcases 10 Startups at 2026 Demo Day

August 19, 2026 David Schwartz

The NC State-affiliated Andrews Launch Accelerator (ALA) wrapped up the latest edition of its 12-week summer program on Tuesday evening. The 2026 cohort was comprised of 10 startups, all of […]

Wilmington’s RCOAST Provides a Living Data Layer for U.S. Coastlines

August 18, 2026 Michael Melton

Wilmington startup RCOAST is a coastal data layer and analysis company that collects high-resolution 3D data to track how coastlines change and help governments evaluate and plan resilience efforts. The […]