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Chapel Hill’s Swik AI: An Intelligence Layer For Small Business Loan Underwriting

May 8, 2026 Michael Melton

Yogi Nishanth spent much of his career in financial services, working for banks such as JP Morgan, Chase, and Capital One. In the back of his mind, he always wanted […]

Friday Fix: Beakpoint, Challenging Forces, Swik AI, and More!

May 8, 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, […]

Greensboro’s Challenging Forces Looks to Bring Ecosystems Into The Office

May 7, 2026 Ella Moore

Greensboro’s David Phillips founded Challenging Forces in a bid to create an entirely new kind of infrastructure: a real, functional plant-filled ecosystem that not only fits well in office buildings, […]

The Side Quest: Eric Boduch of 24 and Up

May 7, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to GrepBeat’s “The Side Quest!” Our series is hosted by the GrepBeat Godfather Joe Colopy and Sonali Sanjay of Primordial Ventures. This show chats all things NC Tech, and each week features a […]

Winston-Salem’s Beakpoint Shines A Light On Cloud Spending Efficiency

May 5, 2026 Temiloluwa Alagbe

When Ron Nelson started his own consulting practice in 2023, he did so with 20 years of experience in the startup world under his belt. He had most notably worked […]

In The Soup: Getting Plugged in With a New Ecosystem

May 5, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Tuesday! Today, hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are joined by Juan Garzón of Innovate Charlotte and Chip Kennedy of CivicReach. They are chatting about the ways they plugged into their […]

Monday Mix: Grep-a-Palooza Pitch Deadline, Knox Street May Sessions, and More!

May 4, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Start your week off right by tuning into your curated Monday Mix: a look at the week ahead in GrepBeat and the North Carolina tech communities. This show is a part […]

Friday Fix: Truentity Health’s $3.5M, StreetFair’s Acquisition, HiveTracks and More!

May 1, 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, […]

A Giant Grepmalgamation of RDSW Recaps and Insights

April 30, 2026 David Schwartz

Alright. So: Has Raleigh-Durham Startup Week 2026 already been over for almost a week? Yes. Was it packed with 100+ events and thus impossible to cover in a comprehensive manner? […]

Ashe County’s HiveTracks: From Beekeeping to Environmental Monitoring

April 30, 2026 Michael Melton

When Max Rünzel was working at the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, he saw firsthand how difficult it was to track and manage natural systems. Data collection was expensive, […]