August 2026 – GrepBeat

Startups From the Southeast (and Beyond) Converge in Winston-Salem

August 31, 2026 David Schwartz

Last Thursday and Friday, startups from North Carolina, the broader Southeast, and even elsewhere (we even spoke to some Canadian founders) gathered at Winston-Salem’s Biotech Place for the 10th iteration […]

Monday Mix: LiLa, Strength in Numbers, Test Flight Pitch Practice, and Much More!

August 31, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of August 31st! This week has everything from pitch practices in the RTP and important deadlines at UNCW, so be sure […]

Friday Fix: Koolbridge Energy, Path Intelligence, The Download, and More!

August 28, 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, […]

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! 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 […]