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GrepBeat’s Venture Connect ’26 After-Party in Photos
As you may have experienced in person or read about in our broader recap of CED’s Venture Connect 2026, GrepBeat had the privilege of hosting a Day One After-Party last […]
Year: 2026
Monday Mix
Monday Mix: Grep-a-Palooza Very Early Bird Tickets, Andrews Launch Accelerator, and More!
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 […]
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CED’s Venture Connect 2026: Two Packed Days At DPAC
CED’s annual Venture Connect conference took place this week here in the Bull City, taking over the Durham Performing Arts Center for the first time. Following a handful of Monday […]
Friday Fix
Friday Fix: Venture Connect 2026, Teela, Phrayz, and Serv Technologies
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, […]
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Durham’s Serv Technologies Brings Personalization to the Drive-Thru
Duke student Jasper Svenson started exploring AI agents in the fall of 2025, focusing primarily on their real-world business applications. And with a background in restaurant-focused investment banking—as well as […]
Wilmington
Wilmington’s Phrayz Saves Marketers Time With Industry Intelligence Tools
(Photo by Madeline Gray) Wilmington entrepreneur Jack Fleming is known to much of the North Carolina startup ecosystem—as the Founder of Socialry Marketing, as one of the driving forces behind […]
Elsewhere
Big Pixel’s David Baxter Launches Teela, the Plain-Language Data Analyst For Users
David Baxter is known to many in the Triangle and beyond as the “Chief Pixel” at Big Pixel. For those who may not be familiar, Big Pixel is a Wake […]
Monday Mix
Monday Mix: Venture Connect, All Things AI, and More!
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
Friday Fix: RoundUp, Venture Connect 2026, and The Side Quest
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 […]
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Your Handy Cheat Sheet To Startups Presenting At Venture Connect 2026
It’s that time of year again. CED’s Venture Connect 2026 takes place early next week, and once again Team GargBoin (see AI’s artistic mastery at the bottom of last year’s recap […]