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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Durham Startup Helps You “RoundUp” Purchases To Support Nonprofits
Jed Carlson’s name may be familiar to many throughout the North Carolina startup ecosystem. He was the Founder and CEO of Adwerx until 2022 (GrepBeat previously wrote about him in […]
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Launch/KPMG Accelerator Kicks Off Third Cohort in Chapel Hill
It has been nearly a year since Launch Chapel Hill teamed up with KPMG to form the Launch Powered by KPMG Accelerator. Described as an “AI-enabled, next-generation accelerator model,” the […]
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Plantd’s Nathan Silvernail On The Tech & Strategy Behind Carbon-Negative Building Materials
When GrepBeat first covered Plantd in the fall of 2021, the startup was in the prototyping phase, developing hemp-based building materials at a Durham lab and eyeing a 2023 launch. […]
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Durham’s Smashing Boxes Announces “Human-First” Evolution For The AI Era
Today, Durham-based Smashing Boxes is announcing a “new era in the age of AI.” And they’re doing it behind the slogan, “We are your humans.” For those who may not […]
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Anumá Aerospace’s Jamie and Diana Little on Lighter-than-Air Aircraft, Defense Sector Ties, and a $10M Pre-Seed Raise
GrepBeat last wrote about Anumá Aerospace back in 2023. Anumá Aerospace is an RTP-based startup that has developed technology enabling long-distance electric flight and dynamic maneuvering capability for lighter-than-air aircraft. For this […]
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Trinitite Helps Enterprises Deploying AI Agents “Move Fast and Prove It”
Dustin Allen and Hearsch Jariwala, the founders behind Triangle-based Caffeine, have officially shifted their focus to Trinitite. According to Allen, who is CEO, the new startup represents “an evolution […]