Articles by Hail Zulueta

About Hail Zulueta

Hail Zulueta is an NC State University student studying English with a concentration in Professional Writing and Rhetoric along with a Science Communication minor. She serves as an intern reporter at GrepBeat and also has contributed media to places such as BizBrief, The Nubian Message, NC Local, NCSU Innovation and Entrepreneurship and more. In her free time, Hail plays videogames, Dungeons and Dragons, and watches zombie movies.

Chapel Hill’s Fizz Studio Makes Data Visualization Accessible to the Blind

September 1, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Doug Schepers has spent much of his career making the web better for people who experience it differently. As a longtime staff member at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), […]

Ensembled Boosts Clothing and Community on College Campuses

August 10, 2026 Hail Zulueta

One day during the summer of 2025, Page Conway sat at her kitchen island texting friends about outfits for a string of weddings. Her daughter reminded her of something similar […]

How Raleigh’s Solvata is Modernizing Agriculture for Farmers

August 3, 2026 Hail Zulueta

When Guilherme Tejada joined a Brazilian fertilizer company in 2016, a career in agriculture wasn’t the plan. As a marketing graduate, Tejada expected to analyze trends in market intelligence. Instead, […]

Charlotte’s Amissa is “Bridging the Menopause Care Gap”

July 21, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Charlotte startup Amissa is on a mission to transform menopause care. Part clinical workflow optimizer and part patient lifeline, the company’s flagship platform is designed to seamlessly integrate daily patient […]

SPRTN Technologies Designs Waterproof, AI-Infused Earbuds for Athletes

June 30, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Raleigh startup SPRTN Technologies revolves around an emerging athletic earbud line called SPRTN Swims. Equal parts sophisticated hardware and AI coach, the flagship product is a tool for performance tracking […]

CED’s Eleventh GRO Incubator Cohort Wraps With Demo Day

June 29, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Another cohort of North Carolina startups has completed CED’s GRO Incubator. The program wrapped up last Thursday with its signature Demo Day, where participating founders delivered pitches to investors, mentors, […]

Durham’s “AI for Women” Conference: Presenting An Ethical Future

June 10, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Abigail Merrill was dressed in a bright vermillion suit, her smile infectious, her voice inviting—but the statistic that she opened the conference with was what ultimately drew the air out […]

WeWa.life’s “Mimi” Connects University Resources and Social Wellness

June 9, 2026 Hail Zulueta

Wilmington startup WeWa.life revolves around an application called Mimi. Equal parts academic organizer and a shoulder to lean on, the flagship product is a guide to student life for undergraduates, […]