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[ October 16, 2026 ] Friday Fix: ExpertTheory, Phaseshift, ShotSpin AI, and “Backrooms” Inspired Floor 404 Friday Fix
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[ October 14, 2026 ] Wake Forest’s Phaseshift Makes Sense of the Messy Data Behind Clean Energy Elsewhere
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[ October 12, 2026 ] Pendo’s New Game Teaches AI Agent Training… in Liminal Spaces Triangle

Duke Founder Riya Jain Gives People With Speech Loss Their “Voice Back”

February 10, 2026 Ha Lien Gaskin

When her grandmother was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease that slowly causes the loss of muscle control, Riya Jain watched as her Nani lost the ability […]

GrepBeat’s Second Annual “Rising Stars” Event Celebrates 10 Honorees For 2026

February 6, 2026 David Schwartz

On Thursday night, GrepBeat hosted its second annual “Rising Stars” event, once again at the 21c Museum Hotel in Downtown Durham (which is so close to the GrepBeat HQ the […]

Raleigh’s Home Dock Streamlines Home Maintenance With AI

February 5, 2026 Taylor Motley

As homes are listed and sold on the real estate market, there are typically three parties involved in the process: homeowners, real estate agents, and service providers such as handymen. […]

Durham’s AxNano Lands Investment From CA-Based Leonid Capital Partners

February 3, 2026 David Schwartz

On Monday, Huntington Beach-based private investment firm Leonid Capital Partners announced that it had made an investment in Durham-based tech startup AxNano. Founded in 2011 and run since 2021 by […]

Windlift’s Rob Creighton On Tethered Drones, Electronic Warfare, Kiteboarding, and Government Funding

January 28, 2026 David Schwartz

GrepBeat last wrote about Windlift back in 2019 and followed up with a 2024 video interview. Windlift is a Durham-based startup designing tethered drones that serve as elevated platforms for […]

Durham’s “Founder Readiness Institute” Innovates Through People Analytics

January 27, 2026 Michael Melton

After years working across environmental think tanks, impact investing, and private markets, Logan Yonavjak kept coming to the same realization: Promising companies or company branches weren’t failing because of weak […]

Bull City Venture Partners’ Jason Caplain Talks Expanded Team & New Office

January 21, 2026 David Schwartz

Bull City Venture Partners announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its team and moving into a new office location. The team expansion consists of two new members—Carly Connell and […]

JupiterOne Founder’s Ariso Provides AI Assistant and Coach for Employees

January 20, 2026 Taylor Motley

After founding and leading unicorn cybersecurity startup JupiterOne, Erkang Zheng recognized that the organizational challenges that executives face in daily company life all boil down to people-related challenges. Zheng wanted […]

How Chapel Hill’s Complete Breakfast Drives e-Commerce Growth

January 13, 2026 Michael Melton

In 2018, Andy Ives and Cayley Pater launched Made Trade, an online marketplace for sustainable goods. Ives was an advertising specialist, while Pater had spent her career in both market […]

Scale Social’s Runbin Dong on Engagement-Driven Marketing, Crossing $1M ARR, and Hikes Without Headphones

January 8, 2026 David Schwartz

GrepBeat last wrote about Scale Social in late summer of 2024. Scale Social is a Triangle-based startup helping businesses turn authentic customer engagement into marketing material. For this piece, we […]