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Raleigh-Based Caffeine Provides “Human-Centric” AI Assistants

September 9, 2025 Temiloluwa Alagbe

Dustin Allen’s and Hearsch Jariwala’s paths crossed when they met at the AI Forge convention in 2023. Allen was a mobile developer and CEO for a repair estimate startup; Hearsch […]

ConvergeSouth 2025 Showcases Southeast Startups In Winston-Salem

September 8, 2025 David Schwartz

Last week, startups from around North Carolina and much of the Southeast more broadly descended on Winston-Salem for the 10th iteration of the ConvergeSouth conference (powered by Flywheel). Teams from […]

LiLa Hosts ‘Deal or No Deal’ Session with ReefCycle

September 8, 2025 Katelyn Crespo

Last Thursday, over 40 LiLas (or Ladies Investing/Local Angels) gathered at Frontier RTP for the group’s quarterly Deal or No Deal event. These sessions are designed to encourage members to […]

Monday Mix: #910 Day, Scale & Celebrate, Startup Sprint and Mentor Matchmaking

September 8, 2025 Katelyn Crespo

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: Sideline Education, Placeable, Podcast Returns, and Bionic Health

September 5, 2025 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 […]

Bionic Health Acquired By Thrive: Robbie Allen On The Merger And What’s Next

September 4, 2025 David Schwartz

This week we learned that Durham-based Bionic Health, which provides AI-driven preventive care plans, has been acquired by Thrive. Bionic Health (which GrepBeat first wrote about in 2023) was co-founded […]

Exit Stories: Live! What Matters Most on a Path to Exit

September 4, 2025 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to Exit Stories and thank you for joining us for the first episode of the new season! On today’s episode, host Kevin Mosley of Jurassic Capital chats with Michael […]

Raleigh’s Placeable Develops Affordable Modular Homes With AI And Robotics

September 4, 2025 Michael Melton

Seasoned software entrepreneur Ed Holloway, who was most recently Founder and CEO of Persistence AI, hopes he’s working on his magnum opus—a final startup tackling some of the largest problems […]

In The Soup: Individual Angels and What They Look For

September 3, 2025 Katelyn Crespo

Happy In The Soup 🍲 Wednesday! Hosts Jenn Summe and Melissa Crosby are thrilled to be back for the Fall 2025 season! We’ve been cooking up a bunch of great episodes for you […]

Charlotte’s Sideline Education Offers “Game-First” Education For Kids

September 2, 2025 Michael Melton

Charlotte’s Chris Valada has worked in edtech for 20 years, but always envisioned himself launching a startup. His idea ultimately came to him when he was helping his son with […]