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Launch Chapel Hill Showcases Inaugural International Accelerator Cohort

July 17, 2026 David Schwartz

This summer, Launch Chapel Hill—a startup support and innovation hub—successfully executed its first-ever international accelerator program. For just over two weeks spanning late June through the middle of July, the […]

Friday Fix: The Download with Chris Halligan, Extellis, Trybl, and More!

July 17, 2026 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 Fix, […]

Duke and UNC Graduates’ Trybl Aims to Engineer ‘Social Automation’

July 16, 2026 Ella Moore

Recent Duke University graduate Hakeem Shitta-Bey believes that generating new and beneficial connections comes with too great an energy cost for college students. He specifically describes “coffee chatting”—a way for […]

Extellis’ Out-Of-This-World Satellite Imaging, Backed by $7M+ in Funding

July 15, 2026 Kaitlyn Dang

The future of satellite images from space may just be determined by a startup grown right in the heart of Durham—seemingly the first of its kind. The startup began as […]

The Download: Chris Halligan, Co-Founder, Good Human Partners

July 14, 2026 Brooks Malone

Chris Halligan is a Charlotte-based entrepreneur, investor, and advisor with decades of experience working alongside high-growth technology companies. He is the co-founder of Good Human Partners with Don Rainey, where […]

Monday Mix: AI-First Startups, Brews and Bytes, an Agent AMA, and More!

July 13, 2026 Katelyn Crespo

Welcome back to your Monday Mix for the week of July 13th. This week we’re covering AI-centric sessions across the state, networking events, and more! Are you more of a […]

Charlotte’s RoboLeanX Leans on Robots to Transform Manufacturing

July 10, 2026 Kaitlyn Dang

A Charlotte startup is using robotics to automate an industry that the founder says has been left behind by artificial intelligence: physical manufacturing. Kashyap Gaglani has over a decade of […]

Friday Fix: Fixxr, Looks AI, and RoboLeanX

July 10, 2026 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 Fix, […]

Triangle’s Looks AI Brings Trust and Commissions to Online Shoppers

July 8, 2026 Temiloluwa Alagbe

Jessica Couch always had a vision for transforming the fashion industry in the digital age. As an experienced marketing and innovation strategy consultant and founder of Luxor and Finch, the […]

Charlotte’s Fixxr Brings Transparency to Auto Repair

July 6, 2026 Michael Melton

Colton McComas grew up around his grandfather’s Rocky Mount repair shop, and by age 15, launched his own mobile repair business. Later on, while studying mechanical engineering at UNC-Charlotte, he […]