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ATLANTA, October 15 (Hypepotamus) — My phone’s notes app is filled with snippets of conversations, half-baked story ideas, and sporadic lines I’m hearing from founders, investors, and tech executives across the Southeast. Some of those notes turn into full articles. Others get put into our popular “Word On The Street” section of our newsletter. One that has been on my notes app since February 2026? “ATV vibes are good.” “Vibes” are hard to write about. But it is a sentiment I’ve heard a lot
RALEIGH, October 13 (Hypepotamus) — What if the antidote to AI slop is an AI director? That is the pitch behind Scale Social, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based startup building infrastructure that helps enterprise brands capture real customer experiences and turn them into permissioned, reusable marketing assets. Led by founder and CEO Runbin Dong (in featured photo), the company helps everyday customers record their experiences, collects usage permissions at the point of capture, and organizes
Sending this from the opening of Venture Atlanta 2026. We'll be keeping you up-to-date with the latest news from the conference on your LinkedIn page...so hit that follow button if you want updates about what we are learning, who are are meeting, and what news is breaking at Venture Atlanta this year. (And if you're here and want to chat about what you are building, send a note!) Now, onto the news of the day: * The Southeast's Defense Tech moment? * Solving AI slop with an AI director * G
ATLANTA, October 14 (Hypepotamus) - Military drone testing sites in the Wiregrass region of Alabama. Drone defense technology being built in Midtown Atlanta. Aerial robotics companies popping up across Rocket City. It’s hard to talk about the Southeast’s tech scene right now without talking about its Defense Tech industry. The topic was central at panel discussions at Sloss Tech in Birmingham and 3686 in Nashville this year. This week, the industry will be center stage at Venture Atlanta. And,
We met a lot of new faces at Venture Atlanta and the Atlanta Startup Awards this week. If that’s how you found Hypepotamus, welcome. If you’ve been reading for years, thanks for continuing to follow us as your source for local tech news. Whether you're new here or a longtime reader, we have the same question: What’s happening in your corner of the Southeast’s tech scene that more people should know about? Send us a note. Some of our favorite stories start with a tip from our readers. Now, for
ATLANTA, October 16 (Hypepotamus) - Founders took the stage at Atlanta Symphony Hall with a different kind of performance in mind this week. Specifically, they were convincing investors to bet on their businesses. Venture Atlanta took over Midtown for its annual conference, with after-parties and other gatherings extending the networking across the city. The conference’s purpose is simple: Connect companies to capital. That means setting up panels, pitch competitions, and spaces for one-on-one
CHATTANOOGA, October 12 (Hypepotamus) - Srikar Srinivasan’s first patent was paid for by a $15,000 loan his parents gave him at the age of 14. Years later, as a Babson College student surrounded by entrepreneurs in Boston, he saw friends running into a familiar problem. The reality is that no matter how good an idea is, protecting it can be expensive and complicated. Srinivasan started building a solution to help streamline the patent filing process. “We wanted to solve this problem for our
ATLANTA, October 16 (Hypepotamus) - Chick-fil-A. The US Airforce. Delta Air Lines. What do they all have in common? They rely on Ditto, a Series B mobile database with built-in edge device connectivity and resiliency, to ensure their apps keep working even when the internet goes down. The company’s center of gravity has moved from San Francisco to Atlanta, with the company opening its HQ along the Eastside Beltline trail and has been growing its employee count in town. Now, the company is
