Networking is hard. Finding the right business connections by attending events or sending cold messages through social media can be frustrating and unproductive. For those who get hit up for advice often, it can be difficult to carve out time. After 20 years in the tech industry, Max Leisten went back to an early passion […]
Stronger hurricanes and tornado-producing storms continue to make landfall in the southern United States, with September’s Hurricane Florence causing more than $5 billion in property damage in the Carolinas so far. While strong winds can cause obvious leaks and breaks, underlying damage that homeowners don’t initially notice can also crop up — and quickly escalate. […]
Atlanta-based machine learning software startup Predikto has been acquired by aircraft manufacturing company United Technologies Corporation (UTC) for an undisclosed amount. “The Predikto team is very excited to join United Technologies Digital,” Predikto founder and CEO Mario Montag told Hypepotamus. “Everyone we have interacted with at UTC and their business units has been very supportive.” The acquisition comes as Connecticut-based […]
Marketing research often relies on chosen subjects’ opinions within a controlled environment. But what happens if they stretch the truth, if they feel off that day, or if they’re not connecting properly with the product? Your company will get incomplete, misleading feedback. With North Carolina-based Tanjo‘s digital animated personas — essentially an AI-driven simulated personality — […]
Before moving to Atlanta for a job leading engineering with Career Builder, Atlee Breland found herself with a very short timeline and a house to sell in Jackson, MS. “Real estate has been part of my professional life for a long time,” says Breland. “When we relocated to Atlanta, it happened very fast and we […]