I just got back from a week on the west coast. A long weekend with the family, followed by investor meetings, partnership meetings, and three days of the annual startup conference, TechCrunch Disrupt. SF was its usual self. Sunny, cool, partially-grungy and absolutely booming (also, surprisingly scooter-free). In the tech scene, much of the activity […]
Siri, Cortana, Alexa… having a virtual assistant in all your devices and gadgets certainly isn’t a rarity anymore. But how often can you say you interact with a human-like, intelligent, personable hologram? For Chuck Rinker, the answer is fairly often. The founder and chief innovation officer of PRSONAS, a virtual digital personality startup, provides the […]
FreightWaves, the startup building a publication, data analytics service and financial futures market for the freight industry, took home the $100K investment prize at the Rise of the Rest pitch competition in Chattanooga last week. However, while most startups would funnel that money into product development or business growth, founder and CEO Craig Fuller is […]
The Rise of the Rest bus tour, AOL co-founder Steve Case’s tour of entrepreneurial cities outside of the traditional tech hubs, has announced its seventh tour which will focus on the Southeast region. In early May the ROTR bus will visit Birmingham, AL; Chattanooga, TN; Dallas, TX; Louisville, KY; and Memphis, TN to hear startup […]
Stackfolio, an online marketplace that aims to optimize loan trading, won the Judges’ Favorite award at the 2017 Google Demo Day, a pitch event that puts startups in front of top investors from all over the country. Competing against 12 other North American startups, the TechSquare Labs portfolio company caught the eye of investor and AOL co-founder Steve Case during the […]