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📣 Job Alert: Manager, Technical Support – Americas Magnet Forensics is excited to grow our team with a Manager, Technical Support Americas for our Mobile Access & Extraction product suite. In this role, you will lead a team of Technical Support Engineers supporting customers who rely on Magnet tools to uncover the truth and protect their communities. You will drive operational excellence, elevate the customer experience, and champion continual improvement. Compensation varies by location and candidate qualifications. United States (USD) Min: $112,700 Mid: $161,000 Max: $193,200 Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gmEq2_jM

🚀 Extellis Raises $6.8M to Scale All-Weather Satellite Observation Extellis, a Durham, NC–based startup, has raised a $6.8M seed round to scale its high-volume, all-weather satellite imaging platform, designed to deliver reliable, industrial-scale Earth observation data regardless of the conditions on the ground or in the sky. Staying close to home, Extellis secured its lead investor from Raleigh-based Oval Park Capital, with additional participation from New Industry VC, Front Porch Venture Partners, First Star Ventures, EGB Capital, Duke Capital Partners, and Bluelake. Following the funding announcement, Boyarsky spoke with Hypepotamus about the company’s launch, its first fundraising experience, and what it means to build a satellite startup in North Carolina, a region quickly expanding its footprint in deep tech and space innovation. Check it out: https://lnkd.in/eqz_hJWk

📣 A New Way to Be Heard: Meet Anketa, the Real-Time Social Polling App Built for Transparency and Voice The world doesn’t need another survey tool. But it does need a way to turn public opinion into real-time, transparent insights and that’s exactly what entrepreneur Kush Akotia is building with Anketa, a newly launched Atlanta-based social polling platform: https://lnkd.in/eeZ2Fuvp

We’re back in action with our Friday “Fund” Day updates, a weekly round up of all the startup and technology news from across the Southeast: https://lnkd.in/eNiHGgGY

From V-Formations to Flexible Staffing: How vflok Is Reimagining Healthcare Scheduling For years, nurse managers have pieced together schedules through Excel sheets, GroupMe threads, and last-minute phone calls. Born from Catalyst by Wellstar in partnership with High Alpha Innovation, vflok, powered by its AI copilot Swift, replaces that chaos with a seamless, intelligent workflow. Rather than forcing hospitals to adopt yet another app, Swift meets nurses and managers where they already are—via SMS or an SSO-enabled web portal—and sits on top of existing scheduling platforms. It validates qualifications, manages communications, secures approvals, and updates the scheduling system automatically. The result? ✔️ More flexibility ✔️ Lower administrative burden ✔️ Reduced costs for healthcare systems ✔️ A scheduling experience that actually works for nurses Read more about vflok here: https://lnkd.in/e6ZDqkYK

Emory University’s Startup World: Over 50 Emory University students are spending this next academic year not only hitting the textbooks, but also building up new companies and ventures: https://lnkd.in/eyZSwinc

A Lens on Food Waste: How Raccoon Eyes Tackles the Problem with Vision AI: https://lnkd.in/g-GWZQZk Tech Square ATL

Your biggest AI risk in 2025 isn’t a hacker. It’s Bob from accounting. Contracts. Client data. Proprietary processes. All ending up in ChatGPT and other open platforms — often in violation of company policy. A recent 2025 KPMG study found that 44% of employees have used AI in ways that directly break their employer’s rules. It’s a growing threat, especially for startups and SMBs trying to move fast with limited staff. 🔐 Enter pipIQ pipIQ™ is a standalone secured AI — a private, ChatGPT-like workspace fully contained inside a company’s own environment. Read more about pipIQ here: https://lnkd.in/dxKaUtZa

Out-of-office messages are going up. Calendars are getting messy. But despite the annual “let’s circle back in the new year” energy… Q4 is far from quiet in startup land: https://lnkd.in/e3c3_tVE