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Hypepotamus is the Southeast's leading startup and tech publication. Since 2011, we've covered the founders, investors, and ecosystem builders shaping Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, and beyond, bringing news, funding rounds, founder spotlights, and job listings all in one place.
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Sigma Automate Raises $2.75M for IT Automation
Sigma Automate, an Atlanta-based startup, raised a $2.75M seed round led by Glasswing Ventures to build a no-code visual platform serving as the execution layer for agentic AI in IT automation, infrastructure management, and security enforcement. Founded by Richard Shaaya alongside co-founders Ben Barbour and Greg Arnette, the company emerged from stealth with Fortune 1000 customers across retail, logistics, and healthcare.
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Summary
Sigma Automate, an Atlanta-based startup, raised a $2.75M seed round led by Glasswing Ventures to build a no-code visual platform serving as the execution layer for agentic AI in IT automation, infrastructure management, and security enforcement. Founded by Richard Shaaya alongside co-founders Ben Barbour and Greg Arnette, the company emerged from stealth with Fortune 1000 customers across retail, logistics, and healthcare.
Tags
it-automation · seed-funding · agentic-ai · startup · cybersecurity · no-code · infrastructure
Key entities
Sigma Automate (organization, 0.99) · Richard Shaaya (person, 0.98) · Glasswing Ventures (organization, 0.95) · Ben Barbour (person, 0.9) · Greg Arnette (person, 0.9) · Atlanta (location, 0.95) · SiteOne Landscape Supply (organization, 0.9) · The Home Depot (organization, 0.85) · agentic AI (concept, 0.92) · Hypepotamus (organization, 0.85) · Maija Ehlinger (person, 0.8) · Eric Baldwin (person, 0.8) · WellStar Health System (organization, 0.8) · Northside Hospital (organization, 0.8) · $2.75M seed round (event, 0.95)
Classification
notes · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-opus-4-6 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 7 Jul 2026