Ted Tagalakis
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Ted, a dynamic futurist with 20+ years of experience in data analytics and NLP, drives AI's transformative impact on businesses. 7 X Ironman 70.3 finisher.
Atlanta, GA
Joined November 2008
It’s a surreal moment seeing your journey and your "why" captured in an article. Some days you're so deep in the work—the code, the strategy, the wins, the setbacks—that you don't come up for air. Today is a day to breathe and reflect with a deep sense of gratitude. A huge thank
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Atlanta’s “Mr. AI” Ted Tagalakis is redefining marketing with SparkyAI, a platform blending behavioral science and AI to create smarter, on-brand content.
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@Ted_Tag We're live! Join Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian, and industry leaders right now to learn new ways to put Gemini to work for your organization. https://t.co/cxoULaCmBN Reply #stop to opt-out.
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Very cool to see @demishassabis having a conversation with Greek PM @kmitsotakis about the future of AI, ethics, and democracy. While I wasn't present for the event, what's super cool is this very modern and futuristic conversation happening in such a historical setting.
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This one is for the team. The grinders, the builders, the believers. Absolutely thrilled to share that @TheSparkyAI! has been named a 2025 Finalist for Best B2B Startup at the Atlanta Startup Awards! 🎉 When you see that nearly 250 incredible companies were nominated, and the
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In behavioral science, there’s a bias called the Illusion of Validity: the tendency to overestimate our own judgment, especially when we’re confident in the data or pattern we think we see. This week, I fell right into it. I made a decision that, in my head, checked all the
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Fellow Founders: Don’t build for the fantasy customer you hope to have. Build for the one paying today. Scaling the wrong thing is worse than not scaling at all. Nail the experience for your current users → then go bigger. #startups #productstrategy #ExecutionMatters
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The moment that made me the proudest this week wasn’t the metrics. It was this one message. And it wasn’t even about the product. We’ve been sprinting. Pushing out new features. Talking to investors. And in the middle of it, one of our team members sent me a message: "I’ve
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BUILT TO SCALE: “Synthetic focus groups are outperforming gut instincts - and replacing the old-school focus group.” In the old world, marketers had two options: 👉 Trust their gut 👉 Or spend six figures on focus groups that took months to deliver answers Now? With
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🛠 Behind the Scenes at @TheSparkyAI Theme: “That’ll only take 10 minutes,” and other things I tell myself. What happened: This week, I blocked off 30 minutes to “quickly” finalize a case study, update some onboarding copy, and prep a team brief. Nothing major. Just small stuff.
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I’ve decided to start capturing the lessons I’m picking up from other founders - the stuff that sticks, challenges me, or changes how I think. This is the latest one in a series of reflections I’m calling “Founders Who Spark ⚡": Great companies don’t just tell great
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Speed is great. But certainty? That’s what sells. Everyone’s talking about #AI content creation: how fast, how much, how automated. The Truth: fast content that flops still costs you time, money, and brand equity. That’s why we built one of the only patent-pending Synthetic
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Balancing founder life and personal life this week looked like… …promising we’d have dinner together, and texting “give me 30 more minutes” (twice). …showing up physically but realizing my mind somewhere else. …pushing forward, even when a pause might have served me better.
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What I Learned from Another Founder This Week: Cathy Huyghe (and from a few glasses of rosé 🍷) One of the things I love most about building @theSparkyAI is the unexpected magic that happens when smart, passionate people come together - not just to talk about business, but to
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Innovation isn't just about technology. It's about the people who refuse to accept the status quo. I want to talk about hard work and determination. More specifically, about my friends, Bryan and Chris. They saw a situation at a construction site that was untenable: trespassers
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It's live! Our new @theSparkyAI website is up - and it’s everything we’ve been building toward. Built with behavioral science. Powered by AI. Designed to help marketers create content that connects and converts. We’re proud of what it says. But even prouder of what it stands
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Behavioral Science Made Me Buy a $49 Spatula (again). Here’s Why That Matters. Ever bought something just because there were only 2 left in stock? Yeah… me too. But that little “Only 2 remaining” warning? It lights up my lizard brain like a Christmas tree. That’s behavioral
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5 Things I Learned Building @TheSparkyAI! Building a #startup from scratch is part adrenaline, part existential crisis—and all in. If you're in the thick of it too, here are 5 lessons that stuck with me: 1. You can’t outsource conviction. There will be 100 opinions on what to
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Still buzzing from last week at @AtlantaTechWeek and @RenderATL 🔥 The energy was unreal - and we were proud to be part of it. SparkyAI! had its own booth on site, and it became more than just a demo zone - it became a conversation hub. We talked about behavioral science,
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They say it takes a village to raise a child. Turns out, it takes one to win a pitch on less than 24 hours' notice, too. What a week it’s been for the @TheSparkyAI team, and it’s only Wednesday. We got a call Monday morning about an incredible last-minute opportunity: a spot in
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How Ironman Training helped me build @TheSparkyAI! Building SparkyAI! is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. And I’ve raced an Ironman. People often ask me if endurance sports and startups have anything in common. For me, they’re practically the same race. 🏊♂️ In the water, you
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