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Voyage Health Wants to Answer Healthcare's Most Common Question
Anish Cheekati spent years on the pre-med track, gaining experience as a medical assistant and volunteering in clinics. His plans shifted after working with patients who often struggled to manage their various medications without guidance. This inspired him to create Voyage Health, a free AI-powered health guidance platform.
These Georgia Students Are Asking Teens to Pause for Five Seconds Before Scrolling
When high school students, Pranshu Raithatha and Harsh Mehta, needed to focus on their coursework, they realized they were scrolling on social media apps. After trying application after application, they asked a behavioral design question to explore the root of the challenge of focused attention as they set out to build Mivo Scrolling: “Can a brief pause at the exact moment someone opens social media help turn an impulse into an intentional choice?”
Ten Sparrows Builds AI Agents So Atlanta Businesses Don't Get Left Behind
Earlier this year, Hypepotamus covered ATDC’s push to become a launchpad for Georgia-based AI companies. One of the companies building currently inside ATDC isn’t just building AI tools. They are a team ensuring organizations don’t get left behind in the AI Age.
How Technology and User-Centered Design Are Making Kitchen Cabinets Cognitively Friendly
To help adults with mild cognitive impairment maintain independence, quality of life, and prepare meals, what may seem like an obvious solution of either removing kitchen cabinet doors or labeling may not be the best option. This gap and Ibrahim Bilau’s evidence-based and human-centered research highlight why it is so important to engage with community members living with mild cognitive impairment and their care partners.
Tech Square Interns Gather for Summer Networking Luncheon
Summer interns from across Tech Square came together last week at The Clubhouse for a luncheon designed to help them connect, unwind, and learn more about the work happening across the district.
A Leaner, Sharper Second Act for Georgia Tech's Food and Beverage Accelerator
When the Georgia Tech Food and Beverage Accelerator (GT.FBA) launched its first cohort in January 2025, the program set out to help food and beverage entrepreneurs take their products from home kitchens to retail shelves. One year later, the results speak for themselves.
Turkish Shuttle Technology Makes Debut in Atlanta With Beltline Pilot
A Turkish electric shuttle technology has made its U.S. debut on the Atlanta Beltline with the launch of a pilot project linking the transformative trail project and MARTA’s established rail network.
Atlanta Nonprofit Celebrates 15 Years of Impact Through 2,500 Student Stories
When Sam Bracken boarded a plane in Las Vegas to attend Georgia Tech on a full-ride football scholarship, he could fit everything he owned in a single orange duffel bag. Inspired by the support that he received at Georgia Tech from Coach Bill Curry, in 2011, Bracken co-founded Orange Duffel Bag Initiative (ODBI) to support students in need. On Saturday, July 11, 2026, overlooking the very stadium where Bracken and Curry faced life's challenges together, 150 ODBI program graduates, coaches, and community members celebrated 15 years of community impact.
The Missing Layer in Atlanta’s AI Infrastructure Strategy
Atlanta is described in many ways: a logistics hub, a corporate headquarters city, a university city, a film city, and increasingly, a technology city.
Now there is a new question to answer:
What role should Atlanta play in artificial intelligence infrastructure?
Find Your Coolest Route: Georgia Tech Launches App for 10 FIFA World Cup Cities
You’ve got your ticket and team jersey picked out, and you’re off to a FIFA World Cup match. But first you must get there. And despite the heat, many cities, including Atlanta, are encouraging fans to use public transit or walk or bike to get to the games. To help fans find the coolest, greenest, and fastest routes from nearby bus stops and train stations to the stadium, in June 2026 a team of Georgia Tech researchers launched the Cool Routes web app and mobile app in 10 U.S. cities hosting FIFA World Cup matches.
Propagent Wants to End the RFP Scramble
Daniel Beecham switched majors, failed out twice and watched his first startup fold. Now his company Propagent is betting that AI can take the chaos out of proposal work, and ATDC is betting on him.
QED Audit’s DARPA AIxCC Winning Team is Proving Blockchain Can Be Trusted
Starting a company had been an ongoing goal of Woonsun Song’s, including when he was previously working at a cryptocurrency startup. And being part of the winning team of DARPA’s Artificial Intelligence Cyber Challenge in August 2025 gave Song the opportunity to pursue his goal of founding QED Audit, which is focused on making critical software more secure.
How Vettex Sports Used Georgia Tech Ties To Build A Modern Athletic Gear Brand
Most startups spend years and marketing budget building a brand from nothing. Vettex Sports used its Georgia Tech connections to skip that step to build under a name that already had history.
This Founder Is Making Inclusion Easier to Find
More than 70 percent of families with special needs children stay home rather than participate in everyday activities. Ashley Hanchett is building a platform to change that.
Georgia Tech Bird Flu Vaccine Project Lands $2M From USDA
Georgia Tech researchers are working on an oral bird flu vaccine that could transform poultry vaccination. Using artificial intelligence, the team is developing an edible vaccine that could protect birds from bird flu and reduce its spread to livestock and humans.