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Could Algae be the Solution for Outdated HVAC Systems?
The machine that heats and cools nearly every building in America has barely changed in decades, and it ignores the one thing filling a sealed room: carbon dioxide. VerdeTerra founder Mark Snyder thinks algae can fix both.
What CREATE-X Taught Me About Bringing European Innovation to the U.S.
After moving from Amsterdam to Atlanta and mentoring founders through Georgia Tech’s CREATE-X, one longtime European tech leader argues that U.S. success starts with learning the market, not just selling to it.
When Is a Site Actually Ready for AI Infrastructure?
AI infrastructure is the physical layer behind artificial intelligence: the places where computing happens, along with the required power, fiber, cooling, and land. At first, determining site readiness for artificial intelligence infrastructure sounds straightforward. Find a property. Check the land and building. Look at the zoning. See whether power and fiber are nearby. Work through the economics. But once you start verifying those factors, “site readiness” gets harder to define.
Traffic Signals That Learn
Traffic signals that learn to retime themselves can cut driver delays, the stop-and-go crawl past night crews and the near-misses that put road workers at risk, a new simulation study says. The difference between these AI-driven signals and conventional traffic signals is simple: instead of following a timing plan set weeks earlier, they watch the traffic in front of them and respond as conditions change.
Atlanta Tech Hiring Is Not Frozen. It Is Getting More Intentional.
The layoff headlines miss the real story, writes recruiter Chris Wasserman. Atlanta's tech market has not frozen. It has grown more intentional, rewarding candidates who can show what they will do next.
Inside the ATHENA Lab
In the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) at the heart of Tech Square, the ATHENA Lab operates with a simple premise: research should not stop at theory. That mindset has defined the lab since 1998. Nearly three decades later, the lab has become a distinctive engine, producing world-leading hardware and addressing global grand challenges that move quickly from concepts to physical systems.
How Faith-Based Organizations Can Turn Technology into Community Impact
For faith-based organizations, technology succeeds when it deepens connection rather than replacing it. Jamshed Patel makes the case for building capacity around the communities these tools are meant to serve.
Beyond Lithium: Why the Next Innovation Race Is About Energy Ecosystems, Not Just Better Batteries
Artificial intelligence (AI) has dominated headlines over the past few years. Advances in foundation models, increasingly powerful computing hardware, and rapid improvements in AI capabilities have fueled excitement about the future of technology. Yet while much of the conversation about technology focuses on computation, a quieter transformation is taking place in parallel: energy storage is becoming one of the defining technologies of the coming decade.
Meet Maestro for a More Connected Tech Square
Tech Square is full of people you'd want to know and mostly haven't met yet. Maestro is a new ecosystem connection platform built to help you find and reach the right people across the community, whether that's a co-founder, a collaborator, or just the person who runs your trail every morning.
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.
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.
Recapping Sports in Atlanta at AMA’s Celebrating the Global Games
Last week, the American Marketing Association's Atlanta chapter filled the College Football Hall of Fame for Celebrating the Global Games, an evening that doubled as a reckoning for what Atlanta has built as a sports city and where it's headed.
Inside Engage: Where Startups and Corporations Meet
In Tech Square, startups and Fortune 500 companies work within blocks of each other. But proximity alone does not guarantee collaboration. That gap is where Engage operates.
Disguise Opens Collaborative Experience Center and Office in Atlanta
Disguise’s new experience center will bring hands-on workshops, industry events, and the latest visual technology to creators in the Southeast.
NASA @ GT: Bringing Space Technology Down to Earth
Atlanta’s tech ecosystem is getting a lift from NASA’s Technology Transfer University program, which lets Georgia Tech students turn real NASA patents into market-ready ideas. “Integrating NASA patents into our technology entrepreneurship course was a tremendous success,” says Professor Greg Mihalik.