Celebrating the amazing talent and companies from the area, the first Tech Square Innovation Week took place May 7-11 and was amazing!

What's up with blockchain? Find out in the first episode of this new series exploring technology trends you've heard of but can't explain to your grandmother. 

Gauge Insights is a startup in Atlanta that provides real-time feedback for brands. In this video, CEO Jonathan Allen shares Gauge Insight's journey from ATV to ATDC and Engage Ventures.

Atlanta's Startup, Web, Entrepreneur, and Tech communities converged on Tuesday, December 12 for the 5th annual SWEeT Holiday Party. 

Cities rise from commerce. Those who focus on their strengths and comparative advantages will rise. So who’s on the rise? Explore that and more in Episode 15 of Hump Day Exchange. 

To explore this topic, we brought in Jen Bonnett, Director and General Manager of ATDC, Wei-Chun Tai, partner at Mosely Ventures, and Annie Harrison Elliott, playwright of Empty Rooms, which will be performed in the Garage. Listen to what these women had to say about the challenges and opportunities they face on a daily basis.

Each year, brilliant minds from dozens of universities descend on Tech Square for summer internships at local startups and Fortune 500 companies. Enter Sandbox Academy, where interns sharpen their skills, and level up their professional profile. 

By hosting events and facilitating conversations like the Diversity and Inclusion Summit, Tech Square can take an active role in ensuring this is the best place to live, work, and play for every type of breakthrough talent. 

While we’re pretty into tech around here, we know technology isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Episode 11 of Hump Day Exchange featured three guests shining light on some of the social and economic consequences of disruptive innovation.

Atlanta is a multisector of opportunities for collaboration and is on the rise in terms of startup growth and innovation. Listen to find out what inclusive innovation is, to learn the differences between corporate and startup venture, and where the next big markets lie.

This month's episode of Hump Day Exchange focuses on the expanding fields of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality. Listen to find out how far current technology has already taken us, where the biggest need for development in the industry is, and what ethical questions might arise in the future. 

Lauren Rhodes, the event coordinator at ATDC, gets fired up over board games. “It’s a really great way to stretch those mental muscles,” Lauren shares.

The first-ever Show&Tell Showcase featured experts in virtual reality and augmented reality making predictions for what's up next for these innovative technologies. Listen and learn as Dr. Maribeth Gundy, Raj Aluri, and Ian Nott share their research. 

Jeremy Haile, CEO of ATDC company Sideqik, has a passion for splashin'. "There's a whole world to explore," he says. 

Ever wonder if AI has the potential to take over the world? When everyone will have self-driving cars? And how the relationship between humans and technology will continue to change with developing AI? Listen to this episode of the monthly Hump Day Exchange podcast to find out.