Ever wonder what light and shade sounds like? Or what would it be like to dance with artificial intelligence? Celebrating a semester of creativity, exploration, and interdisciplinary research, graduate students and professors from Georgia Tech’s Digital Media Program shared their latest creative innovations at the annual Digital Media Demo Day on Thursday, April 23, 2026, at the Tech Square Research Building.

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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.

Studio B is growing.

Following its initial launch, Phase II of the coworking and office space located on the 11th floor of the Biltmore Innovation Center is now complete. The expansion responds to early demand from founders, operators, and small teams looking for a flexible entry point into the Tech Square ecosystem.

“We have to design with uncertainty based on what is not known about sea level rise, climate, and different futures,” said Matthijs Bouw, presenter at the Georgia Tech Center for Urban Resilience and Analytics (CURA) 2026 Urban Resilience Leadership Symposium. At the symposium, experts and researchers shared how navigating uncertainty about the impacts of climate change is shaping city planners' actions to build urban resilience.

Atlanta doesn’t need to reinvent community; it needs to activate it. The next phase of growth for the city’s startup ecosystem won’t come from more events, programming, or even capital. It will come from more people helping each other. And when people know who to connect, what a strong introduction looks like, and perceived risks are reduced, participation increases.

TSRB researcher and Georgia Tech PhD candidate Mohsin Yousufi, originally trained as an architect, is now working at the intersection of civic tech and epistemic justice. His research asks why lived experience is often dismissed in public systems and what it takes to make it count.

“You are not alone, and your experience is valued.” These are core messages that Dr. Ethan Trinh has for Asian LGBTQ+ immigrant and refugee communities in Atlanta. Dr. Ethan Trinh’s digital humanities project, Stories of In-Betweenness: An AI-Assisted Memory Map of Atlanta’s Asian LGBTQ+ Immigrant and Refugee Communities, has been awarded an Atlanta Interdisciplinary Artificial Intelligence (AIAI) Network 2025-2026 seed grant.

A weekly meetup, prompted by curiosity about the possibilities of building with artificial intelligence (AI), is brewing at the Atlanta Technology Development Center (ATDC). On Monday mornings, builders, founders, and researchers gather first for a cup of coffee, then to share what they’ve been building with AI, get feedback, and brainstorm ideas.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly stepping into the world of medicine. Large language models can summarize clinical notes, answer health questions, and assist physicians in diagnosing disease. In places where doctors are scarce and healthcare infrastructure is limited; these tools promise to expand access to care. But there is a problem hiding inside the data…

Deleon Technologies, a CREATE-X alumni company, is bringing daily metabolomics tracking of ten amino acids into homes by miniaturizing lab testing equipment and leveraging data-driven insights to provide athletes with personalized workout and recovery tips.

Askari Defense is building decentralized systems to counter autonomous threats, starting with drones. Now out of stealth, they are operating out of the Biltmore Innovation Center. The team is focused on tools designed for individual operators in the field.

When Martin So saw how outdated intelligence workflows still were, he set out to change them. Panoptica Technologies is using AI to modernize how analysts in the military process and act on data.

Engaging speakers, thoughtful questions, and dynamic discussion. Tech Talks Business, hosted by Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business Dean Anuj Mehrotra, is like your favorite podcast, covering ideas and topics relevant to business, society, and leadership. But unlike a podcast, Tech Talks Business is held in person, so you can ask your questions and discuss ideas with other attendees after listening to the conversation.

Last semester, faculty, students, and researchers gathered in the Hodges Room at Centergy One for the latest IPaT GVU Lunch Lecture. Dr. Carl DiSalvo, professor in the School of Interactive Computing, took the floor to pose a simple but unsettling question: What if the real power of design is not what we produce, but how we stand with people along the way?

Inspire Placemaking Collective is shaping places that shape communities.

From the Biltmore Innovation Center, the firm planted its Atlanta office in Tech Square in April 2025, a full-circle move after drawing inspiration from the district years earlier.