In the world of industrial manufacturing, making the wrong decision is expensive. Mistakes waste time, money, and resources. Georgia Tech alum and research faculty member Wei Huang is creating a platform that aims to cut the costs of trial and error.

IASTMotion, a Georgia Tech CREATE-X Startup Summer 2026 Cohort participant, has designed an automated device to replace the manual methods of how instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) is currently done. This MedTech startup realized, thanks to their CREATE-X mentors, that just like practice before a game, they needed to test their ideas and get direct feedback from physical therapists and athletes.

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.

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.

Last fall, Yamil Quispe Silva was a Georgia Tech senior turning an old campus frat house into a HackerHouse for student entrepreneurs. Now, the recent GT graduate is making an even bigger bet on building a new type of student entrepreneurial hub on campuses…and beyond.

In 2010, Dr. Shaowen Bardzell, a Professor and Chair of Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing, published a foundational paper titled “Feminist HCI: Taking Stock and Outlining an Agenda for Design.” And now, 16 years later, this paper has received over 1,700 citations from researchers all across the world, has provided a systematic way for designers to investigate their assumptions, and continues to inspire researchers, including right here in Tech Square.

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 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.

While enrolled at Spelman College, Naomi Wagner was seeking opportunities to bring together her interests in civic engagement, environmental justice, sustainability, and education. When she learned about the SDG Futures Fellowship, Wagner couldn’t wait to apply. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are at the core of the SDG Futures Fellowship. “We take a global to local impact approach,” said Anna Tinoco-Santiago, co-lead of the SDG Futures Fellowship Program.

A Georgia Tech lab and an Emory neurosurgeon are teaming up on untethered microrobots designed to reach the deepest, hardest-to-treat corners of the brain.

It was Ruth Geller’s last day of ninth grade. She and her friends wanted to celebrate, but they noticed a problem: teens had nowhere to hang out. Instead of giving up and scrolling on her phone, she decided to find a solution. Now, she’s the founder of Vivaly. The app gives users a catalog of free, real-life experiences they can do solo or with friends. The activities range from watching sunsets to making sweet snacks to hosting sleepovers.

Engage, the corporate venture platform bringing together startups and large enterprises in Atlanta, has announced its 17th cohort. The companies selected come from across the US and Mexico…and the Engage team says they showcase that corporations are looking for more AI and security solutions being built right now by startup founders.

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.

Four years after Seth Lytle walked away from a career at IBM to build a smarter way to serve wine, VinoBarrel is entering what its founder calls a defining stretch. "VinoBarrel is at an inflection point," Lytle said. "We're at the point where we're beginning to scale."

Innovation often occurs at the boundaries where disciplines meet. Given this, how can practitioners from different disciplines best collaborate to share ideas, ask new questions, and explore new solutions? From the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) Craft Lab to the SimTigrate Design Center in the Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) and beyond, Tech Square has a variety of organizations that are innovating at and between the boundaries of science, art, and technology.