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Downtown Atlanta Spent Forty Years Emptying Out. Now Everyone Is Betting It Comes Back.
A foundational look at the part of the metro tech map that got abandoned — and the universities, Black entrepreneurship institutions, and multi-billion-dollar redevelopments now trying to give Downtown a tech economy for the first time in its history.
How Midtown’s Tech Square Turned Georgia Tech into Corporate America’s R&D Lab
A foundational look at how a five-block stretch of West Peachtree Street ended up with the densest concentration of Fortune 500 innovation centers in the South — and what the corporate-research model has actually delivered after twenty-plus years.
The AJC Just Illustrated What Every Atlanta Tech Company Already Feels: The Information Economy is Breaking
The forces that humbled Andrew Morse's $150 million turnaround aren't leaving the rest of Atlanta tech alone either.
Why Buckhead Became Atlanta’s Center of Gravity for Tech Startups
One founder, one building on Piedmont Road, and a flywheel that has spun out a billion-dollar SaaS company, a Vista-Equity exit, and most of what people mean when they say "the Atlanta startup scene." A foundational look at how Buckhead earned its identity — and what the diaspora of grown-up companies says about where the ecosystem is heading next.
When the Cue Ball Hits the Table: What an Atlanta Panel Got Right About AI and Work
At Atlanta Tech Village, a WGU panel laid out the workforce shift leaders cannot afford to ignore — and the playbook for what comes next.
Inside WGU’s Southeast Bet
After the WGU panel at Atlanta Tech Village, two of the university’s regional leaders sat down with Atlanta Tech News to explain how a 30-year-old online university is reengineering its model for an AI-shaped workforce — one mentor, one pilot, and one Asheville surgical team at a time.
What Comes Next
A Stakeholder Playbook for the AI Workforce Shift
The Higher-Ed Arms Race
Who's Actually Training Atlanta's AI Workforce?
Beyond the Diploma
Skills, Certificates, and the Rise of the “Readiness Portfolio”
The Missing Rung
What AI Is Doing to Entry-Level Jobs in the Southeast