Every initiative the ATL Tech Hub leads is tied to a single mission: make Atlanta the best place to build a technology company — and ensure every resident has a pathway into that future.
City-backed lending for early-stage startups ready to grow but not yet venture-ready. ASGLP bridges the funding gap so founders can build traction, hire their first team, and prove their model.
Check EligibilityThe Atlanta Collegiate Entrepreneurship Syndicate produces the definitive annual measure of Atlanta’s tech ecosystem strength.
Learn MoreOTI’s flagship event brought together Atlantans into STEAM, entrepreneurship, and tech programming in 2025. Now, Avant South is continuing the city’s premier gathering for builders, investors, and innovators in 2026.
See Upcoming EventsAtlanta has committed $85 million in city pension capital to private equity and venture capital — a historic first. OTI is actively pushing for expanded state-level investment policy through Senate Bill 23, which would raise the alternative investment cap for Georgia municipal plans from 10% to 15%.
Read About SB 23ConnectGA is Georgia’s centralized entrepreneurship and innovation ecomap - designed to help founders, students, investors, policymakers, and ecosystem partners quickly find the resources, people, and pathways that support innovation across the state.
Open ConnectGA Map$37M+ OTI Investments since inception. 16k + Atlantans participating in STEAM programming, 146 supported companies, 1,155 jobs created. 92% planning to hire. Discover the full data picture of Atlanta's tech momentum - and where we go next in 2025 Report our Impact Report.
Download the reportEVE Robotics gives girls and young women hands-on experience designing, building, programming, and competing with a real robot—developing technical skills, confidence, and exposure to future STEM pathways.
Read MoreThrough MomoCon, Atlanta Public Schools students gain hands-on exposure to esports, gaming, live production, and digital media—opening their eyes to career pathways across Atlanta’s growing creative and technology economy.
Read MoreAtlanta’s Youth Esports League brings competitive gaming, mentorship, career exploration, and technology training into community centers—giving young Atlantans new ways to play, learn, compete, and discover what’s possible.
Read MoreThrough its support of RenderATL, OTI expands access to technology training, certifications, industry networks, and career-building opportunities for Atlanta residents while strengthening connections across the city’s technology ecosystem.
Read MoreLaunched in Atlanta by Per Scholas and Microsoft, this hands-on training program prepares individuals for technical careers supporting data centers and the critical infrastructure powering cloud computing, AI, and the digital economy.
Read MoreThe Career Mobility Program helps participants take the next step from training to employment with AI-powered career tools, practical job-search strategies, and hands-on support designed to strengthen career readiness.
Read MoreAtlanta’s AI Commission brought together technology, academic, government, and community expertise to develop recommendations for responsible AI use—helping the City explore ways to improve public services, strengthen accountability, and support innovation that benefits residents.
Read MoreATL ARt gives local university students hands-on experience with generative AI, augmented reality, and spatial design—turning new technology skills into immersive public art experiences across Atlanta.
Read MoreEngage connects high-potential technology startups with corporate leaders, experienced mentors, investment opportunities, and market access—bringing together the resources emerging companies need to pursue growth.
Read MoreThe Atlanta Startup Growth Loan Program provides $50,000–$150,000 in financing to help technology startups gain momentum, acquire assets, and invest in the technology they need to grow.
Read MoreHackATL brings student innovators together to build technology and venture ideas while developing practical skills in AI, software development, market research, pitching, and entrepreneurship.
Read MoreLIFT helps early-stage founders strengthen their business models, understand their customers, sharpen their financial and product strategies, and build the skills and connections needed to pursue growth and investment.
Read MoreConnectGA creates a clearer view of Georgia’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, bringing statewide ecosystem data into one platform to help identify resources, organizations, strengths, gaps, and opportunities for connection and growth.
Read MoreACES brings together Atlanta’s leading colleges and universities to expand entrepreneurship, connect emerging talent with opportunity, and strengthen the city’s technology and startup ecosystem through collaboration, programming, and research.
Read MoreA convening connecting students, founders, industry, academia, and government to explore emerging technology, entrepreneurship, and the ideas shaping Atlanta’s future.
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