With remarks from company leaders, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and technology evangelist Guy Kawasaki, Daimler AG’s fourth innovation hub, Lab1886, has officially opened in Atlanta. Design veteran Paul Lafata has moved to Atlanta from Los Angeles to lead the center, which is the first of its kind in the U.S. […]
In early 2017, Georgia state government made clear its commitment to growing and nurturing the state’s cybersecurity talent with the allocation of an initial $58 million, and then another $35 million, into the Hull McKnight Georgia Cyber Center for Innovation and Training. The campus of the Augusta-based center officially opened on July 10. “This visionary approach […]
Invest Georgia, the state-funded investment program, has received an additional $10 million in the FY 2019 state budget. This brings the program’s total funding up to $40 million available to spur economic activity by investing in Georgia-based venture capital and private equity funds. “Invest Georgia furthers one of my top priories as governor: building Georgia’s […]
In this column, technology and public policy expert Amol Naik will discuss issues at the intersection of government and tech. Views expressed are those of the author. In this era of distrust in our federal government, its natural to write off everything in politics. But recent days in Georgia, which saw the passing of one Governor and […]