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ImmerseGT 2024

Hacklytics 2024

Atlanta’s largest student-founder Demo Day, networking event, and pitch competition. 🚀

a celebration of student innovation around the 404!

​​​Through a booth expo, view demos from student entrepreneurs from Georgia Tech, GSU, SCAD, Emory, UGA, KSU, Spelman College, Morehouse College, + more.

Discover job opportunities at notable startups around Atlanta with startups such as OneTrust, PrizePicks, and more.

​​​After, hear pitches from five standout student startup teams as they demo their product to investor judges to compete for cash prizes.

​Last year's keynote speakers included Kabir Barday, Founder & CEO of OneTrust, the #1 fastest-growing company on the Inc. 500, followed by Dylan Cooper, SVP of Revenue at PrizePicks!

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SX Summit ATL Fall '23

Startup Exchange is proud to host AI ATL, a 36-hour AI hackathon at Georgia Tech, and the first of its kind in the city of Atlanta.

We're proud to be sponsored by Google, Anthropic, Hugging Face, BCG X, NVIDIA, ATDC, The Home Depot, Drive Capital, Contrary, + more. 

Join hundreds of builders in Atlanta for a weekend of hacking, insightful workshops, networking, and a Demo Day to celebrate Georgia Tech & Atlanta's first AI hackathon.

We support both beginners, and experienced builders.

​Tracks will be focused on generative AI, agents, and GPT-plugins. More info will be released soon.

officially kicks off on Friday, November 17, at 5pm

 at the Klaus Advanced Computing Building.

Current sponsors include Anthropic, Hugging Face, Google, Nvidia, BCG X, Drive Capital, and Home Depot.

Yes, at Klaus Advanced Computing Building at Georgia Tech!

Tracks will be centered around generative-AI, agents, and GPT-plugins. More info soon.

Admission is free and includes access to cutting-edge APIs & AI tools, mentors, workshops, $wag, resources, and an unforgettable experience!

If you are 18+, a college student (undergraduate, graduate, and PhD) or recent graduate (1-2 years post-grad), then yes!

But I've never hacked or built with AI before!

No problem! AI ATL will feature both a beginner and experienced track to best fit your familiarity with artifical intelligence!

Your team can have up to 4 people! You can select teammates when you register, and you can also form them during the actual event! However, hackers will be accepted on an individual basis.

Don't worry! We'll have team formation events at the beginning of the weekend geared towards helping you find people to work with. 

PSA: You can also meet new people through our admitted hacker discord leading up to our event!

AI ATL Application

​​calling all self-described (and aspiring ◡̈) artists, engineers, creators, writers, designers, programmers, researchers & makers of all kinds: come to a space to make 

​​To "ship" is to deliver progress, ​to deliver new features, or to get your idea in front of people.

​​​​​​Please RSVP by accepting the invite if you're planning on coming - this will help us manage how much food to get + other logistics!

​​4:05pm - 4:15pm Round Table — quick intro, what you're working on + what inspires you

​4:15-5:00pm — Deep work for 45 minutes

​5:15-5:45pm — Deep work for 30 minutes

student self-starters don’t get enough time to work on their ideas. that’s why we exist

"i don't think I'm creative enough to join."

​​​Your starting point doesn't matter. The only pre-requisite is the curiosity to show up with an open mind.

 Ship-It is the place to start, to be inspired, and regain your childlike imagination and drive for making things & sharing them with friends.

Ship It Sunday UMich

Closing Ceremony

Judging / Networking

Gallery / Networking

Breakfast

Final Office Hours

Dinner

In-Person Office Hours [Kelsey Waidhas]

Virtual Office Hours [Mark Lannaman (Southface)]

In Person Office Hours [   Ashok Narayan (TOSCA), Ben Damiani (Cherry Street Energy) Erica Clahar (UMI Feeds), Dayanna Palacios, Austin Rowland (TOM), Cerise Blue (Teach for America)]

Mill Maker Space [3D Printing, Tools, etc.]

Org Fair

Virtual Office Hours [  	Steve Place (GT Campus Sustainability), Viola Llewellyn (IWTT),   	Brenda Morant (IWTT)]

Lunch [Cherry Street]

Virtual Office Hours [Karthik Ramachandran (Sustainable X) and Jack Cebe (Atlanta Downtown)]

Office Hours (w/ Ed Bayes, Google X)

Opening Ceremony + Keynote Speaker

 build solutions to the most pressing global challenges.

Introducing ImpactHack, a policy, engineering, and software competition that enables students to revolutionize urban solutions! 

ImpactHack will take place from November 10-12 virtually, and in-person at the Instructional Center at Georgia Tech. 

participant solutions seek to address the Sustainable Development Goals curated by the United Nations as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity.

spots are limited for in-person participation

regular deadline (in-person) = fri, nov. 3

Teams will be made up of 1-4 members and each track will have 3 accepted submission types:

Track 1: Equitable Communities Challenge: 

Develop solutions to build inclusive, just, and peaceful communities that provide economic security and equal opportunity for all.

: SDG 1 (No Poverty), SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), and SDG 16 (Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions).

Track 2: Healthy People and Planet Challenge: 

Design innovative approaches to protect the environment, address climate change, and provide sustainable solutions for clean water, food security, healthcare, and human well-being.

: SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being), SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation), SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), SDG 13 (Climate Action), SDG 14 (Life Below Water), and SDG 15 (Life on Land).

Track 3: Quality Education and Economic Growth Challenge: 

Develop strategies to expand access to quality education and promote decent work, economic growth, and industrial innovation.

: SDG 4 (Quality Education), SDG 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth), and SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure).

ImpactHack Application

This is a hybrid hackathon that coincides with 

📌 Location: Virtual + In-Person (75 5th St NW, Atlanta, GA 30332)

🗓️ Submission dates: Oct 27, 19:00 - Nov 05, 10:00 UTC

They will be released at the Virtual Hackathon Kickoff on October 27th. More info: 

How does team formation work in the hackathon?

Team formation happens in this telegram chat

Are there any eligibility requirements for participants?

Anyone can join! Note, by applying you are agreeing to our terms of service: 

This hackathon is for everyone that wants to learn new skills, team up with awesome buidlers, get creative and participate to have a chance to win prizes from the sponsors.

Depending on the payout option selected the sponsor will reach out after hackathon is done or send you the prize directly to your submitted wallet address.

Judging is done by the sponsors based on judging and acceptance criteria of the challenges.

If you win a challenge, the sponsor or hackathon organizer will reach out or send your prize money directly to your submitted wallet address.

Hack.Web3ATL 2023

​calling all self-described (and aspiring ◡̈) artists, engineers, creators, writers, designers, programmers, researchers & makers of all kinds: come to a space to make 

​To "ship" is to deliver progress, ​to deliver new features, or to get your idea in front of people.

​​​​​Please RSVP by accepting the invite if you're planning on coming - this will help us manage how much food to get + other logistics!

​4:05pm - 4:15pm Round Table — quick intro, what you're working on + what inspires you

​​Your starting point doesn't matter. The only pre-requisite is the curiosity to show up with an open mind.

Ship It Sunday at UMich

Barbie

Founders Fridays

feedback session for anything you're working on. come hang with us! we'll also be hosting a fireside chat on the landscape of LLMs and building in AI.

ShipIt @ Georgia State University

Dreamy

Are you a student interested in building or inventing something? 🚀

 for SX Kickoff on September 7th @ Tech Square Social Club, presented by Drive Capital! 

We're excited to share the hackathons in emerging tech, monthly demo days, programs, and weekly meetups that we have planned for the 2023-24 academic year! 

Come meet other college builders, and grab a bite to eat if needed- food and drinks are provided, courtesy of Drive!

Emory Entrepreneurship & Venture Management

Our keynote speaker is Sean Henry, the Founder & CEO of 

, a once-startup turned multi-billion dollar Cloud Supply Chain leader, with a valuation of over $1.3B!

is a venture capital firm that invests in world-class founders building the next generation of market-defining companies.

Entrepreneurs choose to partner with Drive because they want convicted investors who will push them to be great. Great founders don’t want cheerleaders or cheap platitudes. They want honesty about what works and what doesn’t. They want the best tools available for doing their life’s work.

Startup Exchange Fall '23 Kickoff, presented by Drive Capital & CREATE-X

Have you thought about building or inventing something? Maybe building your own mobile app? Maybe launching your own video game? Maybe a rocket?

Startup Exchange is excited for another great year at Tech, and we are celebrating by hosting a student-org fair.

This is your chance to discover builder organizations on campus where you can build cool things, especially for incoming freshmen at Georgia Tech as they first step foot onto campus! 🚀

Come by the Exhibition Hall on August 24th @6:00PM 

and meet cool people to build things with :)

also, meet student organization leaders around campus!

Check out the participating organizations 

Building @ Georgia Tech

Heading to the Y Combinator student-conference this summer? Meet other university builders, designers, and founders prior to the conference!

University Mixer (Pre-YC Student Conference)

Atlanta’s largest student-founder networking event. 🚀

Introducing Startup Exchange Summit ATL 2023, sponsored by Fusen World, Tech Square Ventures, Georgia Tech High Impact Learning Initiatives, and Celsius!

​​Through a booth expo, connect with notable startups around Atlanta, such as OneTrust, PrizePicks, and more, plus student entrepreneurs from Georgia Tech, GSU, SCAD, Emory, UGA, KSU, Spelman College, & Morehouse College. 

Our keynote address comes from Kabir Barday, Founder & CEO of OneTrust, the #1 fastest-growing company on the Inc. 500, followed by a featured address from Dylan Cooper, SVP of Revenue at PrizePicks!

​​After, hear pitches from each team part of the Startup Exchange incubator program, as they demo their product to investor judges to compete for $50,000 in prizes. Judges include Donnie Beaver, Senior Tech Advisor to Mayor Andre Dickens, Scott Lopano, Principal at Tech Square Ventures, and Nouf Al Soghyar, Partner at Contrary Capital!

​Are you a startup looking to take on student interns? We have booths available, please register to reserve one!

Startup Exchange Summit ATL Spring 2023

This event is currently exclusive to Startup Exchange Members. If you're not part of the Membership program, you can still register to attend and we'll add you to the waitlist. Join our Membership program at 

Startup Exchange Membership Program is hosting a panel on 

 (Co-chair of the Emerging Companies/Venture Capital practice at Morris, Manning, & Martin, LLP) and 

 (who specializes in drafting and negotiating technology, IP, and software agreements at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP).

They'll be talking about their experiences advising entrepreneurs from in and around Atlanta, how to navigate the startup law/IP ecosystem, and key things that founders should know before seeking legal guidance.

This is a great opportunity to network with like-minded founders based at Georgia Tech and learn more about startup law. Refreshments will be provided!

Meet us at the Tech Square ATL Clubhouse on Friday, March 14th, 2023 at 1:00 pm. See you there!

SX Membership Founders' Friday: Startup Law for Entrepreneurs

If you are a virtual participant, access the workshop 

Metaverse & Generative AI, presented by Elizabeth Strickler

Join Ozan Cakmakci, one of the leading pioneers of Google Glass, as he takes you through the captivating evolution of AR/VR optics development over the past 60 years. 

Discover the key concepts and innovations that have shaped the field, from early optical techniques to advanced holographic displays, and gain a deep understanding of how these approaches have influenced the current state of AR/VR optics. Through this talk, you'll also explore exciting possibilities for the future of AR/VR optics, and learn from one of the leading experts in the industry. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, this is an unmissable opportunity to stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in the field. Don't miss out on this unique chance to expand your knowledge and learn from the best.

Google Presents: Approaches in VR/AR Optics

Transform your 3D asset creation workflow into a seamless and effortless process with Nvidia's revolutionary 3D creation collaboration platform, Omniverse. Discover how to harness the limitless potential of this platform and unleash your creativity with insights from the team from Nvidia. Learn how to leverage the Omniverse platform to unlock new possibilities in 3D asset creation. 

Nvidia's experts will guide you through the features and capabilities of this cutting-edge technology, sharing practical tips and tricks to optimize your workflow and maximize your output.

Nvidia Presents: Getting started with Nvidia's Omniverse

Discover how the Metaverse is transforming businesses with Accenture's expert team. This talk explores the transformative potential of the Metaverse, how it connects businesses with customers in new ways, and opens up new revenue channels. Gain practical insights and real-world examples of how companies are using this technology to drive growth and enhance customer experiences. Join Accenture now and unlock the full potential of the Metaverse to transform your business.

Accenture Presents: How the Metaverse is transforming businesses 

This discussion will focus on the use of virtual reality (VR) technology for prototyping in various industries, including product design, architecture, and engineering. 

We will examine the advantages of using VR for prototyping, such as the ability to visualize and interact with designs in a realistic and immersive environment, as well as the potential for faster and more efficient iteration. 

However, we will also address the challenges of using VR for prototyping, such as the cost of equipment and software, the need for specialized expertise, and potential limitations in the accuracy and precision of virtual models.

ZenVR Presents: Prototyping in Virtual Reality

Come and join the Georgia Tech Extended Reality Student Org (

) team sponsored by Meta and learn how to create your first XR App from scratch! No prior experience is necessary, but having some knowledge about Object Oriented Programming would be helpful. We will guide you in building a Virtual Reality Space Simulator Application for Meta Quest Headset using Unity3D and C#. Don't worry if you don't know either of them as we will provide step-by-step instructions. Before we begin, please make sure you have installed the specific version of Unity and have pulled the starter project from our GitHub Repository. We will update both of these resources here soon.

If you are a virtual participant, access the workshop here: https://tinyurl.com/immersegtzoom

GTXR Presents: Build your first XR Meta app from scratch

 present: Disrupting an Industry with Content, featuring Dan Porter, Founder & CEO of 

Overtime is changing the way teens play and watch sports and perhaps upending an entire industry. More recently, Overtime has launched leagues of its own for aspiring NBA and NFL players. Overtime Elite, which premiered last year, is a year-round basketball program for 16- to 20-year-olds. It’s based out of a 103,000-square-foot arena and training center that Overtime built at a converted warehouse in Atlanta. 

In just six years, Overtime has attracted 65 million followers across more than 80 channels it runs on social platforms. And in August, Overtime announced it had raised another $100 million on top of the $140 million it already had. The company is now worth half a billion dollars, and investors include Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ’86, the owners of Formula One, Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant, and 6 percent of active NBA players.

Disrupting an Industry Through Content, featuring Dan Porter, Founder & CEO of Overtime

Hear from a panel of CREATE-X alumni about their journey through entrepreneurship at Georgia Tech, including Tim Felbinger (founder of StartProto), Zea Khorramabadi (co-founder of StrideLink), and Daniele De Mari (founder of Neorogram)! Food + drinks are also served, courtesy of Georgia Tech CREATE-X.

Tim Felbinger is the founder and CEO of StartProto, a cloud software company that provides innovative solutions to small to mid-sized manufacturers. StartProto seamlessly connects the shop floor, data, and management on one cloud platform, making it easier for manufacturers to manage their operations and scale their businesses. After graduation from Georgia Tech, Tim immediately put his education to work by starting StartProto. With a degree in Electrical Engineering, Tim's passion for technology and commitment to delivering high-quality solutions has helped StartProto to grow rapidly and make a significant impact in the manufacturing industry.

Marzeah Khorramabadi is a recent Georgia Tech Computer Engineering graduate and is co-founder of StrideLink. StrideLink’s mission is to make remote gait monitoring technology a crucial and widespread tool used to track patient outcomes.

Daniele De Mari is the Founder and CEO of Neurogram. She was born and raised in Brazil and moved to the US to study neuroscience at Georgia Tech. Daniele has worked in research labs since her first semester at Tech. Daniele also worked as an EEG technician in Brazil in 2020 and after unexpectedly saving a patient's life by detecting that he was having a seizure in the middle of an EEG scan, she created Neurogram. Neurogram is an artificial intelligence platform that, with machine learning applied to brain scans, increases the time of neurological diseases diagnosis. She has closed a partnership with a neurology company and a medical association with more than 50 hospitals around Brazil, yielding a $4m valuation.

Founders' Forum: From Student to Startup

Come grab some waffles 🧇 (on us!) and join us for an informal hour of whiteboarding 📝 ! We will be adopting an open-conversation style event where you can grab a seat at any table you want. Tables are split by what industry you are interested in (finance, crypto, healthtech, etc) and by what you are interested in becoming/pursuing one day (founder, VC, investor, etc). If you are building anything interesting, do not hesitate to come directly and say hi to Nouf 👋 

 12:30pm ET at Tech Square ATL Social Club. 

Waffles & Whiteboarding

Learn the ropes of entrepreneurship through our 9-week course that covers topics ranging from customer discovery, to revenue channels.

Our mentorship lowers the barrier to entry for students looking to break into the world of startups. During the course, students have the chance to develop a pitch, and to receive feedback that will enable them to bring the idea to life.

The class is open to all Georgia Tech students. All materials are posted online so that anyone can follow and take the class on their own time.

Topics covered: Why be a founder? What are startups? Skills to develop. What is tech twitter? Co-founders/team.

Week 1: Generating ideas for greatness (2/16)

Topics covered: How do you get ideas? (forge vs find mentality) Explaining your ideas well. How to know whether you have a good idea?

Week 3: Building the simplest thing that works and talking to people / Why you want everything to break constantly all the time (3/2)

Topics covered - PMF and how to get there. Building a pre-mvp mvp. How do you talk to users/potential users? How to do cold emails/cold dms

Topics covered - What is venture capital and why/when do you need it

Week 5: Telling good stories (Guest speaker - Brandy Nagel) (3/16)

Topics covered - How to tell narratives about your business, and how to pitch

Week 6: Building great and lasting companies (3/30)

Topics covered - Prolly culture, hiring, etc. idk. We need a Sean Henry for this one.

Week 7: So you’re not ready to be a founder? (4/6)

Startup Exchange Mentorship Spring 2023

Join Startup Exchange at the Tech Square ATL Social Club to hear us give information about our three programs: Mentorship, Fellowship, and Membership! Come get to know other entrepreneurial-minded students at Tech, and grab a bite if needed (pizza's on us)!

Startup Exchange Semester Kickoff

Introducing SX Summit ATL presented by Startup Exchange: Connecting founders and funders through a celebration of innovation & creativity, here in the heart of Atlanta. 

SX Summit ATL offers students an opportunity to learn from notable founders & leaders in venture management, to gain access to opportunities at startups, and to connect with student founders.

Through a booth expo, connect with notable startups around Atlanta, plus student entrepreneurs from Georgia Tech, GSU, Emory University, UGA, Spelman College, & Morehouse College.

Then, hear from Microsoft for Startups about the journey from Zero to One: idea to product.

After, hear pitches from each team part of the Startup Exchange incubator program, as they compete for cash prizes and demo their product to investor judges to showcase their team's hard work.

Are you a startup looking to take on student interns? Visit 

Startup Exchange Summit ATL

Join us next FRIDAY, November 18th for our latest General Body Meeting (open to both  SX members + general public)! 🚀 

Hear from Jeff Chen, Director of Marketing at 

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