Aquagenuity’s Water Quality Data Platform Is Looking to Go Global

Doll Avant, center, was named one of Apple's Impact Accelerator participants in 2022, another door opened for the Atlanta-based entrepreneur.

What started as a journey to evaluate and track local water quality in the U.S. has taken a global turn for Aquagenuity, the Atlanta tech platform now riding a wave of international interest. 

No Quick Fixes for Atlanta Sustainability Startups, Mobility Giants Tackling Systemic Global Problems 

Mobility giants SK Battery America and Michelin shared insights from their massive Georgia investments and how their international parent companies continue to innovate on sustainability initiatives.

Systems tend to work pretty well for the stakeholders who created them, but startups from Atlanta are taking the long road to disruption, implementing new technologies with global impact.

Event Recap: How Atlanta Companies — and Students — Are Cultivating a Greener World

Circular City: How Atlanta Trades Sustainability Innovations with the World August 28, 2025Atlanta International School – Sandy Springs Set in a forest along the Chattahoochee River, Atlanta International School’s new… Continue reading Event Recap: How Atlanta Companies — and Students — Are Cultivating a Greener World

KNAPP’s Cobb Presence Supports U.S. Growth Amid Shifting Logistics Landscape

Knapp's AeroBot is an example of how it's innovating to meet the rapidly evolving logistics needs of customers.

When KNAPP Inc. first set up shop in the United States in 1997, its founders opened the company’s first U.S. office in a Cartersville garage.

Today, the Kennesaw-based subsidiary of Austrian automation provider KNAPP AG employs over 1,100 people nationwide—roughly half of them in Cobb County—and plays a key role in shaping the future of logistics and supply chain automation in North America.

Meet the Georgia-Based Software Helping Global Brands Make Their Packaging Recyclable 

CIRT was inspired in part by UGA research on ocean plastics.

Anyone who has stood, trash in hand, before a bin with segmented receptacles knows just how hard it can be in the moment of disposal to make what could be practically an eternal decision — at least when plastics are involved. CIRT Inc. is trying to change that.

Atlanta Firm Holds the Key to Getting More Golf Carts on the Road — and Cutting Global Emissions 

XiQ's FleetQi push-button admission modification boosts security and trackability for golf cart owners, turning their vehicles into IoT devices generating troves of data.

For Atlantans accustomed to battling interstate traffic, a three-mile commute may seem like a dream.  But it’s one that more people around the world are making a reality, says XiQ… Continue reading Atlanta Firm Holds the Key to Getting More Golf Carts on the Road — and Cutting Global Emissions 

Atlanta’s Acuity Opens Ireland Innovation Hub

Acuity executives meet with Minister of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation Jack Chambers as they open a new software-focused innovation hub in Cork, Ireland.

Acuity Inc. has opened a new software and research hub in Ireland as the Atlanta-based company invests more heavily into its innovation infrastructure.

Springboard Forum: Europe Pitches Stability to Investors in Light of U.S. Tariff Uncertainty 

Springboard to Europe for nearly a decade has focused on helping companies take the plunge in Europe.

Mercurial U.S. trade policy has injected instability and uncertainty into the global economy, forcing a strange dichotomy when it comes to cross-border investment, experts said.