Community Meetup
The North Star community gathered at ATDC
First GenAI Demo Day
Founders and builders presenting AI projects
Builders at Work
Deep work sessions inside the ecosystem
Community Session
Founders, builders, and partners connecting
Workshop Wednesday
Hands-on AI workshops every Wednesday
Pitch Brainstorm
Founders workshopping their narratives
Beyond Code Collective Launch
Partner launch event at North Star AI Labs
Builders Collaborating
Cross-functional teams building together
Student Entrepreneurs
Georgia Tech students building AI startups
Community Discussion
Open conversations shaping the ecosystem
GT AI Club
GT AI Club members connecting with founders
Community Meetup
The North Star community gathered at ATDC
First GenAI Demo Day
Founders and builders presenting AI projects
Builders at Work
Deep work sessions inside the ecosystem
Community Session
Founders, builders, and partners connecting
Workshop Wednesday
Hands-on AI workshops every Wednesday
Pitch Brainstorm
Founders workshopping their narratives
Beyond Code Collective Launch
Partner launch event at North Star AI Labs
Builders Collaborating
Cross-functional teams building together
Student Entrepreneurs
Georgia Tech students building AI startups
Community Discussion
Open conversations shaping the ecosystem
GT AI Club
GT AI Club members connecting with founders
Built for the people turning AI ideas into real work.
An ecosystem where founders bring the vision, builders bring the skills, sponsors and investors bring the resources, expertise, and access to help them grow.
Founders
You have an AI idea or early company and need builders, co-founders, users, or capital. This is where you find them.
AI builders
Engineers, designers, students, and researchers looking for real projects. Find meaningful work alongside founders who need your skills.
Sponsors
Companies that want real presence in the Atlanta and Southeast AI scene — reaching founders and builders early and backing the next wave of AI companies.
Investors
Angels, VCs, and scouts who want early visibility into AI companies being built here — meeting teams while they're still shipping, not pitching.
Georgia's first AI lab open to the public.
North Star AI Labs started with a clear gap: Georgia's startups needed to transform to AI-first, but there was no resource to help them do it. James Harris and John Avery built North Star at ATDC to fill that gap — a public lab where founders, builders, students, and partners work on real AI projects together.
390+
Community members
5+
Hackathons in 2025/2026
120+
Project Board members
Built within the ATDC startup ecosystem.
North Star AI Labs operates within ATDC, Georgia's startup incubator and innovation hub — giving our community access to space, programming, and a broader ecosystem of founders and resources.
Turn AI startup needs into real projects.
The Project Board helps founders, builders, and partners discover each other, share opportunities, and collaborate on real AI startup work.
Browse members
Find collaborators by role, skills, and interests.
Post project needs
Share what you're building and what support you need.
Review matches
See recommended matches and invite people who fit.
Apply to projects
Apply to projects that match your skills and availability.
Coffee talks, workshops, demo nights.
Small-format sessions for founders, builders, and partners serious about AI and startup execution.
Secure the partnerships that power AI startups.
North Star AI Labs works with organizations that can contribute programming, software, infrastructure, equipment, and funding to help founders and builders move faster.
We structure support across multiple partnership paths so organizations can contribute in ways that match their strengths and goals.
Become a partnerProgramming Partner
Support founder and builder programming through workshops, talks, meetups, hackathons, and ecosystem events.
Funding Partner
Provide financial support for operations, programming, or startup-facing initiatives in exchange for ecosystem access and visibility.
SaaS Resource Partner
Contribute software, cloud compute, AI tooling, model access, technical services, or startup credits for community members.
Equipment Partner
Contribute hardware, infrastructure, furniture, or physical lab resources that expand hands-on access for founders and builders.