Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

The winning companies include a menstrual relief wearable, youth sports streaming, and a noise suppression device for people with auditory triggers.

Fibarcode is labeling reimagined. Iezzi's permanent textile labels offer trust, traceability and sustainable lifecycle management.

Nashville-based AI medical billing platform, Exactrx, claimed the 3686 Pitch Competition's $10K prize designed to help the startup "go bigger."

For its 13th year, Tennessee's flagship entrepreneurial conference brought together founders, investors, and innovators for a day of programming on quantum, AI, energy, and the future of the state's innovation economy.

Hear from co-founder Marcos Perez on the company's background, its mission and why scaling in East Tennessee is strategic. 

The Knoxville startup uses GPS trackers and dashboards to teach coding through youth soccer. Founder Gus Alvarez-Suchini pitches on 865 Fest's main stage Sept. 29.

The plan calls for the development of 40 acres on the west side of Vanderbilt's campus to be reinvented as an "innovation neighborhood."

The clinic's next milestone is just as ambitious as its founders: turning a historic, empty National Guard armory into an innovative health and community resource.