Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

Naomi Asher, founder of The Maven Consulting LLC, helps local businesses scale their leadership development.

After closing for a couple of years, Codestock returned to Knoxville, greeted by more than 500 registrants for the annual developers conference.

For the first time in two decades, the second-tallest building in Knoxville's skyline is under local management.

"The opportunity to take advantage of the resources that we have right here in Knoxville and in Tennessee is astounding. The only way we are going to learn and understand more is by working together," said CGI's Chief Technology Officer Dave Henderson.

Two SEC attorneys joined UTK's Haseeb Qureshi to walk through the capital-raising compliance landscape and warn founders what's at stake if they get it wrong.

The Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Development and the UT Research Foundation provide $50,000 in tech transfer grants to each of the five 2026 winners.

At a standing room only event at PYA's headquarters in Knoxville, Chamber president and CEO Mike Odom released the 13 action items for the city's innovation strategy.

Muse Knoxville hosted its 13th Annual 'Muse for All' Luncheon on Tuesday at the Jacob Building, celebrating about 140,000 people impacted in FY 2024-25.