The game is on in Atlanta, and we're bringing home the hardware 🏆 Our region has officially been named the #1 City for Sports Business in America by @SBJ! This honor is a testament to the business community, civic leadership, and collaborative spirit that make Sports More Than Sports in our region. Congratulations to our partners across the region who help make this city the best in the nation for sports business. @ATLSportsCncl

Critical missions. Advanced technology. Global Impact. Built right here in metro Atlanta. ✈️ At its Marietta, Georgia, facility, @LockheedMartin has delivered the first C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft for new U.S. Navy missions. The aircraft will help the Navy communicate critical commands to its nuclear-armed submarines, even during a national emergency. It’s another example of the advanced manufacturing, defense innovation and industry expertise that make metro Atlanta a key player in the nation’s aerospace and defense ecosystem. @LMNews

What does it take to build an Atlanta startup into a billion-dollar success story? 🚀 At @VentureAtlanta Conference, Metro Atlanta Chamber's Chief Innovation and Marketing Officer Alex Gonzalez (@AlexGInnovation) joined Adam Wexler, co-founder of Atlanta-based @PrizePicks, for the panel 'Built in Atlanta, Sold for Billions'. From launching a startup to scaling a sports technology company, Wexler’s journey highlights the ambition, innovation, and entrepreneurial talent that show why Atlanta is Built For Business.

Ladies, we’re Dreaming right alongside you. 💙❤️ Atlanta is all in as the Dream take the court for the @WNBA Finals...and yes, that includes our four-legged fans too. Big fans of the ball. Even bigger fans of you. 🐶🏀 Let’s go, @AtlantaDream! Bring it home! @CityofAtlanta | @StateFarmArena | @downtownatlanta

Big ideas. Bold founders. Capital ready to move. 🏙️ @VentureAtlanta Conference brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and business leaders to put the Southeast’s next big opportunities on the map. As one of the country’s premier venture capital conferences, it shines a spotlight on the startups shaping what’s next and the connections helping them get there. Atlanta’s innovation economy is growing, and the next big thing could start right here.

Creating the next breakthrough in AI? Solving the world's biggest challenges? At Georgia Tech, you can do that. 🐝🤖 @GeorgiaTech has unveiled Nexus, a next-generation AI supercomputer designed to accelerate scientific discovery across fields like drug discovery, neuroscience, energy, aerospace, and advanced manufacturing. Backed by a $20 million investment from the National Science Foundation (@NSF), Nexus will make at least 90% of its computing capacity available to researchers nationwide, expanding access to the technology powering tomorrow’s breakthroughs. It’s one more way Atlanta’s world-class research institutions and thriving tech ecosystem are helping drive the breakthroughs of tomorrow. @CabreraAngel | @CityofAtlanta

AI is moving fast, and Atlanta has a lot to bring to the conversation. 🤖 That was on display at the 2026 AI Summit at Avant South, where @atlchamber Chief Economist @DrJerryParrish, joined Ana Lenoir Minter, Principal at @RSMUSLLP; @RonnieChatterji, Chief Economist at @OpenAI; and Tim Lieuwen, Interim President at @GeorgiaTech. Together, they explored what Atlanta’s mix of research, talent, investment, and public-private collaboration could mean for the region’s role in applied AI.

Atlanta’s AI ambitions are backed by more than $1 billion in investment. 🤖 @GeorgiaTech and @EmoryUniversity are combining their strengths in technology, research, healthcare, and talent to help position Atlanta as a national leader in applied AI. From advanced computing and workforce development to medical breakthroughs and real-world business applications, these investments are building the infrastructure and expertise companies need to innovate, grow, and compete. Atlanta isn’t just preparing for the future of AI. We’re building it.

Atlanta doesn’t just connect the dots. It connects the world. 🌎 With a world-class airport, major interstates, extensive rail infrastructure, and direct connections to Georgia’s deepwater ports, metro Atlanta gives businesses the access they need to move goods, reach markets, and grow globally. Swipe through to see how our connected infrastructure keeps business moving.

Atlanta’s tech scene isn’t just growing. It’s growing together. 🤝 Across metro Atlanta, tech hubs are connecting talent, companies, and ideas to fuel innovation and create new opportunities. That spirit of collaboration is a big part of what makes this region such a dynamic place to build and scale a tech company. We spoke with the leaders behind tech hubs across the region to find out why Atlanta is the next place to be for tech, and how working together is helping move the entire ecosystem forward. 🚀 @107ATP | @atdc | @ATLTechVillage | @riceatlanta

Big wins. Bigger global ambitions. 🌎🏆 Last night, metro Atlanta businesses took the stage for the Metro Export Challenge’s annual Pitch Day competition, showcasing their global ambitions and competing for $30,000 in funding to help take their businesses to the next level. The event also celebrated the program’s 10-year anniversary. Our winners are: 🥇 Integrated Environmental Services, Inc. — $15,000 award recipient 🥈 Adravision — $10,000 award recipient 🥉 @KahuaInc — $5,000 award recipient A big thank-you to our sponsors and partners who make this program possible: @Delta, @DecideDeKalb, Partnership Gwinnett, the Georgia Department of Economic Development (@gdecd), NRW.Global Business, the International Trade Administration (@TradeGov), @SelectCobb, @SelectFulton, and the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center (@ugasbdc). Here’s to helping more Georgia businesses compete and grow on the global stage. 🌍

What happens when tariffs hit Georgia-made and Georgia-grown products? From advanced manufacturing to poultry, cotton, soybeans, and pecans, trade policy can have a very real impact on the businesses that power Georgia’s economy. In the latest edition of Georgia by the Numbers, Metro Atlanta Chamber's Chief Economist Dr. Jerry Parrish (@DrJerryParrish) looks at how rising tariffs and trade uncertainty are affecting Georgia’s export economy, and what it means for businesses planning, operating, and growing across the state.

Sometimes, growth starts by getting in the right room. After receiving a grant through the Metro Export Challenge, Atlanta-based Cooper’s Gourmet – a producer of gourmet cheese straws and snacks – used the funds to exhibit at an international air show in California. The opportunity put Cooper’s Gourmet products in front of major corporations and opened the door to new business relationships far beyond its home market. For a growing Atlanta company, that kind of exposure can turn an unexpected opportunity into a new path for growth. It’s a powerful example of what can happen when Metro Atlanta companies get the opportunity to compete globally: new connections create new possibilities, and a little Atlanta flavor can go a long way.

One Atlanta company. A global mission. A world of opportunity. With support from the Metro Export Challenge, Atlanta-based life sciences company LivFul expanded its innovative insect repellent into international markets. In Hong Kong, LivFul partnered with one of the region’s largest pharmaceutical companies. In Ghana, a local partnership grew into a self-sustaining business that created jobs in the community. Today, @LivFulinc continues to develop and distribute health solutions through partners around the world. It’s a powerful example of what can happen when Metro Atlanta companies get the opportunity to compete globally: new markets create new partnerships, global growth creates local opportunity, and an Atlanta company can make an impact far beyond its borders.

For Graham-Field, going global meant getting its products in front of the right people. 🌎 When Atlanta-based healthcare manufacturer Graham-Field participated in the Metro Export Challenge, it used its $5,000 grant to expand its international trade show participation and reach new customers. The investment helped Graham-Field showcase its U.S.-made healthcare products to international audiences and build on its growing export business. When metro Atlanta companies get the opportunity to compete globally, it means opening new markets, creating new customers, and helping Atlanta-made products reach the world.

For Aventure Aviation (@AventureAviator), the world was already its market. Metro Export Challenge helped it go even further. Atlanta-based Aventure Aviation participated in the inaugural Metro Export Challenge in 2016, where the company received a $5,000 grant before going on to win the competition’s $20,000 first-place prize. Aventure Aviation used its grant to exhibit at the Marrakech Air Show in Morocco, which put the company in front of new international customers and led to several contracts, including a new three-year agreement worth more than $5 million. For Aventure, the opportunity to take its business to an international audience turned one trade show into new relationships, new contracts, and millions in new business.

Turning a $5,000 grant into global opportunity. 🍷 In 2022, Atlanta-based data analytics company Enolytics received grant funding from the Metro Export Challenge, using its $5,000 award to join a U.S. Commercial Service Women in Technology Trade Mission. The weeklong mission took @Enolytics to Amsterdam, Lisbon, and Paris for business-to-business meetings with potential international partners and clients. By the end of the trip, the company had identified several promising leads interested in its services. And the relationships didn’t end when the trip did. On a recent visit to Lisbon, the Enolytics team reconnected with contacts they first met during the 2022 mission to revisit new opportunities. As the company has evolved, so have the needs of international companies, making those relationships a foundation for an ongoing conversation about where new opportunities can emerge. It’s a powerful example of what can happen when Metro Atlanta companies get the opportunity to compete globally: one opportunity can open new markets, create lasting connections, and put Atlanta innovation in front of customers around the world.