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Corporate Innovation Centers

Metro Atlanta is home to 40+ corporate innovation centers. These innovation centers act as collaborative hubs for tech talent and innovation resources. Explore this full list of corporate innovation centers across Metro Atlanta.
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Brookhaven

Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub powered by Sharecare

The Emory Healthcare Innovation Hub – emoryhub.com – powered by Sharecare is a premier health care advancement and commercialization program that connects all the pieces of the healthcare continuum to validate, accelerate and realize ideas. Emory Healthcare and Sharecare launched the 10,000-square-foot innovation hub focused on patient care solutions in Emory Executive Park location in 2018.

Downtown

CARE Atlanta Global Innovation Hub

The CARE Atlanta Global Innovation Hub in Downtown Atlanta convenes people and organizations dedicated to defeating poverty by achieving social justice and equity everywhere. The hub is part of the ongoing mission of CARE, the nonprofit, international humanitarian agency that delivers emergency relief and long-term development projects.

Downtown

Deloitte iLabs

The iLab is Deloitte product development center for the Products & Solutions practice that houses prototyping, development and maintenance capabilities for multiple software technologies including wearables, machine learning, advanced analytics and social/mobile. Deloitte opened the 26,000-square foot iLab in Downtown in 2014.

Downtown

EY wavespace

EY opened its wavespace center in Atlanta in 2019 to help companies drive digital business transformation through an immersive experience. In wavespace, EY curates talent and technology, bringing them together in a collaboration proven to energize and align teams so they can solve problems and create outcomes that matter. The 3,598-square-foot Atlanta wavespace, is part of network of 20 wavespace centers around the world.

Downtown

InComm Go Studio

Payments technology company Go Studio is an innovation hub dedicated to developing emerging technologies for customer-centric products and solutions, utilizing blockchain, artificial intelligence, voice assistants and more. The Go Studio opened in 2020 within the company’s Downtown headquarters on Williams Street.

Downtown

finnovate.io

We work with startups to rapidly launch products and features to optimize market fit and stakeholder buy-in. We are more than just your software development team: We are thought partners who help rapidly iterate through product development, and channel continuous feedback into service improvements.

Gwinnett

Envistacom Innovation Center

Defense contractor Envistacom’s innovation center provides customers engineering and testing for solutions in counterterrorism, cybersecurity and satellite communications. The 25,000-square-foot innovation center opened in Duluth in 2017.

Gwinnett

Georgia-Pacific Innovation Institute

The Georgia-Pacific Innovation Institute develops and tests products for the company’s packaging business and analyzes customers’ supply chains to create innovative packaging solutions. The 25,000-square-foot Georgia-Pacific Innovation Institute opened in Norcross in 2014.

Gwinnett

Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security Lab

Honeywell’s Cyber Lab develops and tests new technologies and software to defend industrial facilities and operations from cyber attacks. The 2,000-square-foot Honeywell Industrial Cyber Security Lab opened in Duluth in 2015.

Gwinnett

PolyOne Innovation Center: Suwanee

PolyOne, which provides specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has two innovation centers in metro Atlanta Kennesaw and Suwanee. The centers are focused on color and design, manufacturing and production, testing, prototyping and part analysis.

Gwinnett

Primerica Technology Innovation Center

Primerica, a leading provider of financial services to middle income families in North America, opened its 38,000 square-foot Technology Innovation Center in Duluth in 2019. The center, located three miles from headquarters, will serve as the epicenter of the company’s digital innovation.

Midtown Atlanta

AT&T Drive Studio

AT&T’s Atlanta Drive Studio is the first connected car innovation center in the U.S. to be opened by a wireless carrier. It is a working lab for testing and developing technologies to enhance driving experience by improving safety, convenience and entertainment. AT&T’s 5,000-square-foot drive studio opened on West Peachtree Street in Midtown in 2014.

Midtown Atlanta

AT&T Foundry

As one of six AT&T foundries in the world, AT&T’s Atlanta Foundry is focused on taking ideas to market as quickly as possible. The team works on advanced internet access solutions, software-defined networking, Smart Cities, and emerging video and entertainment applications. AT&T’s 8,000-square-foot foundry opened at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2013

Midtown Atlanta

Accenture Atlanta Innovation Hub

As one of ten Accenture Innovation Hubs in the U.S., the Atlanta hub is a destination where clients can co-innovate with Accenture teams to ideate, rapidly prototype and scale innovative products and services for the digital economy. Accenture’s 30,000-squarefoot innovation hub opened at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2018.

Midtown Atlanta

Anthem Innovation Studio

As Anthem’s national digital hub, the Atlanta innovation studio is focused on enhancing the consumer health care experience, improving quality of care and lowering health care costs. Anthem’s 6,500-square-foot innovation studio opened at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2016.

Midtown Atlanta

BlackRock iHub

BlackRock selected Atlanta in 2018 to establish its first innovation hub in North America. The asset management and technology solutions provider has two other iHubs in India and Budapest. The Atlanta iHub will grow to 1,000 employees.

Midtown Atlanta

Boeing Manufacturing Development Center

Located in Midtown on Georgia Tech’s campus in the Delta Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility, Boeing opened an advanced research center in 2017. The team of Boeing engineers and Georgia Tech students focus on innovative factory automation solutions in aerospace.

Midtown Atlanta

Chick-fil-A Technology Center

At Chick-fil-A’s newest innovation center, Chick-fil-A works with faculty and students from surrounding colleges on digital technology including data analytics, machine learning, AR and IoT. Chick-fil-A’s 6,000-square-foot innovation center opened at The Biltmore building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2018.

Midtown Atlanta

Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz) Lab 1886 USA

Daimler’s Lab 1886 USA is one of Daimler’s four corporate incubators in the world and the first in the U.S. Daimler is focused on commercializing technologies and developing mobile applications and processes for connectivity, sharing, autonomous and electric driving. In 2018, Lab 1886 USA opened in Buckhead within the WeWork coworking space at Terminus. In 2019, Lab 1886 USA moved from Buckhead to Spring Street in Midtown.

Midtown Atlanta

Delta Air Lines "The Hangar" Innovation Center

A team of 25 at Delta’s global innovation center “The Hangar” harness research, design and technology to explore ideas that enable effortless travel. Delta opened the 6,500-square foot space at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2016.

Midtown Atlanta

Elavon "The Greenhouse" Innovation Lab

At “The Greenhouse,” payment processor Elavon is focused on solving FinTech problems and developing solutions for clients and internal processes. Elavon opened “The Greenhouse” as an idea incubator and accelerator on Means Street in Midtown in 2018.

Midtown Atlanta

Emerson "The Helix" Innovation Center

Emerson is focused on development and collaboration on big data and IoT concepts for markets including supermarket refrigeration, food service operations, residential connected homes, data center cooling, industrial refrigeration and light commercial buildings. The 1,600-square-foot space known as “The Helix” opened at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2016.

Midtown Atlanta

Honeywell Connected Enterprise

Honeywell, a Fortune 100 software-industrial company, opened its Midtown operation on Peachtree Street in 2018 with approximately 62,000 square feet. In 2020, Honeywell will double the space for a total of 124,000 square feet. The software innovation division - Honeywell Connected Enterprise is focused on connected technologies for buildings, industrial plants, workers, automobiles and aircraft. software engineers develop software products in the areas of IoT, mobile, cloud computing and data analytics, as well as marketing and user experience.

Midtown Atlanta

Invesco Lab

Invesco, a global investment management firm based in Atlanta, opened Invesco Labs in CODA building in 2020. In this new space, goal is to grow the Strategy Innovation and Planning (SIP) team which focuses on AI, emerging technology, and Intentional Innovation efforts across Invesco. Initial team members include full stack developers responsible for exploring solutions in AI, machine learning, blockchain, NLP, and virtual assistants. The Invesco Labs network includes existing spaces in New York, Houston and India.

Midtown Atlanta

KPMG Ignition Center

At KPMG’s Atlanta innovation hub, developers, data scientists and information architects develop software and services related to data and analytics, mobile, taxes, human resources and cloud computing. The 22,000-square foot KPMG Ignition Center opened on West Peachtree Street in Midtown in 2017.

Midtown Atlanta

Keysight Technologies Software Design Center

Keysight, the world’s leading electronic measurement company, is focused on developing next-generation software for use in the design and test of electronic products being created by Keysight’s customers around the world. In 2016, Keysight opened the center at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square. In 2019, Keysight moved into 50,000 square feet in Midtown’s CODA building.

Midtown Atlanta

NCR Innovation Lab

The NCR Innovation Lab keeps NCR at the forefront of new technologies and innovations including in the areas of artificial intelligence, mobile, big-data, cloud, machine learning and predictive analytics. The lab opened in 2018 within NCR corporate headquarters on Spring Street in Midtown.

Midtown Atlanta

Siemens Data Analytics and Application Center

Siemens is focused on digital services and data analytics to improve operations and safety for rail transportation providers. Siemens Data Analytics and Applications Center opened at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2017

Midtown Atlanta

Southern Company Energy Innovation Center

Southern Company focuses on testing and commercializing next-generation products and services in electric transportation, home automation, energy efficiency, renewables, indoor agriculture and biopharma. The 6,000-square-foot Southern Company Energy Innovation Center opened at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2015

Midtown Atlanta

Stanley Black & Decker Digital Accelerator

Stanley Black & Decker is focused on advancing digital excellence, including mobile apps and digital marketing, across the enterprise. The 5,000-square-foot Stanley Black & Decker Digital Accelerator opened on 10th Street in Midtown in 2015.

Midtown Atlanta

The Home Depot Innovation Center

At The Home Depot Innovation Center, The Home Depot associates, and Georgia Tech students test and develop new technologies to advance retail, supply chain and more. The 6,500-square foot innovation center opened at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2015.

Midtown Atlanta

UCB Solution Accelerator

Pharmaceutical company UCB is focused on improving patient care and patient experience using machine learning and advanced analytics resources. The 2,500-square-foot UCB Solution Accelerator opened at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2016.

Midtown Atlanta

thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas Research

thyssenkrupp Elevator, one of the world’s leading elevator companies, conducts groundbreaking research and creates new products and solutions with Georgia Tech interns. thyssenkrupp Elevator’s Research Innovation Center opened at the Centergy building in Midtown’s Tech Square in 2013 then moved to Midtown’s CODA building in 2019.

North Fulton

Elavon "The Grove" Mobile Innovation

At “The Grove,” payment processor Elavon is focused on creating new technologies for mobile payments and security solutions and expanding existing mobile solutions. The 10,000-squarefoot global innovation center opened within Elavon’s corporate headquarters in Sandy Springs in 2013.

North Fulton

Emory Healthcare/Verizon 5G Lab

In 2020, Verizon and Emory Healthcare partnered to open the first 5G healthcare innovation hub in Sandy Springs. 5G Ultra Wideband will allow researchers the ability to explore solutions such as connected ambulances, remote physical therapy and next-generation medical imaging. Verizon will collaborate with Emory Healthcare and its nine innovation hub partners, including founding partner Sharecare.

North Fulton

First Data Learning & Innovation Center

The First Data Learning & Innovation Center supports the company’s ongoing commitment to learning and innovation in payment technologies and services solutions. The 10,000-square foot space opened within First Data corporate headquarters in Sandy Springs in 2012.

North Fulton

General Motors IT Innovation Center

At GM’s Atlanta IT Innovation Center, the company designs and delivers inhouse IT that drives down the cost of GM’s operations while increasing the level and speed of innovative products and services. The 228,000-square-foot GM IT Innovation Center opened in Roswell in 2013.

Northwest

Novelis Global Research & Technology Center

Novelis develops next-generation solutions for the company’s aluminum can, automotive and specialty customers at its aluminum innovation lab. The 160,000-square-foot Novelis Global Research & Technology Center opened in Kennesaw in 2012.

Northwest

PolyOne Innovation Center: Kennesaw

PolyOne, which provides specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has two innovation centers in metro Atlanta Kennesaw and Suwanee. The centers are focused on color and design, manufacturing and production, testing, prototyping and part analysis.

Northwest

Shaw Industries Create Centre

Flooring manufacturer Shaw Industries is focused on commercial marketing, design and innovation at its 67,000-square-foot Create Centre which opened in Cartersville in 2017. The Shaw Create Center was awarded Fast 2019 Innovation by Design Award in the workplace category.

South

Chick-fil-A "Hatch" Innovation Center

Hatch, 32,000-square-foot Innovation Center, opened in 2012 and is the immersive space designed to make innovation education and application opportunities available to everyone in the organization, and to help move projects through the innovation process as fast and efficiently as possible.

Corporate Innovation: Ambassadors

Meet the Startup Atlanta board members who serve as ambassadors to the community and help curate the resources in this section.
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