Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

UT already has more than 30 faculty working in quantum materials research and 10 more focused on quantum hardware and software. Over the next four years, K-Quantum plans to add up to 10 additional faculty with quantum expertise.

If you’re plugged into Knoxville’s startup scene, you already know Max Gallinek‘s name. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) sophomore has built more ventures before his junior year than most people attempt in a lifetime.

A move that the UT Research Park says will strengthen East Tennessee's growing healthcare and biosciences innovation hub.

Sessions Wellness on Deane Hill opened in early 2026 to offer a range of hormone and peptide treatments, red light therapy, contrast therapy, IV therapy, hyperbaric chambers, and more.

The new facility is touted to add more than 230 jobs to the Knoxville area, with operations commencing in the late fall.

Since 2021, TVA's School Uplift program has offered schools energy efficiency training and funding, investing $13 million in more than 440 schools and helping them cut energy bills by an average of 10% through simple behavioral changes.

For aivato's founder, there are only two options in the age of AI: lead your field or become irrelevant. He chose to lead with what he calls the world's first AI platform built specifically for automotive EDS engineering.

An environmental testing lab in West Knoxville has spent decades on the front lines of the region’s DOE and DOD decommissioning missions and cleanup efforts, and the work is far from finished.