Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

For 10 years, New2Knox has helped young professionals build a life outside of work in Knoxville. On Sept. 13, they're inviting the city to celebrate at a Knoxville Friendship Fair.

The overlap in resilience, teamwork and leadership between athletics and business ran through every session of the day.

The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center caps its 2026 cohort on September 9 at The Square Room, with founders working in energy, healthcare, AI, and industrial software.

The three will develop, test and validate advanced analytics tools for electric distribution systems. The goal is to move new algorithms from prototype to field in mere months.

Participating founders with the UT Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation underwent a 10-week crashcourse in entrepreneurship, guided by mentors and industry experts from across Knoxville’s startup ecosystem.

This Knox-based fintech startup's goal is to become the trusted verification layer for complex income across mortgage, commercial, consumer, SBA and specialty lending.

"Our Hermes 2 will be the first fluoride, self-cooled, high-temperature reactor to regenerate 50 megawatts for the Tennessee Valley. The work we're doing here is about more than one plant, though. We are creating a blueprint to scale nuclear power across the U.S., and NuCAMP is part of that," said Mike McGuire, VP of operations and site delivery.

A partnership between CIS and CECS brings together emerging technology experts and manufacturers across the state to help upskill workers in AI without losing the human touch.