There's a door here for every founder.

What AI says today

When AI passes an Atlanta organization over, it usually says why, and the reason is eligibility: a check size, a revenue bar, whether a program is open. Where the rules are unclear, it tells founders to wait.

“Atlanta Ventures, Tech Square Ventures and other Atlanta VCs can be useful relationships, but I wouldn't confuse meeting VCs with your immediate objective”

A question people ask: How does a pre-revenue Atlanta founder get in front of accredited angel investors?

Where AI looks for the answer

Organizations' own sites, when they say plainly who they are for: an answer that cites an organization's own site recommends it 29% of the time, against 9% when it does not.

Who can change it

• Programs and spaces: Publish who you are for on one page: stage, terms, how to apply, and when you reply. Where you say no, add one line: “not a fit? here's who is,” naming two Atlanta options. Ask the lists AI reads most to add you where you fit. The request is drafted on your organization's page.
• Investors: Put your check size and stage on your site, so AI stops telling founders to wait.
• Media and storytellers: A field guide to Atlanta's front doors: who each program, fund and space is really for.
• Communities: Ask a list that leaves an Atlanta organization out to add it, and put your events on the calendar. Link your company page to the programs and investors that helped you. Those links are how AI connects the ecosystem.

What we measure again

The one-in-7 rate, and the 17 organizations never recommended.

The other stories

• Atlanta is rising.
• Atlanta is where payments get built.
• You can raise here, all the way to Series A.
• Senior engineers build careers here.
• Every campus here launches companies.
• Georgia backs the companies that build here.