Hypepotamus: What AIRBNB’s Atlanta Office Means for the Local Startup Scene

Posted on
Atlanta skyline

After a year of searching for the perfect home in Atlanta, Airbnb is officially putting down roots on the Westside.

The tech giant announced it will move its Tech Hub into Encore, a Georgia Tech-affiliated office inside the live-work-play space The Interlock. It will initially take up 5,000 of the 50,000 square foot space, with plans to expand in the future.

Nia Brown, Airbnb’s Southeast Public Policy Manager, told Hypepotamus that the “biggest gift of the space is its proximity to GA Tech, its students, and talent pool.”

Read the full article at Hypepotamus.

RELATED POSTS

Atlanta Voice: Atlanta-based music technology company simplifies licensing proces

May 16, 2022
Sustainability-focused delivery service The Rounds, which delivers private-label and local home and food products direct to users’ doors, is ready to test its model in a new kind of city....
Read More »

Atlanta Inno: Georgia Tech students who won InVenture Prize aim to speed up tornado insurance claims

May 15, 2022
Rightsholder.io is the first product of Music Tech Works, and is a copyright research platform with a database of over 60 million songs that gives clear publishing and master recording...
Read More »

Be a community partner in the 4th industrial revolution.

Learn More

US Tech Future is a Verizon-led community-focused initiative working to engage the local community in a discussion about technology and how it can improve the lives of local residents for their benefit and the benefit of the community as a whole.

Our mission is to engage with citizens and community stakeholders in USA to provide information on how technology can work to have a dramatic impact on the way we work and live in our communities.

@TheUSTechFuture