Pursue ATLAtlanta builders
Atlanta's Discord for builders · open now

Atlanta has a thousand rooms. This is the one you need.

Stop bouncing between Eventbrites, dead Slacks, and pitch nights that aren't for you. Pursue ATL is the shortcut — one Discord, the real builders, a calendar that actually works, and a weekly read that respects your time.

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Pursue

ATL

Builders helping builders.

A room to build & grow together.

Why this exists

Atlanta's startup tech ecosystem is everywhere — and nowhere.

Accelerators in Tech Square. Founders in coffee shops. Operators at Atlanta Tech Village. Students at Georgia Tech, Emory, GSU, Spelman, Morehouse. Pitch nights, demo days, group chats you don't even know exist. The scene is here. It's just impossible to find from the outside.

Pursue ATL is the map.

One Discord pulling Atlanta's founders, operators, students, and ecosystem builders into the same room. The scene stops being scattered. You stop feeling like you got here a week too late.

What's inside

Free to join, free to leave.

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Discord

The room

One server, channels for what you're building and where you study. Show up when it's useful.

Weekly

Office hours

“Show us what you're building.” A live voice room every Thursday at 7pm ET.

Calendar

ATL events, all in one

Every founder meetup, pitch night, workshop, and office hours — pulled into one place so you stop hearing about them a week late.

See the calendar
Sundays · 8am

Weekly newsletter

Five AI moves that mattered, three ATL openings, one thing to ignore. Under three minutes.

Who's in the room

The people you've been trying to find.

Any stage. Any campus. Any neighborhood. If you're building something in or near Atlanta, this is the shortcut to the rest of us.

Founders
Aspiring founders
Student founders
Operators
Ecosystem builders
How it works

Four steps from applying to fully in the room.

Pursue ATL is application-only — so here's exactly what to expect, start to finish. No surprises.

  1. Step 1

    Apply

    Submit the application form — about two minutes. Tell us what you're building and what you're looking for.

    2-minute form
  2. Step 2

    Get approved

    Every application is vetted by a human. A yes arrives as an email with your Discord invite and a link to your AI onboarding interview.

    Reviewed by hand
  3. Step 3

    Onboard & introduce yourself

    Complete the quick AI interview so we learn your goals — then join the Discord and post an intro. Admins unlock every channel once you do.

    Full access
  4. Step 4

    Participate

    That's it — you're fully in. Jump into office hours, events, and the rest of the community.

    You're fully in

Ready?

Two minutes to apply. Free either way.

Reviewed by hand, usually within 48 hours. A yes is a Discord invite. A no is still a real reply.