Silhouette WorkHub StartUps & Investors Morning Meetup Powered by Silicon Road Ventures Special Edition: Georgia Tech CR

Date and Time

Wednesday, Aug 5, 2026 10am - 12pm

Location

Silhouette
1447 Peachtree St. NW

Details

On August 5, Silhouette Midtown will host a special event highlighting Georgia talent and innovation in our local Atlanta startup culture. Join us from 10 AM -12 PM for a moderated panel discussion and catered networking reception as we celebrate the innovation and creativity that continue to raise Atlanta's profile as a go-to destination for technology.

Bringing together a diverse group of founders from across Georgia Tech's current CREATE-X Launch Startup incubator cohort, the panel will highlight the skills, creativity, and tech savvy emerging from Georgia today.

The panel will feature founders from:

Teclaz, an AI analytics platform that delivers instant clarity on visitor behavior without the complexity and cost of traditional analytics, helping to empower small businesses to turn website traffic into revenue.

Dossi, an insulin pump controller designed to reduce the real-world errors and decision burden that cause automated insulin delivery systems to fall short of their clinical potential.

SENTIA Instruments, a music technology company developing tactile musical interfaces built on proprietary haptic technology and accessibility-first design principles that make digital creativity more intuitive, expressive, and accessible.

Penny Wars, a fundraising platform that helps nonprofits increase participation through fun, community-based giving competitions.

Press Box Toolkit, an all-in-one platform for the people who run a high school press box that brings rosters, music, sponsors, and game information together in one place, then builds the game-day run of show so the announcements, music, and sponsor reads all happen on cue.

The event will be moderated by Janel Urena, Co-Founder of Teclaz, who brings a wealth of hands-on technology startup experience building field, channel, and growth marketing functions at Redis, Elastic, Zscaler, Riverbed, Leapwork, and BroadVision. She holds a JD from the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, and a BA in Anthropology from Stanford University.

Additional Event Information including Company information and Founder bios
Silhouette WorkHub Startups & Investors Morning Meetup

Special Edition: Georgia Tech CREATE-X Launch

Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Time: 10:00 a.m. - Noon

Location: Silhouette WorkHub, 1447 Peachtree St NE STE 700, Atlanta, GA 30309, USA

Shannon Martis

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Panel Moderator:

Janel Urena

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelurena/

Bio: Janel Urena is a Co-Founder of Teclaz and brings a wealth of hands-on technology startup experience building field, channel, and growth marketing functions at Redis, Elastic, Zscaler, Riverbed, SafeNet (acquired by Thales), CipherTrust (acquired by Secure Computing), and BroadVision. She holds a JD from the University of California Los Angeles School of Law, and a BA in Anthropology from Stanford University.

Teclaz: https://teclaz.com/

Teclaz empowers small businesses to turn website traffic into revenue through an AI analytics platform that delivers instant clarity on visitor behavior without the complexity and cost of traditional analytics. Setup Teclaz in 5 minutes with one snippet of code with 0 implementation, services, and maintenance costs. See your businSess through your customers' eyes by knowing exactly what happens on your website allowing you to focus on what grows your bottom line. Stop guessing and start knowing what marketing campaigns drive revenue to optimize your marketing spend. Go beyond raw data and reports by using Teclaz AI analytics to identify trends, uncover opportunities, and recommend actions that help you improve conversions and grow revenue. Teclaz is a Georgia Tech CREATE-X Launch Startup, a Google for Startups company, and a Google Cloud Partner. Start for free at teclaz.com.

Bio: RJ Urena is a Co-Founder of Teclaz and leads the company’s pulse on technology trends, adoption, and how to eliminate friction points. He is double majoring in Computer Science and Statistics at Duke University, where he is a head undergraduate teaching assistant and involved in undergraduate research. He is currently helping develop a LLM model for the early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease and investigating how student self-reported learning beliefs impact their academic help-seeking.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardojurena/

Dossi: https://hellodossi.com/

Dossi is an insulin pump controller designed to reduce the real-world errors and decision burden that cause automated insulin delivery systems to fall short of their clinical potential. Its goal is to help people with type 1 diabetes spend more time in range with less day-to-day effort.

Bio: Casey Dunham is the founder of Dossi and an incoming sophomore at Georgia Tech studying industrial design. She is interested in using human-centered design and technology to build products that address meaningful, real-world problems. Casey is currently developing Dossi through Georgia Tech’s CREATE-X Startup Launch program. Her perspective is also shaped by her experience in diabetes advocacy and mentoring young people and families affected by type 1 diabetes.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-dunham/

SENTIA Instruments: https://www.sentiainstruments.com/

SENTIA Instruments is a music technology company developing tactile musical interfaces that make digital creativity more intuitive, expressive, and accessible. Built on proprietary haptic technology and accessibility-first design principles, SENTIA creates products with a low learning curve and a high expressive ceiling, making them approachable for beginners while remaining powerful for professional performers. Its debut product, TILES, combines touch, pressure sensing, and localized haptic feedback to create a more physical, engaging, and human approach to musical interaction.

Bio: Mats Cevallos is the Founder and CEO of SENTIA Instruments. With a background spanning music technology, composition, interaction design, and creative technology, Mats has led the development of interactive installations, performances, and experimental systems presented in artistic, educational, and public contexts. Mats holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music Composition and recently completed a Master of Science in Music Technology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where research focused on haptics, embodied interaction, and accessible musical interfaces. Through SENTIA, Mats is bringing research-driven technologies into products designed to make digital music more intuitive, expressive, and human.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matias-cevallos-275669145/

Penny Wars: https://pennywars.io/

Penny Wars is a fundraising platform that helps nonprofits increase participation through fun, community-based giving competitions.

Bio: Sarah Milligan is a Georgia Tech student passionate about helping nonprofits succeed. She founded a youth robotics program serving 400+ students, co-founded the annual Detroit City Championship robotics event bringing together hundreds more, and launched her town's first Girls Who Code chapter. Drawing on the highs and lows of leading nonprofits herself as well as the experience of over 40 nonprofit leaders, she built Penny Wars, a platform that enables organizations to set up show-stopping fundraisers in under 10 minutes. She loves partnering with mission-driven nonprofit leaders and helping them focus on what matters most: their mission, not the logistics.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-milligan1

Press Box Toolkit: https://www.pressboxtoolkit.com/

Press Box Toolkit is an all-in-one platform for the people who run a high school press box: PA announcers, DJs, and volunteer crews. It brings rosters, music, sponsors, and game information together in one place, then builds the game-day run of show so the announcements, music, and sponsor reads all happen on cue. In short, it replaces a game-day producer. Built to work offline when press-box WiFi is unreliable, it helps every game run smoothly and preserves the institutional knowledge that high school programs lose each year when volunteers move on. More than 40 announcers already use Press Box Toolkit, and two first pilot schools are launching this fall. Press Box Toolkit is changing the game.

Bio: Greg Gibbs is the founder of Press Box Toolkit. A former high school PA announcer, he spent 30 years in software across startups, SAP, and Microsoft before turning his attention to the press box. Greg holds an MBA from Georgia Tech, where Press Box Toolkit began as a capstone project idea and is now part of the CREATE-X Startup Launch program. He built the product based on his own experience inside the booth, pairing a technologist's skill set with an announcer's feel for game day. Greg lives in Marietta, Georgia.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greggibbs/