Economic development has long operated on aggregate statistics, anecdote, and the institutional memory of a small group of practitioners. The work now requires more.
Atlas builds structured graph intelligence about founders, capital, talent, institutions, and the relationships among them — and puts that capability in the hands of the people shaping Nevada's economy.
We conduct applied research on graph intelligence for innovation-based economic development. We publish our methodology openly through technical reports, case studies, and academic partnerships.
Read moreMeridian, Waypoint, and Boulder surface Atlas's intelligence to the people shaping Nevada's economy. Meridian is the flagship: a public ecosystem intelligence platform for the state.
Read moreAtlas contributes to the broader discipline through convening, publication, and engagement with peer institutions. Our annual Las Vegas summit brings the field together each year.
Read moreMeridian is Atlas's public-facing platform: a live graph of Nevada's innovation ecosystem with capital-flow analytics, patent intelligence, cohort tracking, and open methodology. Currently in research preview at 96.4% statewide coverage, serving GOED, IBED, and partner researchers.
Open MeridianA first look at the structural shifts in Nevada's R&D output: where the decline is concentrated, what the university-vs-industry split shows, and why aggregate counts obscure what's actually changing in the state's innovation pipeline.
Atlas's foundational methodology document. The graph intelligence approach, four-layer data stack, capacity decomposition framework (ICAP × ECAP), and the analytical conventions that underpin Meridian and the lab's published research.
Atlas operates inside the Governor's Office of Economic Development, within the Innovation-Based Economic Development division. Research and convening partnerships are developed with peer institutions and university centers studying innovation ecosystems.
We're interested in partnering with researchers, fund managers, peer institutions, and economic development practitioners working on adjacent questions. If you have ecosystem data, methodology questions, or a collaboration in mind, please reach out.
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