From Innovation to Impact: Lamarr.AI Scales Across Georgia

When the Partnership for Innovation (PIN) first partnered with Lamarr.AI through its Community Investment Program, the opportunity was clear: take a technology developed from Georgia Tech research and test how it could help communities better understand, maintain, and invest in their public infrastructure.

Now, with projects in Savannah and Augusta completed, that investment is demonstrating impact well beyond the buildings themselves.

Through its work with PIN, Lamarr.AI assessed or scanned 16 public and educational buildings across Savannah and Augusta, using artificial intelligence, drone-based imaging, infrared technology, and advanced energy modeling to identify energy loss, air leakage, moisture intrusion, insulation deficiencies, and other issues that can be difficult to detect through traditional building assessments.

The technology functions much like an MRI for a building. Drones and specialized imaging capture information about the building envelope, while Lamarr.AI’s artificial intelligence and machine-learning tools translate that information into detailed models showing where problems exist and where targeted improvements could have the greatest impact.

Turning Building Data into Better Decisions in Savannah

In Savannah, Lamarr.AI worked with the city to evaluate municipal facilities, including City Hall, fire stations, and community facilities. The project built on the city’s efforts to improve the efficiency and long-term performance of public buildings while exploring how emerging technology could support better infrastructure decisions.

The assessments identified opportunities for targeted improvements and helped inform more advanced energy audits. Analysis from the project projected that recommended improvements could generate up to 11.45% in whole-building energy savings.

For the city, the value extends beyond identifying where energy is being lost. The data gives decision-makers another tool for prioritizing renovations, maintenance, and future investments—helping ensure limited public resources can be directed toward improvements with measurable potential.

The Savannah collaboration also demonstrated one of the goals behind PIN’s Community Investment model: connecting Georgia-developed innovation with communities that can put those solutions to work.

Expanding the Model in Augusta

Following the Savannah work, Lamarr.AI expanded its PIN-supported deployment to Augusta, bringing the technology to 12 buildings at Augusta Technical College.

The Augusta project provided a new environment in which to apply the technology at a larger campus scale. By evaluating multiple facilities, Lamarr.AI was able to identify building-envelope deficiencies and opportunities to reduce energy waste and operating costs while providing Augusta Technical College with actionable information to support future facility and sustainability decisions.

The project also created an opportunity to connect infrastructure innovation directly with workforce development.

Students from Georgia Tech and Augusta Technical College participated through internships and hands-on learning opportunities, gaining exposure to emerging applications of artificial intelligence, building science, energy modeling, and technology commercialization.

That combination of community impact and talent development reflects a broader objective of PIN’s work: ensuring innovation creates opportunities not only through new technologies, but also through the people and organizations that learn to apply them.

Helping a Georgia Startup Scale

The impact of the projects can also be seen in Lamarr.AI’s growth as a company.

The PIN-supported work provided an opportunity for Lamarr.AI to demonstrate its technology in real-world municipal and educational environments and build evidence around larger-scale deployments. During this period, the company raised $400,000 in new capital and hired a full-time Product Engineer, adding capacity as it continues to grow.

For an emerging technology company, opportunities to move from research and smaller demonstrations into real-world implementation can be an important step toward commercialization and scale. PIN’s Community Investment Program is designed to help bridge that gap by connecting innovative solutions with communities and institutions where they can be tested, validated, and put into practice.

Lamarr.AI itself grew out of Georgia Tech research and previously participated in a PIN-supported pilot in Atlanta’s Thomasville Heights neighborhood. That project, which focused on improving residential energy efficiency and indoor comfort, received a national Smart20 Award in 2025 and helped lay the groundwork for the company’s development.

The Savannah and Augusta projects represent the next chapter: moving from an earlier community pilot to deployments across municipal and educational facilities.

Building More Than Energy Efficiency

Taken together, the Savannah and Augusta projects show how a single investment in innovation can generate multiple layers of impact.

Public institutions gain better information about their buildings and opportunities to reduce energy waste and operating costs. Students gain hands-on experience with emerging technologies and real-world applications. A Georgia startup gains opportunities to validate its technology, attract investment, hire talent, and build a track record for future growth.

And communities gain access to innovation that might otherwise remain inside a laboratory or early-stage company.

That is the larger opportunity behind PIN’s Community Investment Program: connecting Georgia’s innovation ecosystem with real community needs and creating a pathway for promising technologies to move from research, to demonstration, to measurable impact.

For Lamarr.AI, what began as an innovative approach to understanding buildings is now demonstrating what can happen when technology, communities, universities, and emerging talent are brought together around a shared challenge.

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