The lineage

Focused at Waterlab.

Six businesses. Six stories. Same room.

A mark, not a list

Provenance, not an alumni list.

Businesses that came through Waterlab left knowing what they were. Each carries a mark — Focused at Waterlab — earned through the work, never sold. The six below are not a network. They are a lineage.

Comedy Hype on set at Waterlab
Comedy news & media

Comedy Hype

1.1M and counting.

Came in as a media brand looking for room. Grew into a major comedy news brand — most of it recorded inside the lab.

Watch Comedy Hype
Deon Cole at Pierre's Panic Room
Podcast

Pierre's Panic Room

By veteran Pierre Edwards.

A "nothing-to-lose" podcast about pop culture, hosted by veteran comedian Pierre Edwards. Recorded at the lab; guests included Deon Cole.

Listen to Pierre's Panic Room
Holy Sip tasting at Waterlab
Tasting room

Holy Sip

Six seats. Four cocktails. Ninety minutes.

A tasting room curated at the lab by writer and spirits professional Shannon S. Evans — built on the conviction that drinks, places, and people shape one another.

Visit Holy Sip
The Bridge 17 writers' room at Waterlab — whiteboard walls handwritten with plot
Scriptwriters studio · film + TV

Bridge 17

The room with the plot wall.

A scriptwriters' studio that developed story for film and TV producers. The writers' room sat inside the lab — walls scene-by-scene in dry-erase. Now consulting from Atlanta and Detroit.

Visit Bridge 17
MF Blu in the garment studio at Waterlab
Streetwear · denim

MF Blu

Atlanta-made.

A streetwear and denim label — its first pieces cut and stitched from a garment studio at the lab.

Follow MF Blu
Snake Nation at Waterlab
Mobile media · creative economy

Snake Nation

Atlanta & Cape Town.

A next-gen mobile media network for diverse creative voices, shaped early at the lab. Now building the gateway to the global creative economy.

Visit Snake Nation

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