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Business
Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report
Dean Ball Helped Write America’s AI Action Plan. In Dallas, He Told Business Leaders What to Watch For — and What Keeps Him Up at Night by Quincy Preston
North Texas’ Buff City Soap Launches Its First Fragrance ‘Uniquely Crafted for Laundry Care’ by David Seeley
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Creative
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Opportunities for North Texas Innovators by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report
AURORA Presents 2026 Video Art Night in Downtown Dallas This Friday by David Seeley
Brothers Behind Dallas-Based Psychedelic Games Raise $3.5M for Pirate MOBA Golden Tides by Quincy Preston
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Education
Insect Infatuation: Bug Fest Returns to Grand Prairie April 25 by David Seeley
AECOM and SMU Partner to Invest in Future of AI Infrastructure Talent by David Seeley
The Last Word: SMU ‘Big Ideas’ Winner Creates Laundromat Libraries for Pint-Sized Readers by David Seeley
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Invention
Patented: AT&T’s Quantum Security and More North Texas Inventive Activity by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report
Patented: Badge Inc.’s Privacy-Preserving Biometric Authentication, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report
Patented: Topgolf’s Golf Ball With Electrical Components—and More North Texas Inventive Activity by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report
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Startup
Arlington’s Founders Arena and Austin’s Texas Venture Alliance To Launch Texas ‘Innovation Operating System’ by David Seeley
Caruso, an Australia-Based Platform for Private Markets With an Office in Dallas, Closes $6.5M Series A by David Seeley
Ithina Launches Out of Dallas With 3 Acquisitions in the U.S, U.K, and Europe by Sandra Engelland
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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

by | Apr 20, 2026
North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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Mark Cuban on AI: CEOs Who Don’t Embrace AI Won’t Be CEOs for Long
by | Apr 8, 2026
Mark Cuban has a message for any CEO still treating artificial intelligence as something to dabble in: You’re going to be left behind.
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A New Professional Hub Is Coming to Dallas: Kiln to Launch Two Premium Workspaces in Preston Hollow and Plano
by | Apr 2, 2026
The premium flexible workspace brand aims to bring founders, executives, and high-growth teams into a shared professional community.
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Opportunities for North Texas Innovators
by | Apr 20, 2026
You'll find deadlines coming up for a new accelerator program; and many more opportunities.

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Arlington’s Founders Arena and Austin’s Texas Venture Alliance To Launch Texas ‘Innovation Operating System’

by | Apr 16, 2026
The Texas Innovation Operating System is tapping into what the partners call "a growing alignment across Texas for a broader innovation community." The connected system aims to be a first step in what the partners describe as "the G20 of Texas Cities in Innovation"—promoting regional innovation as well as connecting into the broader statewide network.
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North Texas’ Buff City Soap Launches Its First Fragrance ‘Uniquely Crafted for Laundry Care’
by | Apr 16, 2026
Primarily designed for laundry care across various laundry soaps, scent boosters, and dryer balls, the new Fruits with Benefits fragrance line also extends across a wide range of home, cleaning, and body care products spanning room spray, foaming hand soap, body wash and lotion, bar soap, multi-surface cleaner and more, Addison-based Buff City said.
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Walmart To Remodel 72 Texas Stores, Will Launch Store-Based App Experiences
by | Apr 16, 2026
The planned upgrades include a "store-based app experience" aimed at helping customers easily navigate through stores, book services at Walmart’s Auto Care Center, and more.
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Raytheon Nails First Flight Test for Its North Texas-Produced RAIVEN Sensing System

by | Apr 15, 2026
Produced at Raytheon's campus in McKinney, north of Dallas, the RAIVEN Staring system delivers a next-gen “electro-optical intelligent-sensing” capability that can identify threats both optically and spectrally simultaneously in real-time—creating greater situational awareness and survivability for military pilots conducting combat missions.
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