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Month: June 2019
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The Luminary: New Office Building Boosts West End as Center for Innovation
by Payton Potter | Jun 28, 2019
From 15 feet below the earth to 109 feet in the sky, The Luminary has overcome hurdles to bring a new look to a historic district.
by Lance Murray |
Jun 28, 2019
POETIC and The Artist Outreach are among the Foundation's 15 new partnerships that aim to break the cycle of poverty in the United States.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 28, 2019
In this roundup of research and development in North Texas, you'll also read about a prestigious summer research program sending a UT Dallas senior 'across the pond.'
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by Liz Goodwin |
Jun 28, 2019
Dallas - Oak Cliff's Texans Can Academy hosted the IT Immersion experience last week, giving students the chance to learn about the multitude of careers in the sports world that exist off the field.
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Mayor’s Star Council Announces Leaders and Members for 2019-20 Class
by Lance Murray | Jun 27, 2019
The diverse group will work alongside the Mayor of Dallas on projects that reflect priorities in eight areas of concern.
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by Payton Potter |
Jun 27, 2019
The machine learning technology uses a database of more than 30 million lease outcomes to evaluate how willing someone is to pay his or her rent.
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by Christine Perez, Moderator | Quincy Preston, Editor |
Jun 27, 2019
Three experts in economic development, real estate, and investment—Mike Rosa, Linda McMahon, and Todd Watson—recount their roles in the Amazon effort, share details, and look ahead to the region’s future.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 27, 2019
You’ll also find news from Align Capital Partners, Mark Cuban, Hidrent, TPG, Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group, Apple, and Drive.ai in this roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies in North Texas.
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Boston Flake is a very young Evergaze customer with Coloboma, a form of central vision loss (a macular hole).
[Photo: Evergaze. Illustration: Amin Yusifov/istockphoto.]
‘Vision for Life’: Richardson Startup Evergaze Chosen for National MedTech Program
by Natalie Le | Jun 26, 2019
The optical technology startup aims to improve the lives of millions of people suffering from severe vision loss due to macular degeneration or diabetes. It was one of 50 selected for MedTech Innovator's 2019 Accelerator and Showcase program—and the only one from North Texas—out of 800 applicants.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 26, 2019
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's access control using device location tracking and blockchain, Dolby Laboratories' control of light spreading with blurring element in projector systems, FedEx's method for removing customer personal information from an electronic device, Halliburton's subterranean monitoring using enhanced video, SoftLayer's portable and flexible deployment of servers, and The Parking Genius' sensors using magnetic signature recognition.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 25, 2019
Large employers add a significant number of new jobs each year, but companies with 250 or fewer employees are a major foundation of Dallas-Fort Worth’s employment base.
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by Payton Potter |
Jun 25, 2019
Founded by a recent UTD grad, VR training startup SURVIVR is working to change how law enforcement trains its officers, while cutting costs and saving lives along the way.
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Dallas Startup Citadel is Lowering the Entry Barrier to AI
by Payton Potter | Jun 25, 2019
"There’s this big myth that AI is a $30 million investment," Citadel Analytic's CEO says. The startup is out to prove that wrong. Now it's setting up shop in RagingWire’s Dallas TX1 Data Center to help national and global companies unleash the power of their data.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 25, 2019
You'll also find news from Aligned Energy, Kitchen Brains, True North Advisors, and Forterra Inc. in this roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies and organizations in North Texas.
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 25, 2019
The new funding pushes Booster’s total to $88.5 million, and will be used to unlock new markets and modernize the infrastructure and experience of on-demand fill-ups.
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by Alex Edwards |
Jun 24, 2019
Last week, Facebook launched its new global cryptocurrency, Libra. But Dallas' Hedera noticed a lot of similarities with the launch. We spoke with Hedera's CEO and co-founder to see why "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
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