Month: August 2021

Dallas Invents: 134 Patents Granted for Week of Aug 17

by | Aug 31, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Textron Innovations' autonomous package delivery aircraft, Siemens Industry Software's chain testing and diagnosis using two-dimensional scan architecture, Bank of America's IoT versatile nodes, Wilson Electronics' multiple antenna repeater architecture, IBM's prioritizing workload, Speedgrocers' method for order fulfillment. Bell Textron's VTOL aircraft with tilting rotors and tilting ducted fans, and Capital One's vehicle purchasing tools.
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CarMax Is Boosting Its North Texas Footprint With a New Tech Innovation Center, Auction Facility, and 300 Hires
by | Aug 31, 2021
CarMax is tapping into the talent in the Dallas region to support its company-wide growth, digital innovation, and enhanced customer experience.
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Metrospaces is Opening a New HQ2 in Dallas
by | Aug 31, 2021
New York-based MetroSpaces will be co-locating in Deep Ellum with Dallas-based Shokworks, a tech firm that helps companies go digital-first. The partners recently unveiled major initiatives including a blockchain-powered co-living platform and first-class co-living destination in the Dominican Republic for high-end nomad capitalists.
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Dallas-Based Public Safety Company SURVIVR Gets Acquired by InVeris Training Solutions
by | Aug 31, 2021
Georgia-based InVeris will add SURVIVR to its industry-leading readiness training solutions portfolio.
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Autonomous Trucking Firm Gatik Raises $85M and Expands Operations in AllianceTexas, With 500+ New Jobs Planned by 2025

by | Aug 31, 2021
Gatik's new autonomous trucking facility at the "MIZ" in Fort Worth's AllianceTexas will serve as a hub for its middle-mile operations in Texas. The company's $85 million Series B funding will scale its fleet of Class 3-6 autonomous box trucks across new North American markets.
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How AllianceTexas’ Mobility Innovation Zone is Defining the Future of Logistics
Grounded in the legacy of Hillwood, the MIZ is a nexus of innovation in surface and air mobility.
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Why Apple Chose Plano’s Argent Associates for Its Impact Accelerator Program
by | Aug 30, 2021
Apple selected Argent Associates to be one of the 15 Black- and Brown-owned businesses on its first-ever Impact Accelerator class. The goal: combating systemic barriers to opportunity, while advancing innovative solutions for communities most impacted by climate change. Founder and CEO Beatriz "Betty" Manetta reveals the secret to her company's success.
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Frisco-Based Antuit.ai to Be Acquired By Zebra Technologies
by | Aug 30, 2021
Zebra plans to expand its growing retail and CPG portfolio with the addition of Antuit.ai, a Goldman Sachs company that uses AI and machine learning software to assist retail and CPG businesses in digitally transforming their businesses and achieving outsized results in supply chain, pricing, and marketing.
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Dallas’ Prebiotic Pop Brand Raises $13M From CAVU Ventures and Celebs Like Halsey, Russell Westbrook, and More

by | Aug 30, 2021
Poppi continues to get the Hollywood treatment after signing a deal with Rohan Oza on "Shark Tank" in 2018. Some big pop culture names—The Chainsmokers, 24kGoldn, Kygo, Kevin Love, Ellie Goulding, Olivia Munn, and Nicole Scherzinger—are joining in the beverage brand's latest funding round, along with Oza's CAVU Ventures and a group of social media influencers.
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The DEC@Redbird Offers BIG iDEA DALLAS Program for Black Founders
by | Aug 27, 2021
The DEC@Redbird, an entrepreneurial hub for Southern Dallas, wants to help local Black founders launch the next big idea in business. So it's offering BIG iDEA DALLAS, an intensive seven-week program to help propel them from an idea to "a successful, market-validated business concept."
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DI People: Kimberly-Clark, Cyber Defense Labs, Signify Health, and More Make Moves
by | Aug 27, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Hilltop Securities, RealFoundations, Mohr Capital, Aimbridge Hospitality, HOYA Vision Care, GlobalStep, Instant Power, and eIVF.
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Dallas’ MyndVR and Healing HealthCare Systems Offer Virtual Escapes for Seniors and Care Home Residents
by | Aug 27, 2021
Dallas-based MyndVR, a leading provider of virtual reality solutions for seniors and “active agers,” has partnered with Healing HealthCare Systems to offer Continuous Ambient Relaxation Environment VRx (C.A.R.E.) to residents who use the MyndVR system at senior and memory care communities, assisted living centers, hospice care, and in the home. 

Using gaze-based navigation with VR headsets, users can interact with the immersive C.A.R.E. VRx app, which blends voice-based, guided imagery with 360-degree visuals of forests, lakes, beaches, and more.
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How UT Dallas’ ATEC Is Turning Its Students Into Animation and Game Design Rock Stars 

by | Aug 26, 2021
Animation and game design is booming—and UTD is on the forefront. Here's how its School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication has become a national leader. ATEC is producing graduates who go on to work for top companies like Blizzard Entertainment, Gearbox Software, id software, Disney, and 900lbs.
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Fort Worth’s Skeeter Hawk Is Out to Conquer Mosquitoes For Labor Day Weekend and Beyond
by | Aug 26, 2021
Skeeter Hawk's Brandon Roach has never met a mosquito he liked. So he's out to zap, fry, swat, sizzle, repel, electrify, and dehydrate all he can. Here's how you can too— in a all-natural, chemical-free, patent-pending, relentlessly mosquito-destroying way.
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DFW Orgs Team Up to Offer Certification Classes in Logistics to Unemployed Texans
by | Aug 25, 2021
Just in time for Women's Equality Day on Aug. 26, READYTOWORK and Aspire are putting out a call-to-action to encourage women to participate in their upcoming program. Women have made up more than 40 percent of training participants to date.
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Dallas-Based BreachQuest Emerges From Stealth With $4.4M in Seed Funding From the Founders of Tinder and Other Leading Investors
by | Aug 25, 2021
The newly launched cybersecurity firm is taking a re-engineered approach to incident response and recovery. With big-name backers, BreachQuest is developing a proprietary platform to solve security issues quicker and at a lower cost.
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