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• Deloitte’s New DEI Institute Announced at Westlake’s Deloitte UniversityMay 17
• DI People: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, DallasNews Corp., JCPenney, Solo Brands, and More Make Leadership MovesMay 13
• Meow Wolf and Its Surreal, Immersive Art Experiences Are Heading to GrapevineMay 13
• 12 Acres of Creativity: UT Dallas Breaks Ground on a $158M Cultural Arts DistrictMay 12
• TWU Team Secures Patent for Astronaut Visor After Winning NASA ChallengeMay 11
• The Crescent Announces Eight Leases, from UBS to JPMorgan Chase to an Investment Firm behind ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’May 10
• IT Consulting Firm Rebrands as CG Infinity, Plans New Plano HQMay 9
• Mommies in Need Founder Launches ‘Culture of Caring’ PodcastMay 9
• DFW*ATW Names New Board Members Days Before Its Annual Women in Tech SummitMay 9
• DI People: Match Group, Island, UT Southwestern, BBG, and More Announce Leadership MovesMay 6
• Dallas High School Team Wins 2022 International NASA Rover ChallengeMay 5
• UTD Team’s Wearable Sweat Sensor Can Detect Key Biomarkers of InfectionMay 5
• Ericsson Launches Global Utilities Innovation Center in PlanoMay 4
• Frisco-Based esrp Merges with Cresa, the World’s Largest Occupier-Focused CRE FirmMay 3
• Dallas’ Barber Partners and Bain Capital Launch $500M Cold Storage Venture Across the U.S.May 3
• See How Three of the Top Four NFL Draft Picks (and Many More) Trained at Exos Institute in FriscoMay 2
• ‘Thinking Big to Succeed’: EY Names 46 Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalists for 2022Apr 28
• ‘The Future of Dining’: Chili’s Expands Robot Servers to 61 Total RestaurantsApr 27
• Dallas International Film Festival Offers Spring Preview This WeekendApr 27
• Fort Worth Becomes First U.S. City to Mine Bitcoin, Right From City HallApr 26
• Logistics Unicorn Launches Dallas Micro-Fulfillment Center for On‑Demand RetailApr 26
• Meet Invited. The Largest Owner of Golf and Country Clubs in the U.S.—Dallas-Based ClubCorp—Unveils a Major RebrandingApr 22
• The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Leads to a $641M Investment to Reduce Texas Pollution and Traffic Apr 22
• UTD Team Develops Rapid Virus Test That’s ‘150 Times More Accurate’—and They’ve Launched a Company to Commercialize ItApr 21
• Dallas ‘Fintech for Fintechs’ Teams Up With Texas-based Zogo for Bite-Sized Financial LiteracyApr 20
• Dallas-based Reveles Launches Platform to Eliminate Research Barriers and Expand Clinical Trial AccessApr 20
• Frisco’s EverAg Makes C-Suite Move to Advance Farm-to-Fork Transformation of Food Supply ChainsApr 20
• Dallas-Based Recreational Realty Secures $300M Credit Facility to Grow Its U.S. Footprint for Storing ‘Grownup’s Toys’Apr 19
• Hillwood and Ericsson Routes Partner on ‘Connectivity Predictions’ at the MIZApr 19
• Dallas-Based Daltile Releases First-Ever Trend Report for 2022 Interior DesignApr 19
• Eosera Graduates from TechFW, CEO Joins Its BoardApr 19
• The ‘Largest Multifamily Solar Installation in the U.S.’ is Going Up Now in North TexasApr 14
• Dallas-Based Logile Launches Gig-Style Scheduling Solution for Retail WorkersApr 13
• AMLI and Stream Realty Will Develop 18-Acre, $472M Transit-Oriented Showplace at Addison CircleApr 13
• ‘Crushing It’: 17-Year-Old Dallas Twins Launch UPwords Apparel and Accessories Brand to ‘Bring Joy’Apr 12
• Kodiak Partners with U.S. Express on First-Ever Autonomous Lane from Dallas to the East CoastApr 7
• New Program Will Help Dallas Real Estate Developers of Color Create Affordable HousingApr 7
• How Siemens Is Helping an Italian Startup Enable Undersea GreenhousesApr 7
• Aurora Hires Former Ryder CTO, Opens New Terminals in Fort Worth and El Paso to Support Autonomous Pilot Partnership with WernerApr 6
• Game On: North Texas is a ‘High‑Tech Entertainment’ ParadiseApr 5
• Comparably’s Best DFW Workplaces Tees Off with Topgolf, Alkami, and MoreApr 4
• Ice Cream, Pet Meds, and First Aid Kits are Coming by Wing Drone Delivery to Frisco and Little ElmApr 4
• Plano’s Food Hall Co. Appoints New CEO and COO as it Pursues U.S. ExpansionMar 30
• Flytrex and Brinker Are About to Drop Wings by Drone Into DFW Back YardsMar 29
• EdTech Steps Up: AT&T Launches The Achievery; Istation Intros Educator Hub; and Toyota Offers STEM Tours of Its PlantsMar 28
• Dallas-Based Bike.com Goes Live With Its Own Line of E-BikesMar 25
• Dallas Arts Month: AURORA Will Present ‘Video Art Nights’ Across Five Fridays in April DowntownMar 24
• Aurora Unveils Ride-Hailing Test Fleet, Gives Toyota Execs an Autonomous Ride Toward DFW AirportMar 23
• How Irving-Based Darling Ingredients Makes the World Greener, from Biofuels to ‘Neutraceuticals’ to Insect-Based Pet FoodMar 21
• Suzanne Smith: Making a (Business) Case for the Dallas International DistrictMar 17
• See How the Dallas International District Is Taking Shape, from a ‘People Mover’ to a 20-Acre Park to Smart Cities Tech and MoreMar 17
• With Adults-Only Nights on Tap Soon, the Perot Museum’s Speed Wall BeckonsMar 16
• Dallas-Based HF Sinclair Launches on NYSE Under the Ticker ‘DINO’Mar 15
• L.A.’s Two Bit Circus Expands to Dallas with Arcade Games, VR and AR Experiences, Robot Bartenders, and MoreMar 14
• Fort Worth’s Fulcrum Group Joins CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech ProgramMar 14
• Real Estate Entrepreneur Rogers Healy Launches RHA Land and Lake for ‘All Things’ Rural TexasMar 10
• Fetii, ‘the Uber for Large Groups,’ Plans to Roll Into Dallas As It Expands in 2022Mar 4
• Amazon Partners with Four North Texas Colleges and Universities on Fully Funded Tuition for Its EmployeesMar 3
• Dallas-Based ROBO Global Launches Emerging Tech Venture FundMar 2
• Justin Lonon Named New Chancellor of Dallas College, Aims to Create a Pipeline for High-Demand JobsMar 1
• Dallas’ Alternative Fuel Trucker GreenPath Logistics Orders 50 Electric/Natural Gas ‘Hypertrucks’Feb 28
• The Dallas Foundation Awards More Than $1.3M to 25 Local NonprofitsFeb 28
• Dallas Accounting Platform Rebrands as Once, Then Gets Selected by Industry Accelerator ProgramFeb 24
• Irving-Based Cysiv Sees Record Growth as Demand Rises for SOC-as-a-ServiceFeb 23
• Deep Ellum Celebrates Its Tattoo Artists With New Streetlight BannersFeb 23
• SMU Study Uses Drones and Machine Learning to Find ‘Infrastructure Desert’ Neighborhoods in DallasFeb 22
• Dallas Metro Ranks No. 1 in U.S. for Real Estate Development Over the Past 10 YearsFeb 18
• Irving Firm Solves a Remote Worker Conundrum: Verifying ID DocumentsFeb 17
• Boss Women Media Founder Launches ‘Empowering’ Kids Clothing BrandFeb 17
• Dallas Agency Rebrands as REVEL8, Aims to ‘Turn Brands into Role Models’Feb 16
• SMU Wins National Innovation Award for Teaching Artists How Not to Starve—by Becoming EntrepreneursFeb 15
• Richardson’s RealPage Partners with Measurabl on Multifamily ESGFeb 10
• Globe-Trotting Crusts: BreadEx Relaunches, Delivering Artisan International Breads to Dallas-Area DoorsFeb 10
• Plano’s Tyler Technologies Acquires Campground/Tourism Tech CompanyFeb 9
• Dallas’ Jaunt Air Mobility Advances in AFWERX HSVTOL Challenge With MAV 55Feb 8
• Dallas Zoo to Recycle 100% of Its Herbivore Waste into ‘Zoo Poo’ For-Sale CompostFeb 8
• Dallas Company’s Wind-Powered MicroGrids are Heading to the U.K. MarketFeb 7
• UK Soccer Experience TOCA Social Coming to Dallas Design DistrictFeb 3
• DEC Network to Host Inaugural, Virtual Women X Tech Conference ThursdayFeb 2
• Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co. Tops Out Its Deep Ellum FacilityFeb 2
• He Sent Israel’s First Spacecraft to the Moon—Now His Flytrex Drones Will Deliver Burgers to DFW Back YardsFeb 1
• Toy Story: Why a Former CyrusOne CEO Is Creating Homes for Grownups’ PlaythingsJan 31
• Forces for Good: AT&T Commits $1M to Southern Dallas Thrives, Last Mile Announces North Texas Education Fund, and $300K Is Awarded to Five Dallas NonprofitsJan 28
• Emmitt Smith and UNT Dallas Celebrate Opening of New Expansion at Southern Dallas Innovation CenterJan 28
• A Bezos Academy Preschool Is Coming to a Senior Living Community in DallasJan 27
• Freakonomics Does Dallas, Part 2: Why Frisco is Dallas’ ‘Frenemy’Jan 27
• With Americas HQ in Dallas, U.K.’s Brand Finance Releases 2022 Global 500 RankingsJan 27
• Hillwood and TuSimple Expand Collaboration with Million-SF TuSimple Facility in The MIZ at AllianceTexasJan 26
• Dallas-Based Astrapi Is Giving U.S. Air Force and Space Force Next-Gen Radio CapabilityJan 26
• My Possibilities Gets $40K Grant to Help Adults with Disabilities to Lead Healthier LivesJan 25
• The Dallas Foundation’s Women of WPI Gives $300,000 to Five Dallas-Area NonprofitsJan 24
• Starship Technologies Launches Robot Food Deliveries at SMUJan 24
• Fort Worth’s Panther Island Dream Gets More Real with $403M Federal FundingJan 21
• ’58 Alum Gives SMU $50M Toward New End Zone Complex for Gerald J. Ford StadiumJan 21
• Freakonomics Radio Asks ‘Why Is Everyone Moving to Dallas?’Jan 20
• ‘Don’t Choose Extinction’ and Other Ways Innovators Can Make a Climate DifferenceJan 19
• Mark Cuban Launches His Online Cost-Plus Pharmacy, Takes on Big Pharma with Low‑Cost GenericsJan 19
• Dropping the Poo: Poo~Pourri Rebrands as ~Pourri, Now Tackles Odors EverywhereJan 19
• Santander Consumer USA Invests $7M to Bridge Digital Divide in DallasJan 18
• Waymo Via and J.B. Hunt Announce Long-Term Alliance, More Pilot Runs on I-45Jan 14
• The Richards Group Is Changing Its Name to TRG, Reports Ad AgeJan 14
• Lay’s Uses ‘Sacred’ Cowboys Soil to Grow Spuds for Limited Edition ChipsJan 13
• CBRE: DFW Data Center Market Records Most Active Leasing Quarter of All TimeJan 13
• Sabre Adds Global Travel Restriction Tracking to Its SafePoint Travel Risk Management ServiceJan 12
• Two Tuition-Free Montessori-Inspired Bezos Academy Preschools Coming to Dallas CollegeJan 11
• ‘The CliffsNotes of the Courthouse’: Fort Worth-Based Tracts and Austin’s Enverus Release TitleNotesJan 10
• Leader in High-Tech Golf Training Opens in SouthlakeJan 10
• Governor Abbott Appoints 5 North Texans to Private Sector Advisory CouncilJan 8
• DI People: Dallas Fed, Container Store, McKinney EDC, Pizza Hut, GM Financial, and Others Make MovesJan 7
• Dallas’ Balfour & Co. Reinvents Tradition With Kendra Scott ‘Greek’ Jewelry Line for Fraternities and SororitiesJan 6
• Dallas-Based CBRE Acquires Buildingi to Help Companies Transform Their Occupancy StrategiesJan 5
• Metrospaces Launches Beta Version of Its MetroCrowd Proptech PlatformJan 4
• New Dallas International District to Turn Valley View-Galleria Area Into Global ShowplaceJan 4
• Dallas’ Integrity Marketing Gives Its Employees $125M in Cash, Plus Equity in the Insurtech Firm for AllDec 21
• Raising the Woof: Plano-Based Halo Completes Series B with $400M ValuationDec 20
• CBRE Launches $7.25M Community Impact Initiative With a Key Focus on DallasDec 17
• EarthxFilm Festival Names New Director, Announces Move to the Dallas Arts DistrictDec 17
• Solar-Powered, Trash-Gobbling Waterwheels Are Coming to the Trinity River in Fort WorthDec 16
• Dallas-Based Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Startup Gets $20M From Tailwater Capital’s FreestoneDec 15
• MassChallenge Will Hold a Live Pitch Competition at Its Jan. 27 Pegasus Park LaunchDec 15
• Robert Half Report: 4 in 10 Dallas Workers Plan to Seek New Jobs in First Half of 2022Dec 15
• Dallas Startup Von Perry Is Building a 3D-Printed Home in Collin CountyDec 14
• Downtown Arlington’s Urban Union Live‑Work‑Play District Is ExpandingDec 13
• McKinney-Based BALANCED Wins Tech Titans Award for Connecting Gamers and COVID Research Through Edge ComputingDec 10
• 2021 Pegasus Prize Winner FreeWorld Gives ‘Legit Second Chances’ to the Formerly IncarceratedDec 9
• Ruffing It: Bark + Build Competition Winners at NorthPark CenterDec 8
• Dallas Education Foundation Created an ‘Educational Metaverse’ for DISD. It’s a Finalist for a $1M STOP AwardDec 7
• Dallas Design Firm Aims to Turn Pro Athletes’ Homes into ‘Recharging Stations’Dec 6
• Hypergiant’s Eos Bioreactor Is On Display at the Smithsonian’s FUTURES ExhibitionDec 3
• South Korean Bank Tests Stablecoins on North Texas-Based Hedera NetworkDec 2
• Sherwood Bedding To Build New Plant in Billingsley’s Austin Ranch DevelopmentDec 2
• Dallas-Based Evry Health Wants to Make Accessing Healthcare ‘as Easy as Ordering a Pizza’Dec 1
• NuBrakes Lands $9M Series A to Deliver Mobile Auto Care—and Dallas Is Its Largest MarketDec 1
• EarthX Ramps Up Its TV Streaming Service with New Co-CEO and Execs from TLC, Discovery, and Animal PlanetNov 30
• Oncor Donates Parkdale Lake in Southeast Dallas to Help Complete The LOOPNov 30
• Complexity Stars Launches in Frisco with Athletes from NFL, NBA, UFC, and WNBANov 30
• Three Southern Dallas Projects Awarded $21M in Federal RAISE GrantsNov 23
• ‘Gaming’s Biggest Night’: Plano‑Based Cinemark Will Screen The Game Awards Live December 9Nov 23
• Fort Worth Is One of Two U.S. Cities to Host Acclaimed ‘Attack on Titan’ Manga/Anime ExhibitNov 22
• I-35 Deck Park by Dallas Zoo Will Have Major Wow Factor—and a Driving MissionNov 22
• Dallas Mayor Releases Major ‘Upskilling Dallas’ Report to Help Drive Workforce DevelopmentNov 19
• McKinney-Based Autix Wins CodeLaunch DFW Competition with Auto Enthusiasts PlatformNov 18
• 14 Dallas-Area Companies Make the Deloitte 2021 Technology Fast 500 ListNov 17
• Texas Will Get Billions for Environmental Projects from $1.2T Infrastructure Bill, from Clean Water to EV Charging to Public TransitNov 16
• Fort Worth-Founded Booster Partners With Renewable Energy Group to Deliver Carbon-Cutting Fuels to FleetsNov 15
• Dallas’ CyrusOne Data Centers Acquired for $15B in Cash by KKR and Global Infrastructure PartnersNov 15
• Who’ll Be the Big Winner? CodeLaunch DFW Startup Event Will Feature Three Dallas-Area FinalistsNov 12
• $11.5M NVIDIA Collaboration Will Put SMU ‘in the Fast Lane for Artificial Intelligence’Nov 11
• Two Dallas VCs Make First Three Investments in Food and Beverage ‘Disrupters’ from $15M CPG FundNov 10
• Walmart Is Building Two Dallas-Area Facilities That Are So High Tech, 400 New Jobs Will Require STEM SkillsNov 9
• Dallas Mayor Names Pinnacle Group CEO Nina Vaca as Dallas’ First Entrepreneur-in-ResidenceNov 8
• Dallas-Based Vaxxinity Prepares for $100M IPO; Aims to Turn Immune Systems Into ‘Antibody Factories’Nov 8
• Global Entrepreneurship Week Fort Worth Offers Pitch Competition, Investor Forum, UTA Events, and More Nov. 7-12Nov 4
• Dallas-Fort Worth Ranks No. 3 in the U.S. in Metro-to-Metro MigrationNov 4
• Pudu Robotics Offers Free Trials of Its Food Delivery Robot to Dallas RestaurantsNov 3
• New Texas Instruments Converter Can Double Battery Power Output, Extend Battery Life Up to 20 PercentNov 3
• UTA Team Develops Device That Can ‘Read the Blood Through the Skin’Nov 2
• Dallas-Based CONTI Capital Launches New Fund to Raise $150M to Acquire and Develop Multifamily Properties—Vertical and HorizontalNov 2
• Dallas-Based Jacobs Acquires BlackLynx to Strengthen Its Cyber and Intelligence OfferingNov 1
• Irving-based Fluor Gets $1.16B Contract Extension for Navy Nuclear Propulsion WorkNov 1
• New Bank of America Platform Helps Women-Owned Businesses Find Funding SourcesOct 29
• The DEC Network Awarded $1M Grant from SBA’s Community Navigator Pilot ProgramOct 29
• Champion Impact Capital Launches Investment Platform to Match North Texas Tech Entrepreneurs with Potential FundersOct 28
• Hall Group Begins Work on a $7B Reimagining of Frisco’s Hall ParkOct 28
• Two Celebrated Golf Course Architects Are Turning a Frisco Landscape into PGA MasterpiecesOct 27
• Mark Cuban, Drug Czar: Mavs Owner Is Launching an Online Pharmacy to Help Solve Skyrocketing Prescription CostsOct 26
• Tech Titans Releases List of the 22 Fastest-Growing Tech Companies in North TexasOct 26
• North Texas’ Grandscape Named World’s ‘Most Innovative Retail and Entertainment Project’ at London’s RLI AwardsOct 25
• OncoNano Caps $68.4M Series B Round With $18.4M Equity Investment From CPRIT for Cancer-Fighting Tech and TherapiesOct 25
• UT Southwestern Team Awarded $8.8M to Participate in Genomic Variation ConsortiumOct 25
• TCU Neeley School of Business Wins Major GCEC Award for Third Straight YearOct 25
• MilkSpace, Mama Moore’s Gourmet Popcorn Win Top Prizes at VWEC’s 4BUSINESSRECOVERY PitchOct 22
• North Texas Companies Make Newsweek’s List of America’s 100 Most Loved WorkplacesOct 22
• LinkedIn Report: Dallas-Fort Worth Is One of the Top 5 ‘Fastest Growing Cities for Entrepreneurs’Oct 21
• Dallas Nonprofit Launches ‘Camp Connections Respite’ for Caregivers of Kids and Teens with DisabilitiesOct 20
• Dallas Fintech Names Industry Heavyweights to Advisory Board After Oversubscribed $3.5M Seed RoundOct 20
• Richardson Launches New Office of Innovation & Placemaking InitiativesOct 19
• Dallas’ Vigilant Software Launches Verify Labeling Platform for Hospital ICUs Overwhelmed by COVIDOct 19
• Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance Raises $10M for Historic ‘Rapid Rehousing’ ProgramOct 18
• Plano-Based Toyota North America Will Build a $1.29B Battery Plant in the U.S. Could it Be Coming to Texas?Oct 18
• Red Bull Racing Show Run Roars Into Downtown Dallas’ Harwood DistrictOct 15
• Will Dallas-Fort Worth Get Its Own HyperLoop or Bullet Train Line? Open Houses Take Us One Step CloserOct 14
• Dallas’ Sole Source Capital Raises $555M for Its Second Industrial-Focused FundOct 13
• Texas-Based GP Capital Partners Launches $275M Small Business Fund—With a Key Focus on Texas CompaniesOct 13
• Texas Instruments Unveils Breakthrough 3D Position SensorOct 12
• A New 24-Story, Class AA Office Tower Is Coming to Plano’s Legacy WestOct 11
• High-Tech U.K. Bar Concept Electric Shuffle Is About to Slide Into Deep EllumOct 8
• Former RedBird Capital Partner Launches Braemont Capital, a New ‘Relationship-Driven’ Equity FirmOct 8
• Plano-Based Frito-Lay Invests in Its Manufacturing Sites, Hiring Nearly 15,000 Frontline Workers in 2021Oct 7
• UNT Health Science Center Gets $50M to Use AI to Rectify Health DisparitiesOct 7
• Fort Worth’s Elbit Systems of America Wins $76M U.S. Army Contract for Apache Helicopter Sight SystemsOct 6
• Dallas-based Adyton Launches Mustr App to ‘Revolutionize’ How Critical-Mission Military Teams OperateOct 6
• Follow the Money: Dairy.com Acquires Mr.Milkman; Takkion Acquires Airway Services; Events Planning Startup Fêtefully Receives $1.3M Seed RoundOct 5
• GM Is Investing $55M in a ‘State-of-the-Art’ Renovation of Its Arlington Assembly PlantOct 5
• The Texas Blockchain Summit Will Feature Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz and Other Cryptocurrency BoostersOct 5
• Republic Services Opens $18M Technical Institute in Southwest Dallas to Train Diesel TechsOct 4
• Dallas ‘DocStars’ on COVID and Pregnancy, Cancer and Spine Studies, and Working Till Midnight on Early-Stage ResearchOct 4
• Reimagining Communities: CPAL’s Alan Cohen Wants to Cut Dallas Childhood Poverty in Half Within a Single GenerationOct 1
• Plano-Based Tentacle Launches Tech Platform To ‘Transform the Information Security Space’Sep 30
• Thermal Packaging Tech Innovator PTG Expands to Fort Worth with New Manufacturing CenterSep 30
• Dallas’ Esposure Teams Up with Cryptomining Startup Salad to Help Gamers Earn Rewards By ComputesharingSep 29
• Dallas-Area Startup ASD.ai Gets $1M Angel Investment for its Rootines App, a “Digital Diary” for the NeurodiverseSep 29
• GMC and General Motors Team Up With Dallas-Based Marcus Graham Project To Increase Diversity in Media, Marketing, and AdvertisingSep 28
• Report: Dallas Makes List of Top-Ranked Global Startup Ecosystems for Second Straight YearSep 28
• ClubCorp CEO on Dallas as a ‘Golf Mecca,’ the $100M BigShots Golf Expansion, and How Tech Is Changing the GameSep 27
• Trive-Backed Karman Systems Acquires Systima Technologies, Speeding Its Push Into Space and Hypersonic MarketsSep 24
• Raytheon Intelligence & Space Opens a New Intelligent Manufacturing Center at Its McKinney CampusSep 24
• Changemakers Will Explore Transformational Leadership and Innovative Strategies at Virtual SummitSep 23
• OncoNano Expands Research Collaboration With UT Southwestern to Advance New Cancer TherapiesSep 22
• Aurora Will Test Its Fleet of Self-Driving, Ride-Hailing Toyota Robotaxis in DallasSep 21
• Dallas-Based Arcis Golf Acquires Prosper’s Gentle Creek CC, Its Sixth Acquisition in Two Months and 66th Property OverallSep 21
• Gov. Greg Abbott Meets With Small Business Owners at Dallas Farmers MarketSep 20
• Goldman Sachs Launches 10,000 Small Businesses Fellows Internship Program in DallasSep 17
• Governor’s Commissioner for Women Pitch Winners Include a Human Trafficking Scholar and a 10-Year-Old Fashion CEOSep 16
• DFW Goes LEGO Crazy: From the Perot Museum to a 12-Year-Old Cedar Hill NASA Intern to a STEM-Loving Dallas Tech Star and MoreSep 16
• Stacy’s Pita Chips Partners with Reese Witherspoon to Amplify Female Founders and Announces the 2021 Stacy’s Rise Project FinalistsSep 15
• Dallas’ Ben Lamm and Harvard’s Dr. George Church Plan to ‘De-Extinct’ the Woolly Mammoth With Their Colossal New StartupSep 13
• Amazon Is Investing $1.2B to Provide College Tuition and Skills Training for Its EmployeesSep 9
• Southwest Airlines Launches New Cargo Booking Portal for Coast-to-Coast ShippingSep 9
• LibDib—’The Airbnb of Alcohol Distribution’—Partners With Grand Prairie’s RNDC To Give Craft Spirits Makers Access to Texas-Wide MarketSep 8
• Galaxy Vets Is Launching an Employee Co-Owned Vet Healthcare System in North TexasSep 7
• Global EV Charging Firm Wallbox Selects Arlington for Its First North American PlantSep 1
• Bank of America Set a Company Record for Patents Granted In the First Half of 2021. One Big Reason? Addison’s Manu Kurian.Sep 1
• First Look: Drive Shack Opens Its Debut Puttery Location Friday at Grandscape in The ColonyAug 31
• Autonomous Trucking Firm Gatik Raises $85M and Expands Operations in AllianceTexas, With 500+ New Jobs Planned by 2025Aug 31
• Why Apple Chose Plano’s Argent Associates for Its Impact Accelerator ProgramAug 30
• The [email protected] Offers BIG iDEA DALLAS Program for Black FoundersAug 27
• Dallas’ MyndVR and Healing HealthCare Systems Offer Virtual Escapes for Seniors and Care Home ResidentsAug 27
• Fort Worth’s Skeeter Hawk Is Out to Conquer Mosquitoes For Labor Day Weekend and BeyondAug 26
• Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott Is Leading 7- Eleven’s ‘Superfan Influencer Team’ With Juju Smith-Schuster and Erin AndrewsAug 25
• More Than 1,300 Dallas County Nonprofits Sign Up for North Texas Giving Day, Coming September 23rdAug 24
• Dallas’ Trive Capital Forms Thriving Brands, Acquires Right Guard and Dry Idea From Germany’s HenkelAug 24
• Irving-Based Nexstar Media Acquires Digital Political News Platform The Hill for $130MAug 23
• If Rivian Builds Its $5 Billion Plant in Fort Worth, It Would Be “A Huge Economic Generator for the Region”Aug 20
• UK’s Quorn Grows Meatless Presence in U.S. with $335M Investment and a New Culinary Development Center in the Dallas AreaAug 19
• Fort Worth’s Jeff Bond Didn’t Like What He Was Finding On Job Staffing Sites. So He Launched His Own.Aug 19
• Infrastructure Giant AECOM Is Moving Its HQ From L.A. to DallasAug 18
• Rural College Promise Program Launches with $3.1M Grant from the Greater Texas FoundationAug 18
• BioNTX Will Hold Its 2021 IC3 Life Science Summit Sept. 30-Oct. 1 with a “Reignite” ThemeAug 17
• Lewisville’s Overhead Door, Innovator of the Modern Garage Door and Garage Door Opener, Celebrates 100th BirthdayAug 17
• Westlake’s Virbac Announces Availability of New Dog Cancer Treatment Across the U.S.Aug 16
• Dallas-based Pursuant on 2020’s Record Fundraising and Strategies for the ‘Great Resumption’Aug 16
• Dallas’ Flite Golf and Century Golf Pair Up As a Driving Range and Entertainment TwosomeAug 13
• Kainos Capital and Two Family Partners Acquire Innovative Pet Food Makers Muenster MillingAug 12
• Oatly Chooses Fort Worth For Its Newest and Largest North American Oat Milk FacilityAug 12
• Amazon Has Invested $15B in North Texas—And a Total of $29B Across the State—since 2010Aug 11
• 7-Eleven Sends Slurpee Into Space, Achieving Ultimate Triumph of Humankind’s Attempts to Conquer the CosmosAug 11
• UT Dallas and Fullstack Academy Launch Four Bootcamps for Tech ProfessionalsAug 10
• Follow the Money: MODE Global and Integrity Make Acquisitions, Twenty20 Merges With SkyhawkAug 10
• Eddie Bernice Johnson on the Importance of STEM Education in Underserved CommunitiesAug 6
• Dallas Founder Wes Cummins Sells 272 Capital to B. Riley Financial, Secures Energy Source for His Crypto Hosting BusinessAug 6
• Celina’s Housing Boom Heats Up With a Planned 11,000-Home DevelopmentAug 5
• Smart Solution: Jacobs Launches Cloud‑Based App to Help Maximize Infrastructure PlanningAug 4
• Rent-A-Center’s FinTech Arm Acima Releases Digital PlatformAug 4
• Dallas Mobile Vet Startup ReadiVet Raises $2.5M To Bring New Vets and Services to Pets at HomeAug 4
• Get a Grip: Two State-of-the-Art Climbing Gyms Are Opening in DallasAug 3
• Frisco-Based Tijoh Launches Auto Brander, Its Fifth Digital Business Since 2020Aug 3
• FedEx Office Teams With Accenture and River Logic To Optimize Print Production and DeliveryAug 3
• Dallas Cowboys and AT&T Select MatSing Lens Antennas for AT&T StadiumAug 2
• Topgolf Names New COO of U.S. Venues, New CMO, and New Chief People OfficerAug 2
• Dallas-Based Applied Blockchain Launches Crypto Hosting BusinessJul 31
• Former Topgolf COO Craig Kessler Named New CEO of Dallas’ Buff City SoapJul 30
• The Man Factor: Dallas-Based Reproductive Solutions Inc. Offers “First At-Home Solution” For Filling The IVF CupJul 29
• Watch Out Wyoming: Could the Texas Blockchain Council Turn Texas Into America’s Blockchain and Crypto Capital?Jul 28
• TPG Rise Climate Raises $5.4 Billion To Help Build Climate Solutions WorldwideJul 27
• A Slice of Fashion: Plano-Based Pizza Hut Drops Tastewear LineJul 27
• RedBird Capital’s Andrew Lauck On Recent Deals, the Firm’s Deep Texas Footprint, and Playing the Long GameJul 26
• Dallas’ Granite Properties and Other Local Firms Make the List of “2021 Best Workplaces for Millennials”Jul 23
• Amazon Goes Electric in Fort Worth, Delivering With Rivian EVsJul 22
• Bart Weiss Looks Back at 35 Years of Dallas VideoFest, Before Its Last Hurrah This FallJul 22
• Opendoor Survey Shows 78 Percent Believe Dallas Is a Home Seller’s MarketJul 21
• Dallas-Based Preston Hollow Community Capital Launches $200M IPOJul 21
• Jacobs Named Program Partner for $3.47B DISD 2020 Bond ProgramJul 20
• Grapevine’s 82-Year-Old Wally Funk Joins Jeff Bezos In Space, Makes History As Oldest AstronautJul 20
• Smart City: Irving Wins ‘What Works Cities’ Silver CertificationJul 19
• Dallas Veteran Launches Laundry On Demand Platform, Raises Funds With SMBX Small Business Bonds Jul 19
• Check This Out: Walmart Tests All-Self-Checkout Supercenter in PlanoJul 16
• Frito-Lay CMO Tells Brands to “Innovate or Die” With 10 Tips for Making Innovation Your Secret WeaponJul 15
• Texas Central Signs Up Spain’s Renfe As Early Operator of High-Speed Dallas-Houston RailwayJul 14
• Urban Air Adventure Park Forms Unleashed Brands, Acquires Snapology, a Creative Play CompanyJul 14
• Dallas-Fort Worth Continues To Grow As a Tech Talent Leader, Says CBRE’s ‘Scoring Tech Talent’ ReportJul 13
• Is Your Pet Family? SMU Sociologist Says “Multispecies Families” Impact Birth Rates, Job Location, Disasters, and MoreJul 13
• Flex in Demand: Venture X Partners with Standing Desk Innovator VariJul 12
• Rory McIlroy Invests in Dallas-Based Drive Shack’s PutteryJul 12
• The Future of Mobile: Ericsson Will Collaborate With MIT On ‘Fully Cognitive’ Networks and ‘Zero-Energy’ DevicesJul 12
• AllianceTexas’ Mobility Innovation Zone Partners With Texas A&M Transportation InstituteJul 8
• Frisco-based Powerhandz Partners With LaMelo Ball, Announces MergerJul 8
• Safer Air, Safer Streets: North Texas Center for Mobility Technologies Announces First Two FundingsJul 6
• Texas Offers Women Entrepreneurs a Cash-Prize Pitch CompetitionJul 1
• Bell Textron Will Build a Lab In Arlington With $2.5M from the AEDCJul 1
• A Gen Z Willy Wonka Is Incubating At Dallas’ Envy Gaming—And His Golden Tickets Have a TwistJun 30
• The Citizenry Raises $20M To Grow Its Dallas-Based Artisan Home Décor BrandJun 29
• Capital One Will Become a Hybrid Work Company, Impacting All 5,000+ DFW Associates and 52,000 OverallJun 29
• Stars Do Dallas: How 11 Celebrity Deals and Endorsements Are Building Local BrandsJun 28
• Dallas-Area Belluscura Breathes Lighter Life Into $23B Respiratory Care Devices MarketJun 24
• After Battling Nike in the Supreme Court, Dallas-based YUMS Relaunches Its Streetwear BrandJun 23
• Bedford Biotech Restores “Meaningful Vision” in Blind Patients With Gene Therapy—and May Soon Go PublicJun 22
• Gov. Abbott Signs Teledentistry Bill, Ending Ban and Allowing Virtual Dentistry in TexasJun 22
• North Texas’ Qarbon Aerospace Will Assemble LIFT’s HEXA Flying CarsJun 21
• As Texas Builds a ‘Hempire’ and Cannabis Laws Ease in Baby Steps, Lucky Leaf Expo Returns to Irving July 9-10Jun 17
• Insurtech Firm Integrity Marketing Group Bucks Suburban Trend, Moves to Downtown DallasJun 16
• Solar Panel Breakthrough: UNT Researchers Inkjet-Print 2D Perovskites for Better Flexible PanelsJun 15
• A $4B Giant: Dallas-Based Worldwide Express Merges With GlobalTranzJun 15
• Get the Signal: Texas Instruments Unveils Industry-Leading Breakthrough in High-Speed Data ConvertersJun 14
• Electric Gamebox, an Immersive Group Gaming Platform With Locations in The Colony and the U.K., Raises $11M in Series A2Jun 10
• Waymo Via Partners With J.B. Hunt to Run Robotically Driven Freight From Houston to Fort WorthJun 10
• DRC Launches COVID Vaccine Awareness Campaign (Free Cowboys Tickets, Anyone?)Jun 9
• Kimberly-Clark Partners With Biotech Innovator RWDC To Develop Sustainable Plastic AlternativesJun 8
• EdTech Startup Language Learning Market Expanding Its Corporate HQ in McKinneyJun 8
• ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Stars Eugene and Sarah Levy Appear in Ad Campaign for Capital One Auto NavigatorJun 7
• Immersive Van Gogh Opens at Lighthouse Dallas, a New Arts Venue in Downtown’s East QuarterJun 7
• NACD North Texas Names New Chapter Officers and Board Members for 2021–2022Jun 4
• Good Boy! AT&T’s FirstNet Sends Labradoodles to the Front Lines for First Responder SupportJun 4
• Dallas-Based Buff City Soap Gets New Funding From Equity Firm General AtlanticJun 3
• El Peso Hero Comic Book Series Surpasses 10th Anniversary Kickstarter Goal; Movie In WorksJun 3
• The NTXIA and Marketplace.city Announce Call for New Models to Accelerate InnovationJun 2
• Dallas-Based 7T Offers a Virtual Fit for Apparel Shoppers With Its Sizini AppJun 2
• Robin Autopilot Is Robot-Mowing its Way to a New McKinney HQJun 1
• Recuro Health’s At-Home COVID Rapid Test Platform Featured at Census Bureau and HHS’s TOPx Solutions ShowcaseMay 27
• Dallas-Based Fintech Apex to Speed Equity Trade Settlements with No Two-Day WaitMay 26
• Dallas-Based Fund Night Ventures Is Making Moves in the Creator EconomyMay 26
• American Heart Association’s Precision Medicine Platform and Hitachi Vantara Announce New AllianceMay 25
• Dallas-Based Snipitz Wants to Let You Choose Your Own Live Broadcast POVMay 25
• Mickelson Wins Historic Golf Major at 50: It’s Gotta Be the Shirt!May 24
• Dallas-Based AR Startup ARKH Signs 50/50 Joint Venture With UK-based LithoMay 24
• Tech Titans Will Host a Reverse Pitch Virtual Event June 10thMay 21
• Dallas-Based Synerzip and Merger Partner Prime Technology Group Launch Globally as ExcellarateMay 20
• Stillwater Capital Gets Zoning Approval for The Link, a $1B Mixed-Use Addition to PGA FriscoMay 20
• Hybrid Learning Is Here To Stay, Says AT&T’s 2021 Future of School ReportMay 20
• Dallas Startup Rhithm Raises $4M for Emoji-Based Student Wellness PlatformMay 19
• Tele-tech Firm Dubber Leases Dallas Offices, Launches New Call Recording SolutionsMay 18
• Solera Acquires DealerSocket and Omnitracs, Fueling Public Offering RumorsMay 18
• Innovative Spaces: Hari Mari Opens Flagship Store in Dallas’ Knox DistrictMay 18
• UTD 3D Printing Spinoff Acquired by Desktop MetalMay 17
• Apple Invests $410M in II-VI Inc., Supporting 700+ Jobs in Sherman and Other U.S. CitiesMay 5
• Toyota Just Parked Its Insurance Agency in Plano with First TIMS HQMay 3
• The Dallas Cowboys Are About To Get Thumped — By $700M Recovery Tech Firm HypericeApr 30