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Trintech Appoints New Product Chief as AI Strategy and Global Reach Expand

by | Oct 3, 2025
The Plano-based financial close firm taps David Taylor to guide platform innovation amid new enterprise integrations and operations expansion across Asia-Pacific.
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Fort Worth Adtech Firm Adds New Product and Revenue Chiefs Amid Growth Push
by | Oct 3, 2025
As Simpli.fi doubles down on AI tools and B2B targeting this year, its new CEO brings in execs from Neustar and Epsilon to scale innovation and help clients navigate the evolving advertising landscape.
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Comerica Promotes Exec to Senior EVP/Chief Risk Officer
by | Oct 3, 2025
Kristina Janssens will be responsible for overseeing risk across the Dallas-based banking and financial services company.
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CyrusOne Promotes Executive to President to Drive ‘Next Phase’ of Global Growth
by | Oct 2, 2025
The Dallas-based global data center developer and operator said that John Hatem's promotion creates direct alignment between its sales organization and its design and construction capabilities.
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Ben Dorks, CEO of Ideagen, said the SafetyStratus deal adds deep chemical management expertise to the UK company’s EHS platform, expanding its reach in life sciences, healthcare, energy, and manufacturing. [Photo: Ideagen]

UK-Based Ideagen Acquires North Texas’ SafetyStratus in Ninth 2025 M&A Deal

by | Oct 2, 2025
Plano-based SafetyStratus, incubated at Cornell in 2011, expands Ideagen’s environmental, health, and safety platform with chemical management capabilities used by more than 500,000 people worldwide.
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The Last Word: On ‘The Big Hat’ Installation in Garland, Texas’ Cowboy Hat Capital
by | Oct 2, 2025
Hats off to Garland, the Cowboy Hat Capital of Texas. It got that title from the Texas Legislature in 2013 in recognition of the city’s three hat manufacturers, HatCo, Master Hatters of Texas, and Dorfman Milano. Together, they roll out more than a million cowboy hats each year with labels including Stetson, Justin, Resistol, and Scala. The city only needed one more thing—a really big hat—and now it's got that, too.
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Partnering With the Small Business Development Center on AI
by | Oct 2, 2025
The Dallas Regional Chamber's AI Office Hours provide a new way for small businesses to leverage this technology, no matter what their level of expertise.
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Led by Dallas Entrepreneur, Givelify Reports $300 Million in North Texas Giving, $6 Billion Globally
by | Oct 1, 2025

Could passing the offering basket become a thing of the past in places of worship? Can nonprofits rely on a third-party app to handle fundraising with one click?...

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Dallas-based Worlds' technology can continuously process massive amounts of video data across different environments, creating an “index of everything” for organizations in real time. The physical AI startup has received a newly granted patent (USPTO #12400442) for a system that automatically identifies and labels objects in video by building a searchable index. The technology—invented by and Worlds CTO and co-founder Ross Bates and Sr. Director of Machine Learning Paul Aarseth—can analyze footage from different locations, compare what it sees, and match similar items to streamline real-time monitoring and data labeling. [Image: Worlds video screenshot]

Dallas-based Worlds' technology can continuously process massive amounts of video data across different environments, creating an “index of everything” for organizations in real time. The physical AI startup has received a newly granted patent (USPTO #12400442) for a system that automatically identifies and labels objects in video by building a searchable index. The technology—invented by Worlds CTO and co-founder Ross Bates and Sr. Director of Machine Learning Paul Aarseth—can analyze footage from different locations, compare what it sees, and match similar items to streamline monitoring and data labeling. [Image: Worlds video screenshot]

Patented: Physical AI Startup’s System for Automatically Identifying, Labeling Objects and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 26 with a total of 103 patents granted.
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Dallas-Based CSW Industrials To Acquire New York’s Motors & Armatures for $650M
by | Oct 1, 2025
Hauppauge, New York-based MARS Parts is one of the largest distributors of HVAC/R parts and supplies in North America. The acquisition will strategically complement CSW's current contractor solutions business, which traditionally has been more focused on new unit installations and replacements, CSW said.
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Attend UT Dallas’ Cybersecurity Event on October 8: AI, Compliance, and the New Risk Reality
by | Oct 1, 2025
Join experts for The Compliance Conundrum, a panel and networking event hosted by UT Dallas’ Cyber Security Research and Education Institute in partnership with Comcast Business, Rapid7, NBC 5, and Telemundo 39. Space is limited, and registration closes Oct. 3.
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SEC Greenlights Texas Stock Exchange; TXSE Set to Launch in 2026
by | Sep 30, 2025
Dallas‑based TXSE has earned SEC approval to operate as a national exchange, aiming to begin trading by 2026. “Real competition for corporate listings in the United States has finally arrived,” said founder and CEO James H. Lee—and it’s coming from Y’all Street.
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Dallas’ Arctos Partners Launches Platform To Help Investors Become Sports Team Owners

by | Sep 30, 2025
Arctos says it's the only private investment firm approved to own equity across all five major North American professional leagues. Now its new business line, Arctos Capital Markets, aims to help high net-worth investors connect directly with professional sports ownership opportunities. "Our goal is simple: be the first call,” said Arctos' Doc O’Connor.
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Dallas’ Smarter Technologies Acquires Irving-Based Pieces, Launches ‘SmarterNotes’ Clinical AI Solution
by | Sep 30, 2025
Formed earlier this year by the combination of Dallas' Access Healthcare with NYC-based SmarterDx and Austin-based Thoughtful.ai, Smarter Technologies said the new SmarterNotes solution combines SmarterDx’s proprietary clinical AI with Pieces’ industry-leading note automation workflows, "connecting the dots" from patient admission to final payment.
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Hunt Energy Enterprises Battery Tech Spinout To Pilot Advanced Cathode Plant in North Texas
by | Sep 30, 2025
The Hunt Energy Enterprises spinout—which closed a $7.5 million Pre-Series A funding round in February—said the new plant will commercialize its technology for "a cleaner and more economical battery future" for EV's and energy storage.
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DOE-Funded UTA Project Tackles Cooling Costs in AI Data Center Boom
by | Sep 29, 2025
UTA is part of a DOE-backed "moonshot" to cool the world’s AI infrastructure more sustainably—aiming to cut data center cooling energy from 40% to under 5% and slash the massive water use demanded by AI systems. The project includes partnering with next-gen liquid cooling tech startup, Austin-based Accelsius.
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