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DallasNews Corp. Shareholders Approve Merger with Hearst Corp.

by | Sep 23, 2025
DallasNews Corp. is the holding company of The Dallas Morning News and marketing and media company Medium Giant. Under the merger, DallasNews shareholders will receive an all-cash consideration of $16.50 per share of DallasNews common stock.
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Firehawk Aerospace Lands $4M Air Force Contract for 3D-Printed Rocket Propulsion Tech
by | Sep 23, 2025
The award is the latest signal of growing momentum for the North Texas defense tech company, which announced a state- and federal-backed deal to scale manufacturing in Oklahoma in May.
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Plano-Based Contact Center Analytics Platform AmplifAI Raises $33.7M Series B
by | Sep 23, 2025
AmplifAI said the funding and credit facility round, led by CVS Health Ventures, will accelerate its mission to unify human and AI agent performance and deliver "best-in-class" customer experience at scale.
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RobotLAB’s Cruzr Robot Rolls Into Cast of ‘Only Murders in the Building’
by | Sep 23, 2025
If you worry that robots may be coming to replace us, you may have thought at least actors were safe. Think again. The newest cast member on "Only Murders in the Building" is a cloud-based, intelligent humanoid robot that can man a doorman's desk like nobody's business.
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At 2025 Tech Titans Awards, Winners Take the Stage and ‘Fast Tech’ Cos. Set the Pace

by | Sep 18, 2025
Tech Titans, the state’s largest tech trade association, honored standout individuals and companies across North Texas at its 25th annual awards event Friday in Frisco. Here's who took home awards, who topped the "Fast Tech" list, and who entered the Tech Titans Hall of Fame.
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OmniOn Power Appoints Semiconductor Industry Veteran as President and CEO
by | Sep 18, 2025
David French’s appointment follows the resignation of Jeff Schnitzer, the company’s previous president and CEO, in August.
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North Texas-Based Commercial Metals’ $675M CP&P Acquisition Expands Early-Stage Construction Footprint and Job-Site Role
by | Sep 18, 2025
The cash deal for Concrete Pipe & Precast gives CMC a scalable entry into the fragmented $30 billion U.S. precast concrete market.
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Fort Worth’s Neon Cyber Exits Stealth, Unveils In-Browser Defense to Protect Companies—by Securing Employees
by | Sep 18, 2025
Neon Cyber, founded by security veterans Cody Pierce and Mark St. John, wants to curb phishing, shadow SaaS, and weak sign-ins by putting protection where work happens—inside the browser. “Cybersecurity has no perimeter," the company says, "and it’s time we stopped pretending it does.”
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Fort Worth-Based oneworld alliance Launches $150M Sustainable Aviation Fuels Investment Fund

by | Sep 17, 2025
The fund, led by Alaska Airlines and Fort Worth-based American Airlines and managed by BIll Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, seeks to accelerate the global development of long-term aviation fuel solutions that are cost effective, scalable, and have lower emissions than conventional fuels.
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Dallas’ Crux Capital Closes First Institutional Fund With Over $340M in Commitments
by | Sep 17, 2025
Crux focuses on partnering with businesses in the consumer and commercial services industries with a strong presence in the Sunbelt region. Its five platform companies are HTeaO, Woody's Brands, Uncommon Brands, Superscapes Landscape & Irrigation, and Buff City Soap.
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North Texas’ Airway Management Launches 3D-Printed Device for Sleep Apnea
by | Sep 17, 2025
Farmers Branch-based Airway said its new Nylon flexTAP includes a mouth shield and AM Aligner, making it the only oral appliance for mild to moderate sleep apnea to include a nasal breathing accessory improving efficacy.
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The Last Word: North Texas Bank CEO On the Fed’s First Rate Cut Since December
by | Sep 17, 2025
What does the Federal Reserve’s rate cut really mean? American National Bank of Texas CEO Robert Hulsey, who sits on the Dallas Fed board, weighs in.
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McKinney-Based StatLab Launches New Pathology Slide Printer, Plans to Expand Manufacturing in Arlington

by | Sep 17, 2025
StatLab's launch of its new PiSmart S1 single-hopper slide printer for pathology labs follows the company's August acquisitions of Germany-based Histoserve GmbH and Diapath France SAS.
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Plano-based Motor Engineering Manufacturing North America has received a newly granted patent for a chair that moves in sync with on-screen action. The system uses actuators made with shape-memory materials to shift the seat in response to video games, movies, or other visual content—mimicking motion for a more immersive experience. The patent was invented by Brian J. Pinkelman, Ryohei Tsuruta, and Michael Paul Rowe of Pinckney. [Composite illustration: Sources, USPTO Patent #12383066, Fig. 9; DI Studio]
Patented: Toyota’s Shape Memory Chair That Moves with Visual Content and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of August 12 with a total of 151 patents granted.
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Search Drones & Autonomous ‘Water Bombers’ Fight Simulated Wildfire Near Texas Motor Speedway
by | Sep 16, 2025
An August exercise called FIRE SWARM 2 was held west of the Texas Motor Speedway within AllianceTexas, with drones and helicopters filling the skies to battle a simulated wildfire. What really made the operation hot? Unlike traditional operations, each aircraft was directed by advanced, fully autonomous technologies.
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Punk Noir’s Tasting Menu Restaurant Coming to Design District With ‘Irreverent Fine Dining’ and VIP Car Service on the Menu
Led by a James Beard Award–winning chef, the 20-course experience will unfold inside a 9,500-square-foot warehouse, with projection-mapped dining rooms and just 26 seats per seating. It’s all part of what the founders call a love letter to Dallas.
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