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Fort Worth-based Jet Health Taps Industry Veteran as its New Chief Executive Officer

by | Jun 2, 2023

Larry Nabb has been appointed chief executive officer of Jet Health Inc., a Fort Worth-based regional provider of home health, hospice, and personal care services. He replaces Stacie Bratcher, who was CEO since March 2020.

Jim Glynn, Jet Health’s founder and board chair, recently expressed his confidence in the company’s new appointment, Nabb....

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Richardson-based Texans Credit Union Hires New VP of IT Systems
by | Jun 2, 2023

Richardson-based Texans Credit Union announced that Ian Beirnes has joined the organization as vice president of IT systems, a post in which he will be responsible for managing the credit union’s technology infrastructure and operations department.

“We are very pleased to welcome Ian to our leadership team,” CEO David Frazier said in a statement....

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Dak Prescott Partners with Dude Perfect as an Owner of Major League Pickleball’s Frisco Pandas
by | Jun 2, 2023
When Dak Prescott is in a pickle, usually it's because an Eagles defensive lineman is chasing him around the backfield. But now the Dallas Cowboys QB has found a new pickle-related pursuit: He's become one of the owners of the Frisco Pandas, a Major League Pickleball franchise. The move comes just months after Frisco-based Dude Perfect became investors in the franchise, valuing the team at $5 million.
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Caris Life Sciences and ConcertAI Announce New Clinico-Genomic Research Platform
by | Jun 1, 2023
Expanding a collaboration they announced in January, the two companies aim to drive "the future of cancer care" with the new platform, enabling novel insights for precision medicine, therapeutic development, and clinical trials management for academic and biopharma researchers.
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Jacobs and Palantir Expand Partnership to ‘Revolutionize’ AI Solutions Across Industries

by | Jun 1, 2023
The partnership aims to harness Palantir's cutting-edge AI capabilities and revolutionize the commercialization of AI solutions across a range of sectors—including critical infrastructure, advanced facilities, and supply chain management.
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Gen Z Loves More Than Just TikTok: They Also Crave Gold and Crypto, Says Apex Report
by | Jun 1, 2023
A report from Dallas-based Apex Fintech Solutions reveals "surprising" investing trends across generations in response to major market-moving triggers. See why Gen Z freaked out the most about the recent Silicon Valley Bank crisis—and the 7 stocks all generations agree on.
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Design Unveiled for DFW Airport’s Terminal D Extension
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is getting a new extension for Terminal D—one that gives the international terminal an even greater feeling of spaciousness and runway vistas while delivering energy-saving technology through the use of View Dynamic Glass. See some views of the extension's fresh modern look, designed by luis vidal + architects in association with HarrisonKornberg Architects and Arup.
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Highway to Innovation: Startups Put the Pedal to the Metal in Business Bootcamp
by | Jun 1, 2023
These mavericks are not just shifting gears, they're changing the road rules in the automotive ecosystem. The Capital One Accelerator program, now in its second year, helps founders develop their business plans and pitches en route to becoming capital ready.

Meet the 13 startups selected for 2023, set to drive innovation and change in the automotive ecosystem.
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The Last Word: Smokey John’s Brent Reaves on How Restaurants Pick Their Locations

by | Jun 1, 2023
A location can make or break a restaurant. So how do spots get picked for some of DFW's favorite eateries? Five Dallas-area restaurateurs talked with D Magazine about pinpointing their places, including Brent and Juan Reaves; Sawsan Abublan, co-owner of Shawarma Press; Tanner Agar, co-owner of Rye and Apothecary; Jon Alexis, the force behind TJ’s Seafood, Malibu Poke, Escondido, and Ramble Room; and Khanh Nguyen, who brought us ZaLat Pizza and DaLat.
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T.D. Jakes Foundation Appoints New Chief Executive Officer
by | May 31, 2023
Kelley Cornish will lead the foundation, a Dallas-based workforce development and community building organization committed to building bridges to opportunity. "Bringing Kelley in to lead the foundation is a strategic and advantageous relationship that will help our efforts in a unique and inventive way," said foundation Chairman T.D. Jakes.
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Lovett Industrial Unleashes Massive Infill Industrial Project in West Dallas 
by | May 31, 2023
Houston-based Lovett Industrial has begun construction on the buildings in the West Dallas submarket, calling it the largest industrial project under construction in infill Dallas. "These will be first-class facilities in a truly unique location within a dynamic logistics market," Lovett Director Colby Everett says. One is for a logistics company—and one is being built on behalf of Dallas County.
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Toyota Motor Corp. Taps Plano‑Based TMNA Exec As Chief Project Leader of Its New Hydrogen Factory
by | May 31, 2023
Shinichi Yasui, a 35-year Toyota veteran, will take up the post at the Hydrogen Factory—a newly established company dedicated to accelerating customer-focused product development and production of fuel cells and hydrogen-related products.
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Two North Texas Counties Ranked Among Least Expensive for Infant Childcare in U.S., Report Finds

by | May 31, 2023
As any parent with infants could tell you, childcare costs have exploded in recent years, with costs varying greatly across the U.S. But luckily for parents in or near Collin and Denton Counties, two of America's least-expensive infant childcare counties are right here in North Texas, according to a report from the Substack publication American Inequality.
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Ameriflight Makes Aviation History With FAA Approval for Large-Scale Drone Delivery Service in the U.S.
by | May 31, 2023
Dallas-based Ameriflight plans to operate the Matternet M2 drone for commercial delivery—focusing on health care and e-commerce deliveries to customers in dense urban and suburban environments across the country. The approval will enable what Ameriflight calls "the first fully operational, large-scale drone operation in the United States."
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Dallas Invents: 152 Patents Granted for Week of May 23
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Bank of America's authentication using blockchains, Apple's beam tracking using downlink data reception and motion sensing information, USAA's color-changing vehicle to improve visibility, American Security Products' keyless courier entry for safes, Toyota's LiDAR reflective fabric, Akamai Technologies' detecting internet eavesdroppers, Anametric's preservation of qubits, Textron's takeoff power boost, Magic Leap's controlling virtual image generation system using emotional states of user, and Accenture's utilizing machine learning to prevent intellectual property issues for content during different stages of a project lifecycle.
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The Last Word: Why Six Flags Will Become the First Theme Park to Use Amazon’s ‘Just Walk Out’ Technology
by | May 31, 2023
Arlington-based Six Flags Entertainment wants to make it easier for its guests to buy food and drinks in a frictionless way. So it's partnering with Amazon and Coca-Cola on a joint venture to pilot Amazon's Just Walk Out technology at a New Jersey Six Flags theme park beginning June 1. 
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