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Purpose Legal Names Former Ocelot CEO as Its Chief Operating Officer

by | Aug 24, 2025
Since March 2024, Talin Andonians has served as an Advisory Board director for Purpose Legal, providing strategic and operational guidance to the senior leadership team.
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Dallas’ City Credit Union Promotes Exec to EVP/COO
by | Aug 23, 2025
Mitchell Clark will oversee the credit union’s daily operations and play a critical leadership role in driving strategic initiatives, member experience, and operational excellence.
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Dallas-based Trinity Hunt Partners Launches HVAC Distribution Platform With Majority Stake in Blackhawk Supply
by | Aug 23, 2025
The Dallas-based private equity firm tapped two seasoned acquisition executives to lead the Illinois-based distributor’s next phase of growth. Also in July: A second foundational investment, representing a platform launch in commercial paving.
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Caterpillar and Hunt Energy Ink Agreement to Deliver 1GW of Data Center Power Across North America
by | Aug 22, 2025
The long-term collaboration between the Irving- and Dallas-based companies aims to meet the energy demands of always-on data centers, with the first project to launch in Texas.
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The Last Word: On Chipotle’s ‘Zipotle’ Drone Deliveries Near Dallas

by | Aug 21, 2025
Burrito bowls by drone? Oh, it's a thing—and it launched today in North Texas. California-based Chipotle has begun flying out its full-menu in a new drone delivery service called Zipotle, starting with a single Chipotle location at 3109 Lakeview Parkway in Rowlett, northeast of Dallas. Partnering with the drone company Zipline, Chipotle "Zip" drones will travel directly to customers' houses, delivering digital orders in just a few minutes of flying time. 
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Fort Worth Names Former Dallas PD Leader as Its New Police Chief
by | Aug 21, 2025
Eddie Garcia served as Dallas' police chief for three and a half years before leaving last October to become assistant city manager for public safety in Austin.
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$761M Project: Wistron Selects Fort Worth’s AllianceTexas for Two AI Supercomputing Facilities
by | Aug 21, 2025
The facilities—Wistron's first in the U.S.—will create more than 800 full-time jobs, the Fort Worth Economic Development Partnership said, firmly positioning Fort Worth "as a key player in the future of advanced technology manufacturing and the broader reshoring movement, bringing critical manufacturing, logistics and innovation back to the U.S."
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Komen CEO to Step Down After Seven Years of Leading Breast Cancer Organization, Search to Begin for Successor
by | Aug 21, 2025
Schneider will remain involved as honorary vice chair as the board launches a national search for her successor.
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Dallas-Based Highway Raises Strategic Growth Investment to Accelerate Growth, Fight Freight Fraud

by | Aug 21, 2025
FTV Capital leads the round, with participation from Lead Edge Capital, to help the logistics tech company expand its carrier identity platform and combat growing fraud in freight brokerage.
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AI Tinkerers Now Has a Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter: ‘This Is for People Who Are Actually Using AI’
Data scientist Anmolika Singh put Dallas on the global AI Tinkerers map. At the first meetup, more than 30 pros—founders to Fortune 500 technologists—showed up to trade ideas, projects, and solutions.
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NYSE Texas Launch: Texas Governor Greg Abbott rings "The Closing Bell" at AT&T Stadium in Arlington with Lynn Martin, Jerry Jones, John Stankey, and Texas founding members on August 20, 2025. [Photo: NYSE]
The Last Word: NYSE Texas Kicks Off From the 50‑Yard Line of AT&T Stadium
by | Aug 20, 2025
NYSE president says Texas tops all states in listings with $4 trillion market cap, as Abbott rings the bell from "Y'all Street."
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Access TeleCare Names New CEO After Year of ‘Record Growth’
by | Aug 20, 2025
Access said its hiring of Josh DeTillio as CEO and a new role for Founder Chris Gallagher as chief strategy officer build on recent milestones—including achieving all-time-high clinical performance numbers and the strongest financials in the company’s history.
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Nearing $5B Valuation, Island Names Former project44 Exec as Its New CFO

by | Aug 20, 2025
Tim MacCarrick brings more than 25 years of financial and operational leadership across high-growth software and technology organizations, including both public companies and private equity-backed firms.
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New Director Named for Fort Worth Economic Development
by | Aug 20, 2025
Jessica Rogers will lead Fort Worth’s economic development strategy, focusing on business recruitment and retention, workforce development, small business development, and creating a vibrant and diverse economy,
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Dallas Biotech Launches Open-Access AI Tool Targeting One of Brain Drug Discovery’s Toughest Hurdles
by | Aug 20, 2025
With just 2% to 6% of small-molecule drugs able to cross the blood-brain barrier, researchers and drugmakers face steep odds. Lantern Pharma’s tool, the company’s CEO says, could be “a paradigm shift” in developing treatments for conditions ranging from brain cancers to Parkinson’s disease.
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Merger Launches OSPRI, a Next‑Gen North Texas PCR Testing Company Backed by Up to $30M
by | Aug 20, 2025
Formed by a merger among Community Direct DX (CDx), Scienetix, and the R&D division of Advanta Genetics, OSPRI specializes in polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based infectious disease detection. It develops and delivers advanced tools that improve access to high-quality care across key healthcare segments, the company said.
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