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Tailwater Capital Portfolio Company Freestone Holdco Announces 2 Executive Promotions

by | Dec 14, 2022

Freestone Holdco LLC, a Dallas-based portfolio company of Dallas’ Tailwater Capital LLC focused on disruptive energy transition investments, announced the promotions of Ellen Wilkirson to managing director and Pierce Latham to vice president.

“As we continue to grow the Freestone platform and partner with disruptive businesses enabling the transition to a more carbon-neutral economy, both Ellen and Pierce have played a significant role in our success to date, and I am pleased to recognize those contributions with these well-deserved promotions,” Alan Boswell, managing director at Freestone, said in a statement....

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Six Pillars Partners Leads Recapitalization, Merger to Form ‘Largest Gaming-Focused Creative Agency’
by | Dec 14, 2022

Addison-based Six Pillars Partners led the recapitalization and merger of two independent marketing agencies, Red Square Agency and Foundry, to form Good Giant.

As a newly combined platform, Good Giant is the largest gaming-focused creative agency in the country, according to a news release....

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Intuit Survey: U.S. Taxpayers Want Rigorous Security and Comprehensive Services From Their Tax Professionals
by | Dec 14, 2022

As tax season rolls around again, taxpayers are expecting and demanding more from their tax professionals than ever before.

Intuit’s global fintech platform, which has a large operation in Plano, has put out its first-ever Taxpayer Insights and Intelligence Brief to provide insights into their needs....

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Helios Visions Expands Drone Data Collection Service to DFW, Austin, and Houston
by | Dec 14, 2022
Helios Visions—a national provider of 3D drone mapping, building and infrastructure inspections, aerial photography and more—has expanded into Texas with new offices in Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, and Houston. The Chicago-based company says the expansion will help meet "extraordinary demand" for drones to visually inspect critical infrastructure and construction projects.
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UNT Health Science Center Gets $2M from Tarrant County to Boost Emerging Tech Companies

by | Dec 14, 2022
The UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth has received a $2 million grant from Tarrant County to help emerging tech startups successfully apply for federal Small Business Innovation Research funding. "It’s about creating entrepreneurial excellence in Tarrant County,” says Tarrant County Commissioner Roy Brooks. “This puts us at the forefront of innovation in bringing tech industries to Tarrant County as an economic development tool.”
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Bottle Rocket CEO and IBM Exec Launch ‘Thematically Speaking’ Podcast
by | Dec 14, 2022
Rajesh Midha, CEO of Dallas-based digital experience consultancy Bottle Rocket, is joining forces with IBM Global Demand VP Ari Sheinkin on a new podcast. Called "Thematically Speaking," the new podcast will feature knowledge and insights gained over decades in the B2B marketing business—discussed "through the lens of various seemingly unrelated themes or stories."
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The Last Word: Cooper Aerobics’ Dr. Tyler Cooper on Summiting 74 14K-Plus-Foot Peaks in the Continental U.S.
by | Dec 14, 2022
When you're president and CEO of Dallas' Cooper Aerobics, people expect you to be fit. But Dr. Cooper has gone above and beyond. Especially above. In a D Magazine profile by Will Maddox, Cooper talks about his successful climbing of all 74 peaks in the contiguous U.S. that are 14,000 feet tall or higher.
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Dallas Invents: 135 Patents Granted for Week of November 15
by | Dec 14, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Linear Labs' multi-tunnel electric machine, NEC Corporation of America's facial recognition system, NTT Data's securing machine learning models, Physmodo's human motion detection and tracking, Raytheon and University of North Dakota's detection of spoofing and meaconing for geolocation positioning system signals, Securus Technologies' ollicit activity detection based on body language, University of Texas System's anti-LILRB antibodies and their use in detecting and treating cancer, Watchguard Video's magnetic body-worn mounting system and method, and more.
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Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli uses Siemens Xcelerator as a Service to accelerate development of an extreme class of optimized America’s Cup yacht [Photo: Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli/Siemens Digital Industries Software]

America’s Cup Racing Team Is Using Plano’s Siemens Xcelerator for Its Yacht Design

by | Dec 13, 2022
The Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli team is using the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of software and services "to design, simulate, and optimize" its racing yacht for the 2024 America's Cup challenge in Barcelona. "Using Siemens' software, the hull, foils, rudder, and sails can be analyzed as part of the digital twin, to understand how each surface responds to the changes in the project parameters, thus speeding up our work," says the team's Matteo Ledri.
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Jerry Jones- and John Goff-Backed GameSquare Esports Merges With Streaming Platform
by | Dec 13, 2022
Toronto-based GameSquare announced a merger agreement last week with Engine Gaming & Media, a data-driven gaming, media, and influencer marketing platform company. The all-stock deal could give the combined company "an audience and reach as large as any gaming and esports company currently in the market," management said. Jerry Jones and John Goff will continue to be the largest investors of the combined entity, with the Jones family and Goff Capital holding "significant" board representation.
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NTT Data Innovation Index: 93% of Execs Think AI Will Be in Common Use Within 2 Years
by | Dec 13, 2022
The Plano-based digital business and IT services giant's research shows that businesses are focused on growing and increasing profitability. The economic climate may reduce short-term investments, but long-term trends are sustainable. Keeping up with the evolving market is key: “Digital transformation is a continuous journey, not a one-and-done investment,” says NTT Data Chief Digital Officer Tanvir Khan.
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Dallas’ HomeVestors Sues HGTV Over Its ‘Ugliest House in America’ Show
by | Dec 13, 2022
HomeVestors filed a lawsuit yesterday against HGTV's parent company. Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., saying the show violates the intellectual property rights of HomeVestors’ "The Ugliest House Of The Year" trademark.
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NASA's Orion spacecraft, flying without a crew on board, reached a maximum distance of about 270,000 miles from Earth during the Artemis I flight test. During its flight, Orion captured stunning imagery of the Earth and Moon together from its distant lunar orbit. [Photo: NASA]

To the Moon and Back: How Dallas-Based Jacobs Supported the Artemis 1 Space Mission

by | Dec 12, 2022
Jacobs was part of the team that supported NASA on the Artemis 1 mission's 1.4-million-mile trip around the moon and back. The Orion spacecraft traveled farther than any space vehicle capable of safely transporting humans.

"With Orion's successful journey and safe return to earth, this historic mission has paved the way for a new era of scientific discovery and human exploration of deep space," Jacobs EVP Steve Arnette said.
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Wing’s New Remote Operations Center Is Air Traffic Control for Its Drones
by | Dec 12, 2022
In April, Wing—a subsidiary of Alphabet and sister company of Google—began delivering products by drone to neighborhoods in Frisco and Little Elm from a "drone nest" in each city. The drones buzz with payloads from Walgreens, Blue Bell Creameries, Texas Health, and easyvet. Now Wing has opened its second U.S. remote operations center in a Coppell office building to oversee the drone operations, staffed by FAA-licensed "pilots in command."
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American Airlines Is the Only Passenger Airline Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 2nd Straight Year
by | Dec 12, 2022
Just months after investing in a hydrogen fuel distribution startup and striking a $2.75 billion deal to buy sustainable aviation fuel made from refined corn, Fort-Worth based American Airlines has made an important list. For the second year in a row, American is the only passenger airline to land on the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index.
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AT&T Stadium Is Getting a $295 Million Upgrade
by | Dec 12, 2022
Jerry World is still a marvel to millions, but it's not quite as cutting-edge as when it first opened in 2009. Now the Dallas Cowboys are about to do something about it, with $295 million in upgrades planned for AT&T Stadium. That's according to a report by Sports Business Journal, which says the refresh won't "radically alter" the look and feel of the 100,000-seat stadium. Instead, most of those millions will go toward refreshing premium spaces that are set for lease renewals, as well as upgrading back-end systems and technology in the run-up to the 2026 World Cup.
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