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Patented: Northrop Grumman Systems’ Spacecraft Servicing Using a Pod and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 15 with a total of 160 patents granted.
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U.K.-Based Yondr Group to Develop Hyperscale Data Center South of Dallas
by | Aug 19, 2025
Yondr said the project on 163 acres in Lancaster marks a "milestone" in its U.S. expansion. Newly appointed CEO Aaron Wangenheim called Dallas "one of the largest and fastest-growing data center markets in the world."
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UT Dallas, UT Southwestern Among Six 2025 iC3 Tech Transfer Showcase Finalists
by | Aug 19, 2025
Part of the 2025 iC³ Life Science & Healthcare Innovation Summit to be held September 16-17 in Dallas, the showcase pitch event is designed to connect university researchers with potential investors, industry executives, and strategic partners. This is the first year the showcase has expanded beyond Texas.
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Local TV Mega Deal: North Texas’ Nexstar To Acquire TEGNA for $6.2B
by | Aug 19, 2025
If approved by the FCC, the merger would create America's largest local broadcasting company, with Irving-based Nexstar reaching nearly 80% of TV households across the country.
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Jacobs Tapped to Guide $5B Pediatric Hospital Campus Project in Dallas

by | Aug 18, 2025
The Dallas-based firm will provide program management and oversee construction activity for the new medical campus from Children’s Health and UT Southwestern.
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FieldPulse founder and CEO Gabe Pinchev (center) celebrates with his Dallas team after announcing the company’s $50 million Series C funding round, led by Fulcrum Equity Partners with Catalyst Investors joining as a new backer. [Photo: FieldPulse]
Dallas-Based FieldPulse Scores $50M Series C as Trade Service Management Market Heads Toward $11 Billion
by | Aug 15, 2025
Founded in 2015, the company reports fourfold growth in 21 months while rolling out new AI-powered management tools for trade businesses. Fulcrum Equity Partners returns to lead the round, joined by new backer Catalyst Investors.
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X Marks the Spot as Uptown Dallas’ Tallest Tower Opens
by | Aug 14, 2025
From the park to the penthouse, 23Springs brings new views, new dining, and new space to Uptown. The Dallas district’s new development with its double X-braced tower opens more than halfway leased.
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North Texas’ StatLab Acquires 2 Pathology-Focused Companies in Germany and France
by | Aug 14, 2025
McKinney-based StatLab said the moves mark "a significant step forward" in its European growth strategy, expanding its direct commercial presence to the top four European markets: France, Germany, Italy, and the U.K.
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Passive Design, Proactive Conversations—and a Win for Sustainable Architecture

The “Academy Award of Architecture”—the AIA Firm Award—recently went to Dallas-based LPA Design Studios. Ellen Mitchell, who directs the firm’s sustainability and applied research, sees the win as a shift toward broadening what award-winning design really means. Here’s how the firm is building modern, greener commercial spaces by starting with better questions.
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Lazer Logistics Expands Presence in DFW, Chicago With 13th Acquisition
by | Aug 14, 2025
Atlanta-based Lazer Logistics is strengthening its position in Dallas/Fort Worth, one of the nation’s busiest freight corridors.
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Motion carries: Kelly Baggett, Fort Worth Innovation Coordinator; District 10 Councilmember Alan Blaylock; John Lauer, Founder and CEO of Adom Industries; City Manager Jay Chapa; and Michael Hennig, Economic Development Manager, in chambers after Fort Worth City Council unanimously approved $15 million in incentives for Adom's $229 million cloud-connected electronics factory Tuesday night.
Fort Worth Lands Adom Industries’ $229M AI-Native Cloud Factory and HQ
by | Aug 13, 2025
The Fort Worth City Council unanimously approved $15 million in incentives Tuesday night as founder John Lauer commits to making Fort Worth home for what he calls the world's first cloud-connected electronics prototyping facility. "This is going to completely revolutionize the electronics industry," he says.
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Tech Titans To Honor Magnit Global CEO With 2025 Corporate CEO Award
by | Aug 13, 2025
Chandra Dhandapani's career spans nearly 30 years, currently as CEO of Magnit Global and previously as CEO of Global Workplace Solutions at CBRE and chief information officer at CapitalOne's financial services division.
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Taylor Sheridan’s SGS Studios Launches Texas’ Largest Production Campus in Fort Worth, With More to Come

by | Aug 13, 2025
Sheridan—the powerhouse behind hit shows like "Yellowstone" and "Landman"—is partnering with Paramount Television and Dallas-based Hillwood on the new production campus in AllianceTexas. Additional production campuses are now planned across the huge development, with a goal of making Texas "'a global force in the film industry."
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Flytrex To ‘Vastly Expand’ DFW Drone Deliveries After ‘Beyond Visual Line of Sight’ FAA Nod
by | Aug 13, 2025
Since it first began drone-delivering chicken wings in Granbury in 2022, Flytrex has expanded its services to Little Elm and Frisco via partnerships with restaurant brands and DoorDash. Now—after becoming just the fourth drone delivery company to snag FAA Beyond Visual Line of Sight approval—Flytrex drones will soon be buzzing all over DFW. Its big goal: reaching over 100 million across the U.S.
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Patented: Dallas Chocolatier Kate Weiser’s Hot Beverage Shells That Release Cocoa and Marshmallows, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 8 with a total of 142 patents granted.
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TCU Exec Ed Expert: Corporate AI Isn’t Plug-and-Play (And Why That’s Actually Better)
by | Aug 12, 2025
In TCU's recent Insights publication, Neeley Executive Education faculty leader Eric Arseneau says generative AI is delivering real business value as it climbs Gartner's "Slope of Enlightenment." But AI specialization is creating unexpected friction for organizations. Here's his take.
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