Business

 

 

Dude Perfect’s Trick-Shot Gameplay Is Coming to Nex Playground

by | Jan 6, 2026
"We’re excited to bring the Dudes’ energy into the living room in a whole new way," says Nex CEO David Lee. Dude Perfect gameplay will launch on Nex Playground's controller-free, motion-based gaming system this summer.
MORE
Irving-Based Vistra To Acquire Natural Gas Powerhouse Cogentrix Energy in $4B Deal
by | Jan 6, 2026
The acquisition includes three combined cycle gas turbine facilities and two combustion turbine facilities located across Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland; four combined cycle gas turbine facilities in New England, and one ERCOT cogeneration facility in Texas.
MORE
Dallas-Based 900lbs Helps Light Up America’s 250th With Washington Monument Projection Display
by | Jan 6, 2026
For six nights beginning on New Year's Eve, the 555-foot marble obelisk in the heart of Washington, D.C., showcased a four-sided vertical projection mapping spectacle honoring America's 250th birthday year. Here's how 900lbs helped make it happen.
MORE
TPG Strikes Deal to Manage Up to $20B in Assets for Michigan’s Jackson Financial
by | Jan 6, 2026
As part of the transaction, TPG said it will make a $500 million minority investment in Jackson, representing around a 6.5% stake in the company. Jackson will also receive $150 million of TPG stock.
MORE

Mortgage Servicing Co. Sagent Names Its Board Chair as New CEO

by | Jan 5, 2026
Chris Marshall—a mortgage, banking, and fintech leader who previously served as vice chairman and president of Dallas-based Mr. Cooper—will work closely with customers to implement Sagent’s end-to-end Dara platform at scale, the company said.
MORE
Berkshire Hathaway Completes $9.7B Acquisition of North Texas-Based OxyChem
by | Jan 5, 2026
OxyChem had been the chemicals business of Houston-based energy giant Occidental. Its president and CEO, Wade Alleman, will continue to lead the company, Berkshire Hathaway said.
MORE
AT&T To Relocate Global HQ From Downtown Dallas to New Site in Plano
by | Jan 5, 2026
The move to Legacy Drive in Plano will shift the company from a skyscraper-focused HQ to a more sprawling, suburban-like campus. AT&T has been headquartered in downtown Dallas since 2008.
MORE
UTA Engineers Develop Soft Robotic Exoskeleton to Reduce Workplace Injuries
by | Jan 3, 2026
A study found the air-powered wearable reduced muscle activity by as much as 22% during lifting tasks, pointing to a potential way to ease strain in industrial settings.
MORE

Plano-Based Stellus Rx Lands Strategic Investment From WindRose Health Investors

by | Jan 2, 2026
The tech-enabled pharmacy care management company plans to scale its value-based platform focused on improving medication outcomes and lowering healthcare costs.
MORE
Patented: Bank of America’s Quantum Reflection Access Credentialing and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 25 with a total of 135 patents granted.
MORE
NanOlogy Names CEO as Its Tumor-Targeted Cancer Drugs Near Key Regulatory Milestones
by | Dec 30, 2025
The Fort Worth oncology company tapped former Salarius Pharmaceuticals CEO David Arthur to lead its push toward commercialization, including a planned IND for a rare pediatric brain cancer program.
MORE
North Texas AI Startup Joins Microsoft, NVIDIA in Global Power Consortium Focused on How We ‘Make, Move, and Use Electricity’
by | Dec 29, 2025
Plano’s KYRO AI is the only Texas technology company in EPRI’s Open Power AI Consortium, joining tech leaders and utilities working to develop open-source AI models for the power sector. The effort is backed by major energy companies, including Exelon, whose CEO recently warned the grid’s “check engine light is on” as electricity demand surges.
MORE

Asset Panda Launches Pro Platform With AI to Tackle Enterprise Tech’s Time-to-Value Chasm

by | Dec 26, 2025
Founder Rex Kurzius has spent more than a decade bootstrapping his Frisco-based asset management platform to 4,000 organizations tracking more than 20 million assets. This fall, he rolled out Asset Panda Pro with Ursa AI to speed configuration work that traditionally slows enterprise deployments.
MORE
CBRE Names New CEOs for Real Estate Investments, Trammell Crow Company
by | Dec 26, 2025
The leadership changes, effective Jan. 1, also include a new global chief operating officer for CBRE’s Advisory Services segment.
MORE
Dallas Ranks as a National Leader in Building-to-Apartment Conversions
by | Dec 26, 2025
A RentCafe report finds three major adaptive reuse projects completed last year, including the $40 million office-to-residential conversion inside Dallas’ 50-story Santander Tower that created 291 Peridot Residences apartments downtown. Nearly 3,000 more units are in the city’s redevelopment pipeline, according to the study.
MORE
Patented: Gemma Robotics’ Automated Makeup Application System and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Nov. 18 with a total of 159 patents granted.
MORE