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North Texas-Based Hedera Helps Boost Long-Distance Drone Safety in U.K. Trial
by David Kirkpatrick | Jan 6, 2022
The public ledger consensus service from Richardson-headquartered Hedera helped “gather, store, and order” millions of data points in the trial, which was sponsored by the U.K. government.
Working with London-based aviation tech firm Neuron Innovations, Hedera helped advance the case for the safe sharing of long-distance airspace by commercial, military, and government drones.
by David Seeley |
Jan 6, 2022
Balfour & Co. is an industry leader in everything from yearbooks to class rings to caps and gowns. Now the "100-year-old startup company" is starting up something new with Texas-based designer Kendra Scott. That sound you hear is the murmur of countless frat boys and sorority sisters looking up from their beer pong to ask, "Did someone say Greek jewelry?"
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 6, 2022
Shunda Robinson is described as "the catalyst for growing and evolving GM Financial into a DE&I innovator and leader in the automotive industry."
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Proptech Partnership: Dallas-Based Lincoln Property Invests in Commercial Real Estate Startup Dottid
by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Jan 6, 2022
Dottid Founder and CEO Kyle Waldrep aims to disrupt the commercial real estate industry with its SaaS proptech platform that solves everyday problems for all parties in a leasing transaction and more.
The startup launched Dottid Industrial earlier this year in a significant product extension.
The startup launched Dottid Industrial earlier this year in a significant product extension.
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Dallas-Based CBRE Acquires Buildingi to Help Companies Transform Their Occupancy Strategies
by David Seeley | Jan 5, 2022
CBRE wants to help organizations think differently about how their offices work and flow. Buildingi will add to the company's strengths in occupancy planning, management, and tech services.
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by Dave Moore |
Jan 5, 2022
“We're building the consumer banking platform of the future and work tirelessly to be on the side of our customers,” says Jeremy Hanson, who leads the consumer business engineering team at Goldman Sachs in the Lone Star State. He's found the region to be an "untapped market" for talent.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 4, 2022
Get ready for worlds to collide: With a plan 10 years in the making, Dallas' new International District will provide a unique home for international businesses of all sizes—along with a new 20-acre central park, international festivals, community gatherings, and a nearby PreK-12 STEAM International Academy being built by the Dallas ISD.
Funded by a public-private partnership, the district is also a testing ground for innovation with a civic smart zone and automated people mover.
Funded by a public-private partnership, the district is also a testing ground for innovation with a civic smart zone and automated people mover.
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by Leslie Barker |
Jan 4, 2022
Six months after a $45 million Series B raise, Alto will be a coast-to-coast company by end of this month. It now aims to transform its fleet of owned rideshare vehicles to 100% electric by the end of 2023, with a network of EV Ops Centers keeping them charged, maintained, and ready. The first center is being built now near its Dallas HQ.
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North Texas Tech Platform for Auto Lenders Scores Buyout Worth Up to $115 Million
by David Kirkpatrick | Jan 4, 2022
Bedford-based Payix was acquired by Atlanta's Repay Holdings Corp. to boost its position in the hot buy-now-pay-later market.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 31, 2021
Read “who said what” in our roundup of quotable North Texans, including Perot Jain's Anurag Jain; EarthX's Trammell S. Crow; American Airlines' Doug Parker; and more.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 29, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Air Distribution Technologies' variable air volume diffuser, Dell's apparatus for generation of a time-based one-time password for session encryption of sensor data gathered in low-performance and IoT environments, PD Golf's detecting lower body positions, movements, and sequence in golf swing training, Raytheon's bus monitoring system for detecting anomalies indicative of malfunctions or cyber-attacks, SmartDrive's autonomous vehicle operator performance tracking, UATP IP's wearable RFID device, and Zooz Bikes' electric bike.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 22, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AT&T's connection management service, Capital One's AR vehicle search assistance, Toyota's automated crowd sourcing of road environment information, USAA's anonymizing transaction information, Walgreen's window guard for cosmetic products, and more.
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Dallas’ Integrity Marketing Gives Its Employees $125M in Cash, Plus Equity in the Insurtech Firm for All
by David Seeley | Dec 21, 2021
Integrity's CEO traveled across the U.S. to share the news in person with 2,000 of his 5,500 employees, and told the rest virtually. The employee-owned firm has achieved 100%-plus year-over-year growth for five straight years—and has shared the wealth by making total cash payouts of over $175 million to its employees since 2019.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Dec 21, 2021
Capital One has been moving into the travel space for years, investing in travel tech firms and booking top mileage rewards partners. Now it's really taking off with its first luxury airport lounge at DFW Airport.
With more lounges coming in Denver and Washington, D.C., here's a deep look at the one at DFW's Terminal D.
With more lounges coming in Denver and Washington, D.C., here's a deep look at the one at DFW's Terminal D.
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by Alex Edwards |
Dec 21, 2021
In 2021, the global tech protection company moved its HQ to Dallas-Fort Worth and completed a comprehensive rebrand. CEO Rod Millar calls the new deal "a significant acquisition" that positions the company for more growth.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 21, 2021
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