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Dallas’ Lincoln Property Co. Acquires 2 Office Buildings in San Francisco and BL Mosher in Massachusetts

by | Oct 9, 2025
This week on the West Coast, Lincoln acquired two Class A office buildings in San Francisco. Meanwhile, way back east, it was acquiring Massachusetts-based BL Mosher Consulting, a construction project management team led by founder Barry Mosher.
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Snagging Snoopy: North Texas-Based Tree Hut Partners With Peanuts for New Body Care Line
by | Oct 9, 2025
The whimsical, limited-edition launch comes just two weeks after Tree Hut's parent company, Coppell-based Naterra International, opened a new $120 million manufacturing and distribution facility in Fort Worth.
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SMU Lands $2.7M Federal Grant to Test Autonomous Systems Against ‘New Class’ of Cyber Threats
by | Oct 9, 2025
As drones, robots, and AI-powered systems reshape industries, virtual test beds could fill a cybersecurity gap. Researchers at SMU's Darwin Deason Institute aim to uncover hidden vulnerabilities in next-generation systems—before bad actors do.
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Data Axle Names Chief Product Officer, SVP of Marketing to Drive AI-Era Growth
by | Oct 9, 2025
The Dallas firm’s new product and marketing execs—former Epsilon leader Wayne Townsend and two-time martech CMO Natalie Cunningham—are tasked with helping marketers cut through AI noise, data silos, and rising personalization demands.
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Primoris Services Corp. Appoints Longtime Jacobs Exec as Its President and CEO

by | Oct 8, 2025
Koti Vadlamudi comes to Primoris after a 30-year career at Dallas-based Jacobs, a global advisory and consultancy for critical infrastructure and advanced manufacturing. There, he most recently served as EVP of operations.
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NTT DATA Tapped by State of Texas to Manage Public Cloud Services
by | Oct 8, 2025
Tokyo-based NTT DATA—whose North American headquarters are in Plano—will serve as the Public Cloud Manager for the Texas Department of Information Resources' diverse multi-cloud estate, which spans AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
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Amsterdam-Based Hospitality Platform Mews Launches New Commercial Hub in Dallas
by | Oct 8, 2025
Mews said its decision to open the Dallas hub follows the company's recent growth in the U.S. and reflects its strategy to build a stronger pipeline of early-career sales talent. The company—which serves 12,500 customers across more than 85 countries—sees Texas as "a magnet for tech expansion."
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BioNTX and Indian Institute of Science Foundation Launch Healthcare Innovation Collaboration
by | Oct 8, 2025
The partnership establishes a cross-continental bridge between India and North Texas to support "clinical research, translational science, and long-term global impact," BioNTX said.
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Patented: Nike’s Sole Structure for ‘Forward Momentum’ and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 2 with a total of 125 patents granted.
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Base Power Expanded to Dallas in August. Now the Texas Energy Startup Has Landed $1B to Build a Factory, Take Its Battery Model National
by | Oct 8, 2025
The Austin-based energy startup—co-founded and led by Zach Dell—offers fixed-rate energy plans with home battery backup. Its $1 billion Series C will fund national expansion and a new factory at a former newspaper press site.
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Fort Worth’s SecureFoundry Takes Aim at AI Semiconductor Chipmaking With 65,000-Beam Lithography System
by | Oct 8, 2025
Founded in 2016 by CEO Lex Keen—a former technical director for the Marine Corps' U.S. Cyber Command—SecureFoundry's Hyper-Beam Array Lithography system lets AI chip designers test multiple design variations on a single wafer and get rapid feedback on performance.
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Business Meets Purpose: Inaugural Global Summit Puts the ‘Mission Movement’ in Dallas
by | Oct 7, 2025
At the Global Mission Summit on Oct. 8–10, leaders and innovators are rethinking business—where purpose is infrastructure, profit fuels impact, and legacy means leaving more than returns behind. Behind it are investor Michael Moe and Dallas developer Mike Hoque, and their newly formed Global Mission Institute.
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Dallas-Based Comerica To Be Acquired for Nearly $11B by Cincinnati’s Fifth Third Bancorp

by | Oct 7, 2025
The deal will create the ninth-largest U.S. bank with around $288 billion in assets. Once the deal closes, Fifth Third shareholders will own roughly 73% and Comerica shareholders will own approximately 27% of the combined company.
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Dallas-Based ReadingGlasses.com Partners with Mensa for Glasses Celebrating ‘Greatest Thinkers’
by | Oct 7, 2025
With visual cues honoring geniuses from Mozart to Descartes to Voltaire, these designer glasses prove that intelligence is always in style. "For generations, glasses have signaled intellect, and The Mensa Collection turns that signal into a statement," says American Mensa's Tamesha Logan.
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Frisco-Based GameSquare Buys Talent Agency, Exits Ad Business, and Consolidates Tech Platform in Growth Push
In with Click, Out with Frankly. GameSquare Holdings is acquiring a top Australian digital creator agency for $8.5 million while streamlining its portfolio around creator talent, profitability, and onchain innovation.
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Dallas-Based WashMetrix Acquired by Industry Giant to Advance Data Platform Behind ‘The CarWash Factory’
by | Oct 6, 2025
Dallas-based WashMetrix, founded in 2022 to keep data on track for operators in the $15 billion car-wash industry, has been acquired by Florida-based manufacturer Sonny’s as “an accelerant" to the company's strategy.
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