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Stemuli and Heartland Forward Launch ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ AI Training Platform in Central U.S.

by | Jul 1, 2025
Dallas edtech startup Stemuli and Heartland Forward, a “think-and-do tank” for the central U.S., are teaming up to bring AI-powered, gamified learning tools to rural students and entrepreneurs.
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Cushman & Wakefield Bolsters Office Capital Markets Team With Key Additions
by | Jun 26, 2025
The Chicago-based firm said its Texas office Capital Markets team offers comprehensive institutional coverage across the state and the broader capital markets landscape, now bolstered by the additions of Russell Ingrum, Jared Chua, and Matt Murphy.
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Elara Caring Appoints Its Former COO as New Chief Executive
by | Jun 26, 2025
Ananth Mohan brings more than two decades of experience leading complex healthcare organizations and has served as Elara Caring’s chief operating officer since 2021.
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TIME’s 2025 covers feature star power—with Ryan Reynolds of Maximum Effort and Waymo’s co-CEOs front and center. But the list also includes standout innovation coming straight out of Dallas.
Two Dallas Companies Land on TIME100 Most Influential—Alongside the World’s Biggest Brands
by | Jun 26, 2025
While TIME put Maximum Effort and Waymo on its 2025 worldwide covers, Dallas future-shaping companies are in the mix. Two are Dallas-based. Another Texas company—now a $2B brand—got its start here, too.
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Flytrex, DoorDash Partner on Drone Deliveries From ‘Dozens’ of Restaurants in Frisco and Little Elm

by | Jun 26, 2025
Flytrex has been delivering restaurant food by drone in North Texas since 2022. Now, thanks to a new partnership with DoorDash, it's packing its high-capacity drones with food from "dozens" of local and national restaurants—and flying orders to parts of Frisco and Little Elm. And more DFW sites are coming soon.
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Dallas Energy Startup’s 3D Solar Towers Win Global Airport Innovation Prize
Founder Mohammed Nije grew up without electricity. Now his Dallas startup, Janta Power, is piloting his power-dense solar technology at DFW and airports worldwide—earning global recognition for a design he says uses less land, generates more power, and can lower energy costs.
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Operio Group Names Former Reynolds Polymer CEO as Its New Chief Executive
by | Jun 25, 2025
Declan McLaughlin brings leadership experience in operations, growth strategy, and team development to the Fort Worth-based portfolio of companies serving the solid dose manufacturing industry.
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Dallas’ Unity Partners Invests in Fractional Finance, Marketing, and HR Services Firm Amplēo
by | Jun 25, 2025
Utah-based Amplēo said it's benefitting from a 170% increase in demand for fractional leaders since 2022. Over the last year, it has expanded its services by acquiring Stage Marketing, The Sales Tax People, and Peak Business Valuation.
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The 2025 Southwest winners and stakeholders gather on stage at the EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards last weekend. [Photo via Dennis Cail]

The Last Word: EOY Judge On What It Really Takes to Build Something Extraordinary

by | Jun 25, 2025
The 2025 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Awards were judged by a powerhouse panel of past winners—including Zirtue's Dennis Cail. What he saw in the 18 standout founders and executives? The grit and vision it takes to make it.
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Munck Wilson Mandala Names New Chair of Patent Prep Practice
by | Jun 25, 2025
Dallas-based attorney Jake LaCombe is now leading the technology-focused firm’s patent preparation and prosecution group, supporting the firm's clients from fintech startups to Fortune 50 companies.
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Patented: IBM’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Secured Execution Environments for Edge Devices and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of May 20 with a total of 130 patents granted.
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106-Year Old North Texas Industrial Maintenance Co. NCH To Merge with Delaware’s Solenis
by | Jun 24, 2025
Originally founded in Dallas in 1919 by Milton P. Levy as National Disinfectant Company, NCH now has 6,000 employees with distribution centers in 48 countries. Under the terms of the merger, the Levy family will become the largest minority shareholder in Solenis.
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Trend Micro Partners with Dell and NVIDIA on ‘AI Factory’ Infrastructure Solutions

by | Jun 24, 2025
Trend Micro—whose U.S. HQ is in Irving—said many companies are demanding that their technology vendors remove the burden of "DIY security" by delivering pre-validated and co-engineered security and infrastructure offerings. 
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Fort Worth’s Paragon To Provide Neutron Monitoring for NuScale’s Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
by | Jun 24, 2025
Paragon will supply its CoreVision Neutron Monitoring System technology and its Highly Integrated Protection System (HIPS) to Oregon-based NuScale, whose SMR technology provides "a clean, safe, and scalable solution for a wide range of energy needs," the companies said.
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AT&T, Southwest, TI & More: BlackRock Launches ETF for Investing in Texas Companies
by | Jun 24, 2025
With "Y'all Street" gaining momentum by the day, now there's a way to buy into nearly 200 Texas companies with a single ETF. And dozens of North Texas companies are included in TEXN, BlackRock's new exchange-traded fund.
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Dallas Scores Another Disruptor in the Life Science Space
At its Dallas Design District grand opening, Koya Medical marked the official move of its headquarters from California—bringing with it a wearable alternative to wall-powered compression therapy for vascular patients. “This is something that is different from anything that is out there,” says vascular surgeon and new CMO Tom Maldonado.
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