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JPMorgan’s Global CIO Talks Emerging Tech, Top Talent, and Honing in on DFW

by | Mar 11, 2020
Plano houses one of JPMorgan Chase's top technology centers. We talked with the firm's global CIO, Lori Beer, who says the region is critical to the company's strategy—and so is its technology talent.
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Dallas’ Flourish Change Acquires RoundUp App to Make Charity Donation Swipeable
by | Mar 11, 2020
Both micro-donation platforms allow users to take leftover change from a purchase and give it to their favorite cause. But, with the acquisition, Flourish Change will add the SEO power of RoundUp to extend its reach to more nonprofits and donors, targeting socially conscientious and social media savvy millenials.
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Dallas Invents: 152 Patents Granted for Week of March 3
by | Mar 11, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Toyota's autonomous driving systems using aerial vehicles, Amazon's camera-level image processing, Futurewei's noise cancellation system, Intuit's lean parsing (a natural language processing system), Knightscope's autonomous data machines and systems, Philip Morris's emulsified flavorants in tobacco-derived lipids, SMU's method for machine learning and classifying data, and Walmart's automated vehicle loading.
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AI-Powered Energy Broker EnergyBot Raises Series B
by | Mar 11, 2020
The "fiercely digital" online energy marketplace wants to help businesses make smarter energy decisions.
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Nasdaq Acquires Irving-based Fintech Startup Solovis

by | Mar 10, 2020
Solovis, founded to help asset allocators make better investment decisions, will be available through Nasdaq’s eVestment group, broadening eVestment’s capabilities. Solovis, which grew by 300 percent in 2018, will continue to operate out of its offices in Irving.
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UTSW Researchers Discover Human Protein That Could Stop Coronavirus
by | Mar 9, 2020
UT Southwestern Medical Center and international collaborators found that a protein produced by the human immune system could inhibit several coronaviruses, including the one behind the current outbreak.
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The Innovation Ecosystem: Dallas-Fort Worth is a Big Place. It’s Also Remarkably Well Connected
Here’s where to meet the like-minded to talk tech and start stuff in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Motherboard: Richardson’s High-Tech Past, Present, and Future Honored in New UTD Art Installation
by | Mar 6, 2020
UT Dallas' School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) is unveiling its modular sculptural installation tomorrow. The 30-foot-long installation—made of steel, LED lighting, and projections—will be housed in the Richardson Innovation Quarter (aka The IQ).
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Mobile Workforce: Mitel’s New Virtual Tool Provides Real-Time Collaboration for Remote Teams

by | Mar 5, 2020
The virtual workspace—which comes at a time when businesses are implementing remote work policies—aims to help people collaborate as if they are in the same room. Around the globe or across town.
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Innovator Awards: Fort Worth Mayor Price Names 4 Companies ‘Best Place for Working Parents’ Winners
by | Mar 5, 2020
The new innovator awards honored companies that are helping make Fort Worth a "Best Places for Families." Here are the winners.
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Dallas’ Zabo Raises $2.5M to Bring Crypto into Mainstream Financial Services
by | Mar 5, 2020
Zabo was founded to solve what it calls one of the most critical, missing pieces of infrastructure: an API that connects to the landscape of cryptocurrency accounts and wallets.
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Avocados From Mexico’s New Restaurant Comes With an Innovation Incubator
by | Mar 4, 2020
Texas is one of the largest state beneficiaries from the economic activity generated by avocado imports—the small, package-less fruit contributed $3.4 billion to the U.S. GDP in 2017 alone. And through the brand's new "living lab,” it hopes to expand its impressive penetration in the market—and reinvent every established marketing rule along the way.
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Dallas Invents: 136 Patents Granted for Week of Feb. 25

by | Mar 4, 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Alcon's intraocular lens injector, Advanced Cooling Therapy's methods for core body temperature management, Curio's RFID disruption device, RealPage's system for refining cognitive insights, The Secant Group's hyperthermia targeting for cancer therapy, The Snoring Center's uvula excision device, Abbott Laboratories' diagnostic analyzer, and Toyota's transportation support for users needing mobility assistance.
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Unicorns Can Happen Here. Why Dallas-Fort Worth is Fertile Ground for Tech Startups
Dallas-Fort Worth's strength in diverse industry hotspots such as fintech, AI, and life sciences make it a seedbed for billion-dollar players to emerge.
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DI People: Cinemark, Brinks Home Security, Medical City Children’s Make Leadership Announcements
In this week's roundup of North Texas executive and leadership moves, you’ll also find news from United to Learn, the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, KidKraft, At Home Group, Comerica, TeamSupport, and more.
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California Telecom DZS is Moving its Headquarters to Plano
by | Mar 3, 2020
DASAN Zhone Solutions, a global provider of ultra-broadband and 5G platforms, touts the region's vibrant tech talent pool, low costs, and access to markets. With the relocation, DZS will also be opening an Engineering Center of Excellence here.
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