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SignaPay Opens New ‘Innovation Hub’ HQ in Irving, Pool Table Included

by | Jun 3, 2025
SignaPay's new headquarters is designed for accelerated R&D and a "wellness-first culture," Founder and CEO John Martillo said. The new HQ is aimed at accelerating fintech innovation while boosting capacity for 100+ employees of the Inc. 500 payments provider.
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North Texas-Based Southland Holdings Adds Tan Parker to Board, Citing Public and Private-Sector Experience
by | Jun 2, 2025
Parker, a sitting lawmaker who currently chairs the Texas Senate Republican Caucus, will serve in his personal capacity, bringing nearly two decades of policy experience alongside a background in entrepreneurship, investment, capital markets, and infrastructure strategy.
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Dallas-Based 2 The Moon Ventures Snaps Up Alvies, an Austin Cowboy-Boot Brand
by | May 29, 2025
In sync with the Western fashion trend, VC firm adds a bootmaker that's known for customer experience to its existing portfolio company, Rujo Boots.
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The CIO’s Evolving Role: 5 Critical Questions for Driving Strategic Value in a Rapidly Changing Business Landscape
by | May 29, 2025
Bridging the Gap Between Technology and Business Strategy
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The Last Word: 2 DFW Restaurants Make the Top 10 in Texas Monthly’s 2025 ‘Top 50 BBQ Joints’

by | May 29, 2025
Ashley Weaver and her husband, Dayne Weaver, have smoked themselves up a place of honor in Texas barbecue lore. Their Aledo restaurant, Dayne's Craft Barbecue, just cracked the Top 10 in the famed, every-four-years Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ Joints list. By ranking No. 7, Dayne's joins Fort Worth-based Goldee's Bar-B-Q as the only North Texas BBQ joints in the Top 10. (Goldee's, which ranks No. 3 in 2025, made it all the way to the top in 2021 by ranking No. 1.) 
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Illustration of the human gastrointestinal tract, highlighting the stomach and intestines — representing AnX Robotica’s FDA-cleared MotiliCap and MotiliScan system for non-invasive GI motility monitoring.
Plano’s AnX Robotica Wins FDA Clearance for Next-Gen GI Motility System, Aims to Fill the SmartPill ‘Void’
The MotiliCap capsule system offers a non-invasive, high-tech way to assess how the gastrointestinal tract is functioning — giving clinicians advanced insights into digestive health and movement.
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Irving’s Caris Life Sciences Files for IPO, Backed by AI-Driven Precision Oncology Platform
by | May 28, 2025
With $1.86 billion raised since 2018 and recent product launches, the North Texas life science company founded in 2008 is preparing for a public debut on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, following a $168 million growth capital round in April.
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Dallas-Based Bottle Rocket and Brazil’s DTI Digital Merge to Expand Global Digital Transformation Reach
by | May 28, 2025
The two innovation firms—both part of WPP’s global network—quietly merged in January, bringing together product design, enterprise engineering, and nearshore delivery to serve clients worldwide.
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T-Mobile USA has received a newly granted patent for "Autonomous Delivery to a Dynamic Location," invented by Prosper-based Sathyaraj Kolandasamy. The patent describes a system that enables an autonomous vehicle to update its delivery destination in real time by tracking the changing location of a user's wireless device—allowing items to be delivered even as the recipient moves. [Source image: USPTO Patent #12282888, Fig. 1; background by DI Studio]

This week, newly granted patents also include:

  • CBRE's system and method for forecasting real estate solutions
  • Toyota's systems for pod movers
  • o9 Solutions' distributed data processing and machine learning workload scaling
  • VARIDESK's quick assemble wall system, and related methods
  • 4WEB's implants having bone growth promoting agents and methods of using such implants to repair bone structures
  • ATOS Public Safety's method and system for automatically prioritizing emergency calls based on health data
  • Wing Aviation's semantic abort of unmanned aerial vehicle deliveries
  • Yokogawa Electric's robot staging area management


Patented: T-Mobile’s Autonomous Delivery to Dynamic Locations and More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 22 with a total of 110 patents granted.
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Credit Union of Texas Rolls Out Full-Service Spanish-Language Brand, Todos Unidos
by | May 27, 2025

Say “bienvenidos” to Todos Unidos.

That’s the name of the Spanish-language brand launched by Allen-based Credit Union of Texas (CUTX) to better serve the state’s largest—and historically underbanked—demographic: the Hispanic community....

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Medtech Veteran Named Group President and CEO of 60-Year-Old Laser Innovator Fotona
by | May 27, 2025
Jeff Duchemin brings decades of leadership experience in the global medical technology sector to his new post, having held senior roles in both U.S. and international markets, the company said.
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Smoothie King Expands CFO’s Role with President Appointment
by | May 25, 2025
Gavin Felder will now serve as both president and chief financial officer as the brand continues its growth and innovation strategy.
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Richardson Health Benefits Scaleup Names New COO to Drive Enterprise Growth

by | May 23, 2025
Take Command’s new COO will sharpen operations as the company builds on national momentum around Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs), with advancing legislation that could codify the model into federal law.
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HTeaO Taps New CFO and HR Chief to Power Next Phase of Growth
by | May 23, 2025
Former execs from Salad and Go and Taco Bell join the Fort Worth-based iced-tea franchise as it eyes continued expansion.
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Thermomix To Open Experience Center at Its New U.S. HQ in Uptown Dallas
by | May 22, 2025
Thermomix USA, owned by Germany-based Vorwerk, said the center will be unveiled officially on June 7 with a full day of free family-friendly activities. With more than 11 million cooks worldwide using its products, the company says the U.S. market shows "strong potential" for further expansion.
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Irving-Based RollKall Announces Strategic Growth Investment from Vista Equity Partners
by | May 22, 2025
Founded in 2013, RollKall provides end-to-end software that simplifies the management of off-duty programs for law enforcement and public safety agencies. One of its partnerships, since 2024, is with the Dallas Police Department.
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