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Walmart Partners With OpenAI to Bring ChatGPT-Powered Shopping to Customers
by Quincy Preston | Oct 14, 2025
Walmart has expanded its AI-first shopping strategy with ChatGPT-powered Instant Checkout. After rolling out “Ask Sparky” this summer, the retail giant is pushing deeper into agentic commerce. Industry leaders in North Texas and beyond are watching closely.
by Quincy Preston |
Oct 14, 2025
The North Texas biotech, which uses AI to accelerate cancer drug development, received FDA feedback to advance a new clinical study targeting a rare childhood brain tumor.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 14, 2025
Komal Jain will focus on accelerating growth and strengthening client partners, the India-based digital transformation company said. He will lead Birlasoft's business across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Latin America.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 14, 2025
Crunch Forney and Crunch Saginaw will be among the first facilities in North Texas to feature the company's new "3.0 design"— offering top-quality cardio and strength training equipment, a dedicated group fitness studio, a functional HIITZone training area with indoor turf, Hot Yoga, Ride cycling classes, HydroMassage beds, tanning, a sauna, and more.
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Solidion's next-generation Uninterruptible Power Supply system [Photo: Solidion Technology, Inc.]
Dallas’ Solidion Develops Uninterruptible Power Supply System for AI Data Centers
by David Seeley | Oct 14, 2025
Slated for commercial launch in Q1 2026, the company's PEAK Series system offers up to 30% space reduction while delivering battery life that's up to three times longer than conventional backup power systems, Solidion said.
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by Maddie Preston |
Oct 10, 2025
The funding comes as DFW’s tech workforce nears 379,000, making it the nation’s second-largest. With a $28.8 billion annual economic impact in Texas and Carnegie R1 status, UTA is focused on fostering innovation and developing talent to meet statewide workforce needs.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 9, 2025
In addition, Sinacola brothers James, Michael and Joseph—whose father founded Mario Sinacola & Sons Excavating Inc. (now known as Sinacola) six decades ago—will receive the 2026 Industry Service Award.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 9, 2025
The acquisition unifies world-class driver training with deep fleet analytics to deliver safer, smarter, and more cost-efficient operations, Smith System said.
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Nerveli Founder and CEO Leon Jacobson at TechStars demo day in December 2024. [Photo: Techstars]
Nerveli Raises $540K to Tackle Chronic Pain With AI and CBT
by Quincy Preston | Oct 9, 2025
DFW Angels—a group formed by investors from TiE Dallas Angels—led the Dallas startup’s pre-seed round. Backed by Techstars and former execs from Facebook, Fujitsu, and Samsung, Nerveli is using AI and gamified cognitive behavioral therapy to tackle chronic pain.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 9, 2025
Managing partners Hunter Austin and Waylon Kelley, who founded the firm in 2020, will join Perficient in key leadership roles. CEO Yusuf Tayob said the acquisition strengthens Perficient’s ability to lead clients through agentic enterprise transformation. The expanded Salesforce partnership is being showcased at Dreamforce Oct. 14–17 in San Francisco.
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by Lance Murray |
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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by David Seeley |
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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Data Axle Names Chief Product Officer, SVP of Marketing to Drive AI-Era Growth
by Lance Murray | 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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by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
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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