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Sean Minter, founder and CEO of AmplifAI [Photo: Rebeca Posadas-Nava]
Plano-Based Contact Center Analytics Platform AmplifAI Raises $33.7M Series B
by Lance Murray | Sep 23, 2025
AmplifAI said the funding and credit facility round, led by CVS Health Ventures, will accelerate its mission to unify human and AI agent performance and deliver "best-in-class" customer experience at scale.
by David Seeley |
Sep 23, 2025
If you worry that robots may be coming to replace us, you may have thought at least actors were safe. Think again. The newest cast member on "Only Murders in the Building" is a cloud-based, intelligent humanoid robot that can man a doorman's desk like nobody's business.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 18, 2025
“This Plano hub gives our teams the capacity and proximity to respond faster, and it gives clients a clear way to see how the technology will perform in their environment,” CEO Greg Elliott said.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 18, 2025
Tech Titans, the state’s largest tech trade association, honored standout individuals and companies across North Texas at its 25th annual awards event Friday in Frisco. Here's who took home awards, who topped the "Fast Tech" list, and who entered the Tech Titans Hall of Fame.
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The cash deal for Concrete Pipe & Precast gives CMC a scalable entry into the fragmented $30 billion U.S. precast concrete market.
North Texas-Based Commercial Metals’ $675M CP&P Acquisition Expands Early-Stage Construction Footprint and Job-Site Role
by Lance Murray | Sep 18, 2025
The cash deal for Concrete Pipe & Precast gives CMC a scalable entry into the fragmented $30 billion U.S. precast concrete market.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 18, 2025
Neon Cyber, founded by security veterans Cody Pierce and Mark St. John, wants to curb phishing, shadow SaaS, and weak sign-ins by putting protection where work happens—inside the browser. “Cybersecurity has no perimeter," the company says, "and it’s time we stopped pretending it does.”
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 17, 2025
ENTOUCH says it has seen rapid growth, driven by its ability to drive energy savings, operational efficiencies, and sustainability initiatives for multisite operators across retail, hospitality, banking, entertainment, fitness, healthcare, and senior living.
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by Lance Murray |
Sep 17, 2025
The fund, led by Alaska Airlines and Fort Worth-based American Airlines and managed by BIll Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, seeks to accelerate the global development of long-term aviation fuel solutions that are cost effective, scalable, and have lower emissions than conventional fuels.
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North Texas’ Airway Management Launches 3D-Printed Device for Sleep Apnea
by David Seeley | Sep 17, 2025
Farmers Branch-based Airway said its new Nylon flexTAP includes a mouth shield and AM Aligner, making it the only oral appliance for mild to moderate sleep apnea to include a nasal breathing accessory improving efficacy.
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by Quincy Preston |
Sep 17, 2025
What does the Federal Reserve’s rate cut really mean? American National Bank of Texas CEO Robert Hulsey, who sits on the Dallas Fed board, weighs in.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 17, 2025
Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences announced an add-on Series C raise that values it at $10.32 billion. Meanwhile, eggs are being laid in Texas to help advance the "de-extinction" of the famously extinct dodo bird—with a little help from the Nicobar pigeon, the dodo's closest living relative.
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by David Seeley |
Sep 17, 2025
StatLab's launch of its new PiSmart S1 single-hopper slide printer for pathology labs follows the company's August acquisitions of Germany-based Histoserve GmbH and Diapath France SAS.
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Search Drones & Autonomous ‘Water Bombers’ Fight Simulated Wildfire Near Texas Motor Speedway
by Lance Murray | Sep 16, 2025
An August exercise called FIRE SWARM 2 was held west of the Texas Motor Speedway within AllianceTexas, with drones and helicopters filling the skies to battle a simulated wildfire. What really made the operation hot? Unlike traditional operations, each aircraft was directed by advanced, fully autonomous technologies.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Sep 16, 2025
Led by a James Beard Award–winning chef, the 20-course experience will unfold inside a 9,500-square-foot warehouse, with projection-mapped dining rooms and just 26 seats per seating. It’s all part of what the founders call a love letter to Dallas.
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Sep 16, 2025
The latest addition is former Wingstop exec Melissa Cash, now CMO of the Plano-based brand. Under President Catherine Tan-Gillespie, KFC is building a powerhouse team to drive its “Kentucky Fried Comeback Plan.”
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by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray |
Sep 16, 2025
The Dallas-based digital health company has elevated Michael Brombach to lead operations and technology as it scales beyond 1.7 million members and eyes $50 million in revenue.
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