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UT Dallas, UT Southwestern Among Six 2025 iC3 Tech Transfer Showcase Finalists

by | Aug 19, 2025
Part of the 2025 iC³ Life Science & Healthcare Innovation Summit to be held September 16-17 in Dallas, the showcase pitch event is designed to connect university researchers with potential investors, industry executives, and strategic partners. This is the first year the showcase has expanded beyond Texas.
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Local TV Mega Deal: North Texas’ Nexstar To Acquire TEGNA for $6.2B
by | Aug 19, 2025
If approved by the FCC, the merger would create America's largest local broadcasting company, with Irving-based Nexstar reaching nearly 80% of TV households across the country.
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Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s first new terminal in 20 years is breaking records in modular construction with its historic lift of six prefabricated structures. [Photo: DFW Airport]
DFW Airport’s Terminal F Rises With Record-Setting Modular Construction—and a Scaled-Up $4B Plan to Meet Global Demand
by | Aug 19, 2025
Football-field-sized prefab structures weighing as much as 12 Dreamliners now stand at DFW. The $4 billion Terminal F expansion, which doubled in scope this May to 31 gates, is billed as the largest modular airport project ever.
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Jacobs Tapped to Guide $5B Pediatric Hospital Campus Project in Dallas
by | Aug 18, 2025
The Dallas-based firm will provide program management and oversee construction activity for the new medical campus from Children’s Health and UT Southwestern.
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X Marks the Spot as Uptown Dallas’ Tallest Tower Opens

by | Aug 14, 2025
From the park to the penthouse, 23Springs brings new views, new dining, and new space to Uptown. The Dallas district’s new development with its double X-braced tower opens more than halfway leased.
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North Texas’ StatLab Acquires 2 Pathology-Focused Companies in Germany and France
by | Aug 14, 2025
McKinney-based StatLab said the moves mark "a significant step forward" in its European growth strategy, expanding its direct commercial presence to the top four European markets: France, Germany, Italy, and the U.K.
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The Last Word: On How Chili’s Has Become ‘The Hottest Restaurant Chain in the Country’
by | Aug 14, 2025
In June, Dallas Innovates wrote about how Chili's went viral on TikTok this year, snagging “over 200 million views" for videos about the chain's Triple Dipper menu offerings and stretched-out mozzarella sticks. Now Slate has taken a deeper dive into why the Dallas-based brand has become "the hottest restaurant chain in the country."
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Passive Design, Proactive Conversations—and a Win for Sustainable Architecture
The “Academy Award of Architecture”—the AIA Firm Award—recently went to Dallas-based LPA Design Studios. Ellen Mitchell, who directs the firm’s sustainability and applied research, sees the win as a shift toward broadening what award-winning design really means. Here’s how the firm is building modern, greener commercial spaces by starting with better questions.
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Motion carries: Kelly Baggett, Fort Worth Innovation Coordinator; District 10 Councilmember Alan Blaylock; John Lauer, Founder and CEO of Adom Industries; City Manager Jay Chapa; and Michael Hennig, Economic Development Manager, in chambers after Fort Worth City Council unanimously approved $15 million in incentives for Adom's $229 million cloud-connected electronics factory Tuesday night.

Fort Worth Lands Adom Industries’ $229M AI-Native Cloud Factory and HQ

by | Aug 13, 2025
The Fort Worth City Council unanimously approved $15 million in incentives Tuesday night as founder John Lauer commits to making Fort Worth home for what he calls the world's first cloud-connected electronics prototyping facility. "This is going to completely revolutionize the electronics industry," he says.
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Tech Titans To Honor Magnit Global CEO With 2025 Corporate CEO Award
by | Aug 13, 2025
Chandra Dhandapani's career spans nearly 30 years, currently as CEO of Magnit Global and previously as CEO of Global Workplace Solutions at CBRE and chief information officer at CapitalOne's financial services division.
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Restaurant Pay-at-Table Platform Ziosk Names Former AT&T Exec as Its New CTO
by | Aug 13, 2025
Jacob Feinstein will oversee Ziosk's engineering organization and play a key role in scaling the company's technology platform while advancing its mission to enhance the guest experience in hospitality.
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Taylor Sheridan’s SGS Studios Launches Texas’ Largest Production Campus in Fort Worth, With More to Come
by | Aug 13, 2025
Sheridan—the powerhouse behind hit shows like "Yellowstone" and "Landman"—is partnering with Paramount Television and Dallas-based Hillwood on the new production campus in AllianceTexas. Additional production campuses are now planned across the huge development, with a goal of making Texas "'a global force in the film industry."
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Patented: Dallas Chocolatier Kate Weiser’s Hot Beverage Shells That Release Cocoa and Marshmallows, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity

Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of July 8 with a total of 142 patents granted.
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TCU Exec Ed Expert: Corporate AI Isn’t Plug-and-Play (And Why That’s Actually Better)
by | Aug 12, 2025
In TCU's recent Insights publication, Neeley Executive Education faculty leader Eric Arseneau says generative AI is delivering real business value as it climbs Gartner's "Slope of Enlightenment." But AI specialization is creating unexpected friction for organizations. Here's his take.
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Batbox Scores Another $3M to Expand Its Topgolf-Style Baseball Beyond Restaurants
by | Aug 12, 2025
Batbox said this latest capital injection allowed it to secure full ownership of its core technology and IP, including key patents and software rights.
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From 50-50 Equity Splits to Federal Contracts: Funding Experts Detail ‘Creative Ways to Recycle Capital’ at DFW Startup Week
by | Aug 12, 2025
With startups facing a more unforgiving fundraising landscape, experts at the Future of Venture Forum presented alternative capital paths including venture studios, government grants, revenue-based financing—plus why the Texas Stock Exchange positions IPOs as growth capital, not just exits.
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