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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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Healthcare Workforce Optimization Co. Prolucent Appoints New CEO
by | May 22, 2025
Staci Roberts brings more than 25 years of healthcare and business leadership experience, including executive roles at Cielo and American Medical Technologies.
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The Last Word: Dallas Wings’ Paige Bueckers Featured in Sherwin-Williams ‘Loneliest Color’ Campaign
by | May 22, 2025
Paige Bueckers has been in great demand since being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2025 WNBA draft by the Dallas Wings. Sadly, Sherwin-Williams' Radiant Lilac SW 0074 hasn't been much in demand at all. In fact, it's the brand's least popular color, with the fewest gallons created in 2024. Now, in an innovative marketing spin, AT&T is promoting Radiant Lilac as its "The Loneliest Color"—and hoping Bueckers will make it as hot as her shooting hand.
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Fort Worth Supply Chain Management Co. Incora Adds Veteran CFO Amid Global Expansion, Financial Reset

by | May 22, 2025
Michael Turner joins the aerospace-focused firm after the company successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January. The restructuring significantly reduced the company’s debt, brought in new institutional ownership, and led to a restructured board of directors—now chaired by former Home Depot and Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli.
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AT&T To Acquire Most of Lumen’s Home Fiber Business for $5.75 Billion
by | May 22, 2025
The Lumen Mass Markets fiber assets included in the deal total roughly 1 million fiber subscribers across more than 4 million fiber locations in 11 U.S. states. Dallas-based AT&T expects to "roughly double" where AT&T Fiber is available by the end of 2030.
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Plano’s Movate Acquires India-Based AI Services Co. Prescience
by | May 22, 2025
Global digital tech services provider Movate called the deal "a major milestone" in its journey to embed artificial intelligence at the heart of its service offerings, enabling clients to unlock real-time, data-driven outcomes through cutting-edge technologies.
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McKinney’s Netrio Acquires NYC‑Based Managed IT and Cybersecurity Provider Agio
by | May 21, 2025
Netrio said the acquisition expands its expertise and resources in cybersecurity and the financial services industry, while also extending its presence in the Northeastern United States.
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U.S. Navy Awards Raytheon Additional $580M for Next-Generation Jammer System

by | May 21, 2025
The "revolutionary" airborne electronic attack system is slated to be deployed on carrier-based Boeing Growler jets. Work on the project will take place in McKinney and three other U.S. cities, Raytheon parent RTX said.
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The Last Word: On Dallas’ Historic and Newly Renovated Reverchon Park Baseball Field
by | May 21, 2025
Conner—a serial entrepreneur, investor, and chief payment and logistics officer at Just Park U.S.—took part in the recent reopening of Dallas' historic Reverchon Park Baseball Field, following a multi-million-dollar renovation that has "restored it to greatness." 
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A newly granted patent for "Systems and Methods for Energy Crowdsourcing and Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading" has been assigned to the Board of Regents of the University of Texas System and Southern Methodist University, the patent outlines a system that enables distributed energy resources to be traded peer-to-peer across a power network
Patented: UT System, SMU Energy Crowdsourcing and Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading and More North Texas Inventive Activity
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of April 15 with a total of 84 patents granted.
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McKinney’s Invene Acquires Austin Product Design Consultancy Guidea
by | May 20, 2025
Invene said the strategic acquisition expands its capabilities beyond software engineering and it positions Invene as a full-stack innovation partner, supporting the next generation of AI-driven healthcare products from blueprint to build.
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With CEO in Dallas, Defense-Focused Perimeter Acquisition Corp. Closes $241M IPO

by | May 20, 2025
Dallas-area investor Joe Valdman, managing partner at Slate Hill Partners, is the CEO of Perimeter Acquisition Corp., which aims to bridge high-growth innovators with public capital across the defense sector—from military tech to space and aerospace innovation and more.
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Aurora Puts ‘Observers’ Back Behind Wheel of Its Self-Driving Trucks Between Dallas and Houston
by | May 20, 2025
PACCAR, the manufacturer of Aurora's Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks, "requested we have a person in the driver’s seat, because of certain prototype parts in their base vehicle platform," Aurora CEO Chris Urmson said in a company blog post, three weeks after Aurora's self-driving trucks first rolled on I-45 without a human in the cab.
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Italian Pump Maker AlfaOBL Launches U.S. Manufacturing Operations Out of North Texas
by | May 20, 2025
AlfaOBL America's new facility in Plano "is fully operational and strategically positioned to meet the growing demand across the United States," the Milan-based company said. AlfaOBL specializes in mechanical diaphragm and plunger metering pumps for sectors from oil & gas to water treatment to data centers.
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Dallas’ Access Healthcare Combines With 2 New Mountain Portfolio Cos. to Form Smarter Technologies
by | May 20, 2025
NYC's New Mountain Capital—which snagged a majority stake in Access Healthcare five months ago, reportedly valuing the Dallas company at $2 billion—is combining Access with two of its other portfolio companies to form Smarter Technologies, "the automation and insights platform for healthcare efficiency."
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