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Dr. Ruben Amarasingham, founder and CEO of Pieces
Dallas’ Pieces Technologies Gets $2M from National Cancer Institute to Advance Conversational AI for Cancer Patients
by Lance Murray | Oct 30, 2024
With the NCI funding—which follows Piece's $25 million growth financing round announced in September—Pieces will partner with Cleveland-based MetroHealth to deploy a new conversational AI agent for cancer patients called "PiecesChat."
by David Seeley and Lance Murray |
Oct 30, 2024
With a reported $1 billion-plus in annual revenue, Diversified's client list includes Microsoft, Fox Sports, Lululemon, and some 70 Fortune 100 companies. Its projects vary from creating the Southern Hemisphere's largest LED video wall to designing AV and broadcast systems for the new production facility at Texas A&M's Kyle Field.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 30, 2024
HomesUSA.com said that SpecDeck, its AI-assisted listing management platform used by homebuilders in Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio, can help customers achieve fewer days on the market than homebuilders who manually manage their MLS listings.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 30, 2024
Solidion—an advanced battery tech solutions provider headquartered in Dallas with production facilities in Dayton, Ohio—said its newly patented technology uses a graphene-based heat spreader to quickly move heat from a battery to warm it up before or during fast charging, and a cooling system that kicks in when the battery is in use.
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The Last Word: Dude Perfect’s Coby Cotton on Planning a New 80K‑SF Video Production Studio in Frisco
by David Seeley | Oct 30, 2024
At the Venture Dallas summit today at the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas, Dude Perfect CEO Andrew Yaffe unveiled plans for a new 80,000-square-foot video production studio to be located near the trick-shot YouTube stars' new $3 million Frisco HQ.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 30, 2024
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Oct. 15, with a total of 122 patents granted.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 29, 2024
The Deep Ellum Foundation is installing new streetlight pole banners on Elm Street, Main Street, and Exposition Avenue that celebrate the neighborhood by highlighting business owners, artists, musicians, and other stakeholders "who have invested their talent, sweat, and tears into the incomparable Deep Ellum Cultural District," the foundation said.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 29, 2024
A new residential Wellness Floor is located on the 33rd floor of the tower, featuring such amenities as a Pilates studio, spa-grade saunas, sports lounge, and an indoor pickleball court—said to be "the first of its kind" in a luxury high-rise.
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North Texas’ Accelerate Infrastructure Opportunities Raises $780M
by Lance Murray | Oct 29, 2024
The capital raise includes a $630 million equity commitment from funds and co-investors managed by CBRE Investment Management. Since Accelerate launched in late 2022, it has acquired interests in more than 200 properties in 38 states under digital, renewable, and transportation infrastructure assets.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 29, 2024
Think the Cowboys are a joke this year? Wait'll you see the Dec. 9 Cowboys-Bengals game transformed into the world of "The Simpsons" via real-time optical tracking and Beyond Sports technology. To be streamed live on Disney+ and ESPN+, the alternate Monday night telecast will give you something you can really laugh about.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 28, 2024
Plano-based CorroHealth said that current shareholders, including investment funds affiliated with global investment firm Carlyle, TT Capital Partners, Sanaka Group, and CorroHealth management, will remain investors.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 28, 2024
The city said the vision for the center includes a 2,800-seat performance hall, capable of accommodating Broadway and large touring and community productions, as well as a 300- to 400-seat community hall that would be used primarily by Prosper ISD while also providing access to community organizations and events.
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Southwest Airlines’ new inflight cup and stir stick are designed to reduce single-use plastics by more than 1.5 million pounds annually. [Photo: Southwest Airlines]
Stirring Up Sustainability: Southwest Launches Bamboo Inflight Cups and Wood Stir Sticks
by David Seeley | Oct 28, 2024
Dallas-based Southwest Airlines just found more ways to keep single-use plastics out of its planes, with cold drink cups made from a 75% bamboo pulp blend and new birch drink stirrers. The moves could reduce the airline's inflight single-use plastics "by more than 1.5 million pounds annually," Southwest said.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 28, 2024
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, the former CEO of Nextdoor, was the inaugural guest at last week's launch of the Pegasus Park Speaker Series at the biotech hub in Dallas. The fireside chat before 200 "tenants and friends" of Pegasus Park featured interviewer Nicole Small, CEO of Lyda Hill Philanthropies and LH Capital, and was followed by a Ladies Who Launch event.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 25, 2024
MAA said Quincy Haynes will help grow the firm's industry presence, cultivating both existing and new client relationships, and contribute to strategic planning and market analysis.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 25, 2024
Patrick Kirk was named Fuzzy's Tacos's new president and will continue as chief marketing officer, while ex-IHOP operations director Marshall Claycamp was named the company's chief operations officer.
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