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MoneyGram Int'l CEO Anthony Soohoo [Photo: Anthony Soohoo/LinkedIn]
Veteran Tech Executive Appointed CEO of Dallas’ MoneyGram International
by Lance Murray | Nov 1, 2024
Anthony Soohoo, who most recently led a digital transformation at Walmart's Home Division, succeeds Alex Holmes, who'd served as MoneyGram chairman and CEO since 2016.
by David Seeley |
Nov 1, 2024
Founded in 2022, financial services firm Strive announced its relocation from Columbus, Ohio, to Dallas along with today's launch of its new wealth management business. Governor Greg Abbott cited the move as one more reason that "Y'all Street is growing rapidly in Dallas."
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 31, 2024
Lance Gurley, managing partner of Alta Arbor, said the partnership has the potential to leverage Jones Capital's resources and expertise to accelerate Alta Arbor's horticulture business-focused growth strategy.
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Dallas-Based Improving Acquires Leniolabs, Boosting Its South American Software Development Services
by Lance Murray |
Oct 31, 2024
Improving said its acquisition of St. Petersburg, Florida-based Leniolabs is expected to increase its annualized revenue to exceed $265 million, while expanding its software development services into South America.
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Verobotics Co-Founder and CEO Ido Genosa introduces his window-cleaning robot at 17Seventeen McKinney in Uptown Dallas. [Photo: Gaedeke Group]
In a U.S. First, Tel Aviv’s Verobotics Launches Its Robot Window Cleaners in Dallas
by David Seeley | Oct 31, 2024
If you saw a robot clambering down the side of 17Seventeen McKinney in Uptown Dallas this week, don't worry—it wasn't WALL-E escaping from Pixar Studios. It was an AI-powered, camera-scanning robot named Ibex, demonstrating what could be the future of high-rise window cleaning and digital-twin-mapping "predictive maintenance."
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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."
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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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Sweet Paris Crêperie & Cafe has signed an agreement to bring its second North Texas location to West Grove Shopping Center in McKinney. [Photo: Sweet Paris Crêperie & Cafe]
Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café Flipping Into Southlake and McKinney
by David Seeley | Oct 30, 2024
Founded in Houston in 2012 with a mission "to revive the art of eating crepes," Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café has grown to 17 locations in three states and Mexico. Now a French-American husband-and-wife team has signed on to bring four locations to Dallas-Fort Worth, starting with one at McKinney's West Grove Shopping Center. A Southlake location had already been slated by to open this fall.
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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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Dallas-Based Smoothie King Launches Ozempic ‘Support Menu’
by David Seeley | Oct 29, 2024
Smoothie King says the launch positions it as "the first national QSR brand to introduce a menu specifically created to assist the millions of Americans currently taking prescription GLP-1 medications."
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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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