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Dallas-Based Gigabit Fiber Picks Nokia, LightRiver for ‘Future-Ready’ Network Buildout in Texas, Arizona
by Lance Murray | Nov 3, 2025
Backed by funds managed by New York–based Blue Owl Capital, the Dallas company is expanding its high-capacity fiber network with Nokia’s optical technology and LightRiver’s deployment expertise to meet rising AI and cloud demand.
by David Seeley |
Nov 3, 2025
New Jersey-based Kenvue—which spun off from Johnson & Johnson in 2023—is the maker of Tylenol, whose active ingredient, acetaminophen, has been linked to autism by the Trump administration. Kimberly-Clark CEO Mike Hsu says the unique combination of CPG and healthcare brands "will serve billions of consumers across every stage of life."
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 3, 2025
As it looks toward its Q1 2026 launch of the Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange, TXSE Group announced that J.P. Morgan has made an equity investment and will join TXSE Group's board of directors as an observer. Other top backers include Black Rock, Charles Schwab, and Citadel Securities.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 30, 2025
“Thryve is providing families and foundations with an independent approach to wealth, centered around innovation and American exceptionalism, and there are few investment leaders who embrace that philosophy more than Randol Curtis,” CEO Gary K. Dorfman said.
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Frisco’s MTX Group Acquires VerifyID.ai to Advance AI-Powered Digital Identity Verification
by Lance Murray | Oct 29, 2025
VerifyID.ai delivers a simple, flexible, and secure digital identity verification platform with built-in fraud prevention, MTX Group said. The acquisition comes just weeks after after MTX launched MTX Ventures, an investment arm focused on backing early- and mid-stage companies in the enterprise AI space.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 29, 2025
Micromax is a global supplier of advanced electronic inks and pastes designed for high-performance electronics used in navigation and defense, medical monitoring, and advanced circuit board components.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 29, 2025
Dallas-based Wildcat Management said the project is envisioned as a 100-key boutique hotel with 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, creating a destination that melds Dallas’s architectural history—the historic Purse Building dates to 1905—with a modern guest experience.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 29, 2025
Houston-based WM—formerly known as Waste Management—said its new facility features optical sorters for fibers and plastic, eddy currents and magnets for metals, and advanced glass recovery systems. Together, they recycle products for use in future backpacks, boxes, water bottles, apparel, and more.
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Supernal—the Advanced Air Mobility company of Hyundai Motor Group—has received a newly granted patent (USPTO #12420922) for systems and methods supporting vertical take-off and landing aircraft. The patent, invented by Dallas-based William Kyle Heironimus, describes a craft with tilting proprotors and lift surfaces that transition between vertical and horizontal flight, improving efficiency and stability for electric air mobility. [Image: Supernal AY-24 exterior render, 2024]
Patented: Supernal’s Vertical Take-Off and Landing Craft Systems, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 28, 2025
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Sept. 23 with a total of 146 patents granted.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 28, 2025
The two-phase project, 121 Commerce Park, will add more than half a million square feet of industrial space near McKinney National Airport. The recently rezoned 42-acre site was held for the highest and best use, VanTrust said.
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Fort Worth’s Bell CEO Named as Next Chief Executive of Textron; Bell’s CCO Will Take Her Former Post
by Lance Murray |
Oct 28, 2025
Lisa Atherton—who has been president and CEO of Fort Worth-based Bell since April 2023—will join Textron's board upon assuming her new role at the parent company on Jan. 4. Taking the CEO helm at Bell will be current chief commercial officer Danny Maldonado.
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by David Seeley |
Oct 28, 2025
Based in Austin with an office in Dallas, Valkyrie has partnered with Colorado's XTI Aerospace to launch the Vanguard Platform, an intelligent technology system for next-gen vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
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Goats entering a Cedar Hill nature preserve on a "goatscaping" mission from the city. [Photo: Open Space Development]
Cedar Hill Is ‘Goatscaping’ a Nature Preserve, One Bite at a Time
by David Seeley | Oct 28, 2025
In partnership with Lewisville–based Open Space, the city of Cedar Hill has brought in a herd of goats to chow down on overgrown vegetation in a local nature preserve—aiming to get rid of invasive plant species while restoring the natural balance of the habitat for pollinators, birds, and other wildlife.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 27, 2025
The company said that interns will acquire real customers, generate revenue and master the tools reshaping the future of work: AI and automation. Applications for the inaugural cohort open in January and spaces are limited.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 27, 2025
From DFW Airport to Darling Ingredients, North Texas leaders join other innovators statewide proving that conservation and business can thrive together.
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by Maddie Preston |
Oct 24, 2025
At a kickoff event held at JPMorgan Chase ahead of the 2025 Inclusive Capital Summit, the announcement of Impact Ventures' new CDFI fund set the tone for a two-day gathering focused on the future of capital, inclusion, and community-driven growth.
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