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Every Last Word
Dallas Innovates’ signature series capturing what leaders across North Texas are saying — in their own words — about innovation, impact, and what’s next.
Scott Piergrossi, president of creative at Brand Institute, on the BioNTX "Inside Innovation" podcast. "Imagine creating a new English word that doesn't sound like or look like another English word," he said of the drug naming challenge. [Screenshot: "BioNTX Presents: Inside Innovation," via YouTube]
The Last Word: Pharma Is the ‘Only Product in the World’ That Needs Government Approval of Its Name, Brand Institute Exec Says
by Quincy Preston | Mar 26, 2026
A new BioNTX podcast digs into the regulatory gauntlet behind drug naming — and why biotech startups shouldn't wait to think about it.
by Quincy Preston |
Mar 18, 2026
A $96,500 Micron Foundation grant is bringing robotics, coding and AI-ready tools to Richardson ISD elementary classrooms.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 11, 2026
The company is celebrating with a free pop-up museum at the AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas — and a $250 billion bet on what comes next.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 10, 2026
Adzich has been working with groups like students from the Hockaday School who conduct book drives and raise $150 to provide a "bookshelf" for laundromat libraries around Dallas. Adzich has used that output to set up and maintain four Dallas-area laundromat libraries.
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Governor Greg Abbott greets business, economic development, and community leaders at the Governor's Cup announcement at the Governor's Mansion in Austin on March 2. A Site Selection magazine cover is visible at left. [Photo: Eduardo Leal (TGA)/Office of the Texas Governor]
The Last Word: Texas Wins the Governor’s Cup for a 14th Straight Year—and Site Selection Says ‘the Dynasty Continues’
by Quincy Preston | Mar 4, 2026
The state attracted more than 1,400 projects and $75 billion in capital investment in 2025 — more than twice the projects of the second-ranked state.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 25, 2026
Andrew Sanderson launched the firms' venture arm today pairing capital with know-how for startups ready to scale.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 24, 2026
The Dallas firm's weekly newsletter The Markup delivers insights on private markets and pre-IPO deals.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 17, 2026
Inbenta CEO Melissa Solis—who built North Texas-based GIACT Systems from $300 to a $610M exit—talks AI deployment failures, customer culture, and who gets a seat at the table on the Women Disrupting Tech Podcast.
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Steve Dennis [Composite image: Sources, Sageberry Consulting, Coquet Adrien/Shutter2U/istockphoto, DI Studio]
The Last Word: Retail Guru Steve Dennis on Agentic AI—And Why This Time Is Different
by Quincy Preston | Feb 5, 2026
The Dallas-based SageBerry strategist is out with his annual list of retail predictions for 2026. He doesn't claim to be a retail prophet, but they are, as he puts it, provocative.
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 3, 2026
“It’s hard to argue that North Texas isn’t the strongest market right now. The scale of growth in the DFW area is unmatched in Texas.”
Phil Green
Chairman and CEO
Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc....
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 22, 2026
His new Texas Venture Studio helps startups build what customers actually want.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 21, 2026
Sammy Abdullah tracks 37 public SaaS companies so you don't have to.
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Boston Dynamics' Atlas won CNET Group's 'Best Robot' award at CES 2026. The humanoid debuted at Hyundai Motor Group's media conference as part of the automaker's AI robotics strategy to lead the physical AI era. Atlas is slated for deployment at Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America by 2028, with global expansion planned by 2030. [Photo: Hyundai Motor Group]
The Last Word: A Dallas AI Entrepreneur’s Take on Robotics’ ‘ChatGPT Moment’ at CES 2026
by Quincy Preston | Jan 14, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared it "the ChatGPT moment for robotics," Worlds CEO Dave Copps says. But all those dancing, boxing, laundry-folding bots? They're only as smart as the environments they operate in.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 13, 2026
Donna Letier took her gardening-as-wellness message to Times Square on Jan. 9.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 8, 2026
“Retail follows rooftops, and today’s grocers are expanding.”
Bob Young
Executive Managing Director
Weitzman
…on why Dallas-Fort Worth leads the nation in new retail construction, speaking at Weitzman’s 36th annual retail forecast at the George W....
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The Last Word: HGP Intelligent Energy’s CEO on Repurposing Navy Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 6, 2026
The Dallas-led company proposes repurposing USS Nimitz nuclear reactors to power AI data centers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, the birthplace of the Manhattan Project.
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