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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.
[Image: RedBall Project]
The Last Word: On Artist Kurt Perschke’s RedBall Dallas Public Art Project
by David Seeley | Jun 18, 2026
Starting Friday, June 19, a huge red ball will be bouncing, squishing, and people-bumping its way across 10 Dallas locations. Created by artist Kurt Perschke, this award-winning traveling public artwork has captivated audiences in 50 cities around the world over 25 years—and now it's rolling into Dallas.
by David Seeley |
May 28, 2026
Studies show the lifetime incidence of Alzheimer’s disease among adults with Down syndrome is 90%. Researchers called the national ABC-DS study "especially timely" as more treatment options for Alzheimer’s disease are found and more clinical trials are launched for adults with Down syndrome.
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by David Seeley |
May 27, 2026
Last week, the Dallas Police Department launched its new Drone as First Responder program with eight remotely piloted drones based at Dallas Fire-Rescue stations across the city. Operated out of the DPD's Fusion/Real Time Crime Center, the Skydio X10 drones from San Mateo, California-based Skydio are designed to respond to calls for service in a two-mile radius from their base stations.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 28, 2026
The DECA Dental founder returned to his alma mater to keynote UT Dallas' record-breaking Draper Pitch Competition. He told student founders what it really takes.
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Mark Cuban, Billy Bob Thornton, and 1980s Deep Ellum denizens appear in "Round Pegs Square Holes," a documentary screening at the Dallas International Film Festival. [Screenshot: Round Pegs Square Holes/YouTube]
The Last Word: Cuban on His ’80s Deep Ellum Days and Throwing ‘Epic Parties’ in a Chuck E. Cheese Storage Space
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Apr 21, 2026
Mark Cuban, Billy Bob Thornton, and 1980s Deep Ellum denizens appear in "Round Pegs Square Holes," a documentary screening at the 2026 Dallas International Film Festival.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 16, 2026
“The old human-in-the-loop rules really don’t work as well when you’re looking at ubiquitous, automated AI agents that are acting 24/7 as digital workers.”
Danny Tobey, M.D., J.D.
Chair, AI and Data Analytics
DLA Piper
…speaking at Convergence AI Dallas on March 31
We’re moving “from an era of chatbot AI, where there is always a human at the receiving end of recommendations, to agentic and physical AI,” a world, Danny Tobey said, where AI “takes actions and makes decisions on behalf of humans” and “does so in ways that don’t always stop for human intervention, permission and understanding.”...
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 15, 2026
Shorter patent application wait times translate to company value, according to USPTO Director John Squires.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 14, 2026
Dallas' third poet laureate Kristoddie Woods steps in alongside youth poet laureate Cadence Diggs, a 17-year-old Booker T. Washington High School student, for a two-year term.
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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.
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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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