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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.
Dallas-based T.D. Jakes Enterprises launched the national Good Soil Movement in 2023. Dungeon Forward, pictured above, took home $100,000 in 2023 after winning what was described as a "very intense pitch competition." [Image sources: Photo, Good Soil; Color, DI Studio]
The Last Word: T.D. Jakes Enterprises COO on $500K Pitch Competition at Good Soil Forum in Dallas
by David Seeley | May 30, 2024
Dallas-based social impact company T.D. Jakes Enterprises will be giving minority small business owners and entrepreneurs an opportunity to compete for grants totaling $500,000 during its 2nd Annual Seed Capital Pitch Competition, to be held June 13-15 at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in downtown Dallas.
The Last Word: The U.S. Army’s Douglas Bush on a Major New Artillery Shell Casings Plant in Mesquite
by David Seeley |
May 29, 2024
Last year, we told you about General Dynamics planning to open a major new artillery casings plant in the Mesquite 635 industrial park at LBJ Freeway at U.S. Highway 80 east of Dallas. Today the New York Times reported that the plant will soon be producing about 30,000 steel shell casings each month for 155-millimeter howitzers, nearly doubling the current U.S. manufacturing output.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 22, 2024
Earlier this year, Google asked students across the U.S. to submit their ideas through art to the prompt of “My wish for the next 25 years…” in celebration of Google’s 25th anniversary. Texas winner, McKinney elementary student Alice Kim, could be one of five national finalists. Cast your vote by June 4.
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by David Seeley |
May 21, 2024
In a LinkedIn post, he offers his "controversial take" that AI won't make humans obsolete in sectors like the stock market. Why? "Because markets are more than numbers; they're a reflection of human behaviors, fears, hopes, and irrationalities."
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Suzanne Smith, founder and CEO of Social Impact Architects [File photo]
The Last Word: Social Impact Architects’ Suzanne Smith on ‘Radical Accountability’ for Nonprofits
by David Seeley | May 17, 2024
The latest Edelman Trust Barometer revealed a troubling trend: trust is at all-time low, and nonprofits have lost their position as the most trusted institution in the United States. This finding was the impetus for Dallas-based Suzanne Smith, Founder and CEO of Social Impact Architects, to write a blog post calling for nonprofits to demonstrate "radical accountability."
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by David Seeley |
May 16, 2024
The $300 million Mill Creek Drainage Relief Tunnel being built under Dallas is five miles long, was excavated up to 38 feet tall and wide, and is described as "the largest hard-rock gripper tunnel in North America, the Western Hemisphere, and, we think, the world" in a city video. Designed to provide 100-year flood protection for nearly 2,200 commercial and residential properties in the East Dallas area, its official name is almost as long as the tunnel itself: The Mill Creek/Peaks Branch/State-Thomas (MCPBST) Drainage Relief Tunnel.
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by David Seeley |
May 15, 2024
Last night, the Rangers presented free replica Corey Seager World Series rings to the first 15,000 fans at the team's game against the Cleveland Guardians at Globe Life Field.
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by David Seeley |
May 14, 2024
Facial recognition technology is already being used for by the Texas Department of Public Safety and police departments in Fort Worth, Arlington, and McKinney. Now the Dallas Police Department may be next in line to deploy it by partnering with New York-based Clearview AI, based on comments at a Monday meeting of the city's Public Safety Committee.
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Skip Howard [Photo, Michael Samples; Background, Wanan Yossingkum/istockphoto]
The Last Word: Spacee’s Skip Howard On the Rapid Rise of Generative AI in Knowledge Work
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 10, 2024
Dallas-based Spacee brings next-gen retail tech to life with virtual touchscreens and “invisible” inventory robots powered by AI. Its founder's insights lead him to believe knowledge work is being quickly replaced by generative AI.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 9, 2024
“Welcome home Dallas Trinity FC”
Dallas Sports Commission
.…on the name reveal of Dallas’s first-ever women’s professional soccer team at Klyde Warren Park on May 9, via LinkedIn....
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 8, 2024
Texas Women's Foundation presented #BESTSELF and the Leadership Forum & Awards Celebration, setting the stage with a powerful conversation between ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts and Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 7, 2024
“Fire can really be very useful—or it can be destructive.”
Mukesh Kumar
President, Global Technology
Slalom Consulting
… on equating artificial intelligence to fire, at the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Convergence AI event in Irving on May 2....
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Luther Birdzell, chief AI officer at Krista [Photo: LinkedIn]
The Last Word: Krista’s Luther Birdzell on AI as ‘Technology That Understands People’
by David Seeley | May 2, 2024
Dallas-based Krista provides a natural language processing-based platform that helps companies "integrate any AI into processes to improve business outcomes." That gives Birdzell plenty of reasons to muse on how AI and people intersect.
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by David Seeley |
May 1, 2024
Founded in 2001, Sowden's privately held, vertically integrated CRE firm has an even longer history in the industry, with roots going back some 37 years. RREAF operates across multiple platforms, targeting different segments of the real estate market, including multifamily and hospitality. With nearly 500 employees and assets of $4.5 billion, it's not surprising that an IPO would seem to be in the picture.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 29, 2024
Dundon, the chairman and managing partner of Dallas-based Dundon Capital, became the majority owner of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes in 2017, three years after he took Dallas-based auto loan giant Santander Consumer USA public with an IPO that raised $1.8 billion. He's also a co-owner of the PPA Pickleball Tour—which merged in March with Austin-based MLP by Margaritaville—and an investor in Pickleball.com.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 26, 2024
With all of the recent news about chips in Texas—including the Samsung $6B+ billion funding announcement by the Biden administration and North Texas’ anticipation of a new TI award—the Austin American-Statesman examined a claim the President made earlier this month.
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