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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.
Corey Seager World Series replica ring [Photo: Texas Rangers]
The Last Word: Why 15,000 Texas Rangers Fans Are Showing Off This Bling Today
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.
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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by David Seeley |
May 13, 2024
“There are other things to do here than eat.”
Sam Romano
Partner
Trinity Groves “4.0”
.…on creating more foot traffic for the Dallas “restaurant theme park” by offering pickleball, mini-golf, bocce ball, and more, via the Dallas Morning News....
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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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Dallas Mavericks CEO Cynt Marshall and journalist Deborah Roberts [Photo: Kim Leeson/TXWF]
The Last Word: ABC News’ Deborah Roberts On Becoming a Leader — ‘Just Own It’
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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by David Seeley |
May 6, 2024
The summit is slated to bring together over 1,500 distinguished leaders from both the U.S. and Africa, from both the public and private sectors. African heads of state have traveled to Dallas for the event, along with international investors, senior government officials from the U.S. and Africa, Fortune 500 executives, leading small businesses, and key stakeholders from multilateral organizations, the city said
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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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Tom Dundon is chairman and managing partner of Dallas' Dundon Capital Partners and owner of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes. He's also one of the owners of the PPA Pickleball Tour, which recently merged with MLP by Margaritaville. [Photo: Carolina Hurricanes]
The Last Word: Dallas Billionaire Tom Dundon on Why He Bought and ‘Fixed’ an NHL Team
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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by David Seeley |
Apr 25, 2024
The WNBA's Dallas Wings have played at College Park Center in Arlington for the last eight seasons and will be hooping their there through 2025. But thanks to a Wednesday vote by the Dallas City Council, the team will finally be playing in the city emblazoned on their jerseys starting in 2026.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 24, 2024
North Texans took the stage at Texas Venture Gala & Forum last weekend in Austin.
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The Last Word: PX Technology CEO on Operating with ‘LOA’
by David Seeley | Apr 22, 2024
Sullivan helms Plano-based PX Technology, which has just been acquired by Maryland-based patient advocacy healthtech company CareMetx. Writing on LinkedIn, he describes himself as a "servant leader with a reputation for integrity, transparency, persistence, and employee loyalty."
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by David Seeley |
Apr 19, 2024
If you've followed the up-and-down journey of Texas Central's $30 billion Dallas-Houston bullet train project, you know it's offered high-speed dreams and at times challenging headlines. You also may remember that last August we told you the project might be back on track, after Amtrak and Texas Central announced they were partnering to explore advance planning and analysis on the proposed 205 MPH high-speed rail project.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 18, 2024
From the early 2000s to 2013, something illegal got baked up at Corsicana-based Collin Street Bakery & Cafe—a relentless embezzlement of nearly $17 million by the bakery's comptroller, Sandy Jenkins.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 17, 2024
Dallas-based HundredX, a mission-based data and customer insights provider, partnered with Forbes to create the newly released 2024 Best Brands for Social Impact list. Powered by HundredX data, the list recognizes the top 300 brands for social impact based on over four million pieces of consumer feedback on more than 3,000 businesses during the past year.
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