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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 Innovates, the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI are teaming up to launch the new AI 75 program at Capital Factory's Future of AI Salon today. The first-ever list will recognize Dallas-Fort Worth innovators in artificial intelligence. Nominations are open through March 20.
The Last Word: Quincy Preston On the ‘Most Innovative People in Artificial Intelligence’ in Dallas-Fort Worth
by David Seeley | Feb 22, 2024
At Capital Factory's "Future of AI" salon Tuesday, the AI 75 list—a new program recognizing the most innovative people in artificial intelligence in Dallas-Fort Worth—was officially announced by Dallas Innovates in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI.
by David Seeley |
Feb 21, 2024
There's a reason Opal Lee's portrait is on permanent display in the Texas Senate chamber in Austin. Known as the Grandmother of Juneteenth, the 97-year-old social activist worked tirelessly to ensure that Juneteenth would be recognized as a federal holiday. Earlier this month, she passed along some of her wisdom to a new generation at a Lake Highlands Girl Scouts "3 C's" speaker event in Dallas.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 20, 2024
Global accounting and consulting giant Deloitte aims to invest at least $300 million in the ongoing expansion of its Deloitte University cultural hub in Westlake, northwest of Dallas. The sprawling center, which opened in 2011, is "where learning meets leadership" for Deloitte employees and guests, offering multiple venues for learning, eating, networking, and well-being.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 15, 2024
Austin Copps—son of CEO and Co-Founder Dave Copps of Dallas-based Worlds, the AI platform for building the industrial metaverse—recently posted an article on Medium called "Creation Acceleration: The GPT Interface Revolution in Game Design and Beyond."
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The Last Word: DFW Airport’s Milton De La Paz on How Qartar Cargo Flies In 12 Tons of Fresh-Cut Flowers Each Week
by David Seeley | Feb 13, 2024
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport worked with Qatar Cargo to launch a special cargo operation last spring to make sure Texans got fresh-cut flowers "that are hours old instead of days." The special cargo flight flies in around 12 tons of fresh-cut flowers from Bogota, Colombia, each week. Once they land, they're raced across the state to florists, distribution centers, and supermarkets.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 12, 2024
When popular steakhouse brand III Forks, founded in North Dallas in 1998, decided to return to its roots with a new location in Addison's Village on the Parkway, executives said they recognized a need to create a dining aesthetic that retains the brand's core "while reinterpreting it for today's diners."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 8, 2024
The University of North Texas at Dallas and the city of Dallas have announced a $10 million grant from the Communities Foundation of Texas toward the new law enforcement training center coming to the university's campus. Once built, it will become the new home of the Dallas Police Training Academy.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 7, 2024
Dallas' Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center is poised for a mega-makeover via a nearly $2 billion redevelopment. When completed, the expanded convention center will offer 170,000 square feet of ballroom space, 260,000 square feet of meeting rooms, and 800,000 square feet of exhibit space. Not to mention a new deck park over I-30 and attractions like a sprawling roof terrace with jaw-dropping views,
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Megan Paterson, chief operating officer at Kinaxis [Photo: Kinaxis]
The Last Word: Kinaxis’ Megan Paterson on Why Her Canadian Company Opened an Office in Las Colinas
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Feb 2, 2024
From its base in Ottawa, Canada, Kinaxis aims to deliver the agility needed to absorb today’s supply chain disruptions. Now the supply chain management software company—with more than 40,000 users in over 100 countries—is fulfilling part of that mission right here in North Texas, with a newly opened office in Irving's Las Colinas.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 1, 2024
Oney was a panelist at a 2024 Economic Outlook event organized by the Dallas Business Journal on January 25 at the Tower Club. During the event—which featured discussions on DFW’s robust job creation record and the ongoing challenges of talent retention and workforce development—Dallas Citizens Council CEO Kelvin Walker, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative Director Cullum Clark, and John Stephens, former CFO of AT&T and current Dallas Economic Development Corp. board president ,discussed the importance of not just creating jobs but ensuring they lead to sustainable economic development.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 31, 2024
Hillwood Communities announced its fourth master-planned development in Celina, one of the fastest-growing areas in North Texas. Ramble by Hillwood is planned just north of downtown Celina. with 4,000 homes slated to "wind through an immersive nature experience" a short drive from Frisco and McKinney in Collin County.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 30, 2024
A vacant storefront across from Neiman Marcus is now the home of a 2,000-square-foot modernist mural filled with explosions of color and expressive glyphs, transforming the heart of the city, thanks to a team-up of artist Dora Reynosa, FGIII Fine Art Productions, and Downtown Dallas Inc.
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AT&T Stadium will host nine 2026 FIFA World Cup matches, including a globally watched semi-final. That's more than any of the other 15 host venues in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. [Photo: blightylad-infocus/iStock]
The Last Word: Dallas Sports Commission’s Monica Paul on Impact of a 2026 World Cup Final on North Texas
by David Seeley | Jan 26, 2024
It's officially unofficial that the 2026 FIFA World Cup Final—the greatest sports event on earth to be viewed by billions of people worldwide—will be played at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 25, 2024
In just 10 weeks, Dallas-Fort Worth will have a front-row seat for the April 8 total solar eclipse, when the moon will cover the sun and offer, for many, a once-in-a-lifetime celestial sight. But Jo But Trazila says 10 weeks from now is not when you should be thinking about getting safe viewing glasses.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 24, 2024
Goliath Games—a Netherlands company with North American headquarters in Richardson—is known for its popular games such as Rummikub, Sequence, and Pop! the Pig. But now it's getting into toys, too, and Weiss is heading up the play.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 23, 2024
North Texas' nonprofit Saint Vincent de Paul Pharmacy has worked to fill the gap for thousands of uninsured local people. The pharmacy provides free prescription medication for those in need, including those dealing with homelessness.
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