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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.
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The Last Word: Worlds’ Austin Copps on How GPT Interfaces Are ‘Democratizing Creativity’ in Game Design and More
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."
by David Seeley |
Feb 14, 2024
Eddy Badrina, CEO of the North Texas-based indoor vertical farming company Eden Green, got a "test flight" of the new Apple Vision Pro spatial computing device. In a LinkedIn post, he said the device's biggest weakness was having to calibrate it so when it tracks your eyes, it knows "exactly where your eyes are looking." But once it's calibrated, "it's pretty legit," he says, with "IMPRESSIVE" immersive videos and multi-tasking capabilities.
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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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Rendering of the roof terrace of the redesigned Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center [Image: Visit Dallas]
The Last Word: Visit Dallas’ Craig Davis On City’s Renovated Convention Center Getting 41 Bookings—Years Before Completion
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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by David Seeley |
Feb 6, 2024
Born and raised in Texas, Kiku Chaudhuri sees India as her second home thanks to annual trips to see it with her parents as a child. She told WFAA that she and her sister Shaz were inspired by memories of picking plants, flowers, and herbs from their grandmother’s garden for their skin and hair care, which led them to launch their line of SHAZ & KIKS ayurvedic hair care products last August.
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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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Mural by Dora Reynosa, AKA Zeneth, in downtown Dallas [Video still: Downtown Dallas Inc.]
The Last Word: Artist Dora Reynosa on Her New Mural in Downtown Dallas
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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by David Seeley |
Jan 29, 2024
Fort Worth-based American Airlines loaded up on new flights from Kansas City to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII after Sunday's Kansas City Chiefs AFC Championship win over the Baltimore Ravens. And they're tailor-made for fans of Taylor and Travis.
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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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Carlos Irula, the pharmacist director at the St. Vincent de Paul Pharmacy [Photo: SVdP Pharmacy]
The Last Word: Saint Vincent de Paul’s Luis Gonzalez on Closing the Gap for Uninsured North Texans
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 22, 2024
In 2021, Dallas saw the launch of an extraordinary exhibition under the banner of the IF/THEN initiative, aimed at promoting women in science, technology, engineering, and math. The centerpiece: a collection of 120 life-sized, 3D-printed statues representing a diverse group of women STEM professionals.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 19, 2024
“GLP-1 drugs, medications like Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs that are actually diabetes drugs, provide me with retail insights,” said Pil, according to a takeaway featured in D CEO. “We can look through Chase’s anonymized data by individual—we bank more than 95 million individuals in this country—and I can identify people who are on Ozempic based on their spending patterns."
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by David Seeley |
Jan 17, 2024
Samuel is just one of several healthcare CEOs and executives interviewed about federally sanctioned hospital-at-home programs in a new article by Texas CEO Magazine.
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