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A patented golf ball from Dallas-based Topgolf International comprises "piezoelectric material and a wireless transmitter" along with an integrated gyroscope, magnetometer, and Bluetooth radio, designed to relay speed, spin, and location data without the sensor infrastructure that RFID-based systems require. [Composite illustration. Sources: U.S. Patent No. 12,564,768, Fig. 1A; DI Studio]
Patented: Topgolf’s Golf Ball With Electrical Components—and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Apr 1, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of March 3 with a total of 102 patents granted.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 31, 2026
North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 31, 2026
You'll find deadlines coming up for a new accelerator program; and many more opportunities.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 30, 2026
4Minds goes beyond RAG. The platform leverages a patented, GPU-accelerated knowledge graph that uncovers deep contextual relationships across enterprise systems and data sources, including business applications, documents, and collaboration tools. This approach reduces hallucinations and enables deeper reasoning across enterprise data.
Models built on 4Minds become durable enterprise assets that continuously and automatically fine-tune in real time as new data is generated, without repeated retraining cycles or operational overhead. The company has filed over a dozen patents in frontier technology.”
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A newly patented IBM technology authenticates access to a system by using "a simulated state of a digital twin" to derive a password — in one example, using a vehicle's operational data such as its odometer reading. Mansfield inventor Jian Wu is named on the patent. [Composite illustration: Sources, U.S. Patent No. 12561425-B2, Fig. 4; Aleksei Cheremisinov/istockphoto; DI Studio]
Patented: IBM’s Simulated State of a Digital Twin as Password and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Mar 25, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 24 with a total of 142 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 18, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 17 with a total of 147 patents granted.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 11, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 10 with a total of 180 patents granted.
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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 5, 2026
Designed as foundational technology, the Emmy-winning company's new NeuroStream slashes computing demands by up to 95%, bringing large models to everyday desktops and Macs.
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A block diagram of Rivian's newly patented onboard charging system shows an electric vehicle connected to the power grid — simultaneously charging its battery while delivering a separate power signal to electrical accessories through a dedicated output port. Irving inventor Muhammad Mobeen Mahmood is among those named on the patent. [Composite illustration: Sources, U.S. Patent No. 12542447, Fig. 7; DI Studio]
Patented: Rivian’s Simultaneous Charging and Power Export, Plus More North Texas Inventive Activity
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Mar 4, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Feb. 3 with a total of 103 patents granted.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Feb 26, 2026
Ithina's global AI operating platform for real-time physical commerce and industrial operations "includes more than 50 million connected endpoints already deployed across retail, manufacturing, and warehouse environments worldwide," the company said.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 25, 2026
Founded in 2023 by the co-founder and former CTO of TuSimple, Bot Auto will soon be adding to a growing array of "trucker-out" 18-wheeler operations flowing in and out of Dallas-Fort Worth. Its competitors operating in North Texas include Aurora, Gatik, Torc Robotics, Kodiak Robotics, Waabi, and Volvo Autonomous Solutions.
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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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Rob Madelmayer [Sources: LFG Ventures images; DI Studio]
The Last Word: LFG Ventures’ Managing Partner on Tracking ‘Where Frontier Tech Is Really Moving’
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 David Seeley |
Feb 24, 2026
WATTER—a startup whose high-tech water heaters use wasted heat from compute devices to heat water in homes and businesses, while reducing demand on the grid—is one of 29 Pioneers finalists selected in this year's competition. Other finalists include Austin-based BASE Power, which expanded to Dallas last summer.
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by Dallas Regional Chamber |
Feb 19, 2026
Leaders from Google, Palantir, Khan Academy, AECOM, and Fujitsu Intelligence join the March 30–31 Irving Convention Center lineup focused on enterprise AI.
sponsored by The Organization
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by Quincy Preston |
Feb 19, 2026
The new center readies students for venture creation and business acquisition in an AI-driven economy. Texas A&M’s Mays Business School has tapped startup founder and former Merlyn for Education CEO Levi Belnap as executive director, building on last year's appointment of “the nation’s first dean of AI."
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