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Pentagon’s New Cyber Rules for Defense Suppliers Take Center Stage at SMU Conference
by Quincy Preston | Feb 16, 2025
More than 300,000 defense suppliers—from major contractors to small businesses—must meet new CMMC security standards or risk losing contracts; SMU's conference tackles compliance requirements and implementation strategies Feb. 19-20.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 13, 2025
“Some moments are priceless.”
Fort Worth-based Bison Coolers
…. reflecting on the company’s Google Super Bowl ad appearance, via LinkedIn.
Despite the Cowboys missing out on Super Bowl LIX, a Fort Worth family business scored big during the championship game....
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 11, 2025
Named after Chef Tim Love's father, Stewart’s Croquet & Cocktails will be among the first public croquet clubs in Texas. The "country club for the people" will offer "Croquet Whites" jackets or sweaters to customers who'll click and bonk their way through the outdoor courses.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 11, 2025
The Hunt Energy Enterprises' spinout founded in 2019 says it has developed a cost-effective means to produce single-crystalline cathode active materials for lithium-ion batteries.
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Dillon Dandurand, founder of Not Beer [Photo: Not Beer]
The Last Word: Dillon Dandurand on Why His ‘Not Beer’ Is for Drinkers and Non-Drinkers Alike
by David Seeley | Feb 6, 2025
Last April, Dallas Innovates told you about Not Beer, a newly launched no-buzz beverage that “looks like a beer, feels like a beer, tastes like premium American sparkling water.” The brand's Dallas-based founder, Dillon Dandurand, launched his product just one month after Liquid Death—another sparkling water brand with attitude—got a valuation of $1.4 billion after announcing $67 million in new funding.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 30, 2025
Stephen El Gidi tasted big-time competition in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics as a 100-meter butterfly specialist. But his competitive juices really got flowing when he tried to sell "cheesecakes on a stick" at Six Flags Over Texas and The State Fair of Texas. He found huge success in both historic venues—which led to him opening his own shop last month: Drizzle Cheesecakes at 310 W. Las Colinas Blvd. in Irving.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 29, 2025
Backed by SYN Ventures, Picus Capital, and others, Conifers.ai says its CognitiveSOC platform enables customers to use agentic AI as a "force multiplier" to rapidly investigate security incidents at scale with the tools and portals they already have.
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by UT Dallas |
Jan 29, 2025
Combining cutting-edge research and real-world applications, the UT Dallas professor transforms public health with innovations in detection technology, including “a check engine light” for the human body. In collaboration with EnLiSense, the company she cofounded, Dr. Prasad combines chemistry with software and hardware to bring the technology to life as market-ready devices.
sponsored by The University of Texas at Dallas Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Percipio Health Co-Founder and CEO Eric Rock, Chief Growth Officer James Brookes, and Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer David Lucas at the HLTH USA 2024 health innovation event. [Photo: LinkedIn]
Population Health Platform Percipio Health Launches in North Texas with $20M Raised
by Lance Murray | Jan 22, 2025
Plano-based Percipio's platform uses AI and a smartphone—without medical devices—to collect "whole-person health signals" for real-time assessments that identify current and predictive health risks.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Jan 21, 2025
D CEO and Dallas Innovates' Innovation Award winners are working to resurrect extinct species, launching autonomous trucks, reinventing military aircraft, and bringing AI into the physical world—and that's just the beginning. The 2025 awards showcase game-changing achievements—including Texas' first newly minted decacorn—across 17 categories of innovation. Here’s a look at the innovators leading the way.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Jan 15, 2025
California's Rockfish Data, built on Carnegie Mellon research, is using generative AI to create synthetic data that helps enterprises overcome the challenges of "data silos"—particularly when working with rare scenarios or sensitive information.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 15, 2025
Best known for its moonshot mission to revive the woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has secured $200 million in Series C funding led by TWG Global. The world's first de-extinction company, founded in 2021 by entrepreneur Ben Lamm and renowned Harvard geneticist George Church, Colossal Biosciences is working to restore Earth's lost biodiversity, "making science fiction into science fact."
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Rogers Healy is stepping back from the real estate and property management worlds to focus on his investment company. He launched Morrison Seger Venture Capital Partners in 2022 with a name inspired by three of his favorite musicians: Van Morrison, Jim Morrison, and Bob Seger. [Photo: MSVCP]
The Last Word: Rogers Healy on Dallas’ Rise as the ‘Ultimate Founders Hub’
by Quincy Preston | Jan 7, 2025
From tech and finance to fashion and food, "Dallas is becoming a melting pot of industries—and that diversity is a recipe for innovation," Healy says in D CEO. "Dallas is where dreams become reality, period."
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Plano-Based Mili, an AI Meeting Assistant for Wealth Management Firms, Emerges from Stealth With $2M
by Lance Murray |
Jan 7, 2025
Mili's "invisible AI assistant" features deep integrations with major wealth platforms including Salesforce, Wealthbox, Practifi, and Salentica. By automating meeting documentation, it aims to save wealth advisers "more than eight hours weekly," the startup says.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 20, 2024
James Jones, formerly CFO of C360—acquired by entertainment leader Cosm last year—has taken on the role of CFO at Providential Media. The sports media group was formed earlier this year through the merger of two North Texas startups, Snipitz Global and rikodi, targeting innovation in fan engagement and data intelligence.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Dec 19, 2024
The Dallas chapter of the early-stage angel network for women-led businesses says it’s looking for more high-net-worth members—and for more gender-diverse companies at its monthly “office hours” sessions.
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