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Conifers.ai co-founders, left to right: Tom Findling, CEO; Mark Kurman, CTO: and Alon Yotvat, chief product officer, data science [Photos: LinkedIn]
Dallas- and Tel Aviv-Based Cybersecurity Platform Launches with $25M, Harnesses Agentic AI
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.
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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by Lance Murray |
Jan 23, 2025
“This will be the premier location for car shows in Texas,” Maranello CEO Michael Holigan said of his planned 200,000-SF facility in Plano. Its inward-facing "garage condos" will enable members to visit with other luxury sports car collectors year-round.
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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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Rockfish Data Co-Founders, left to right: CEO Dr. MuckAI Girish; Chief Scientist Dr. Giulia Fanti; Chief Technologist Dr. Vyas Sekar; and VP of Product and Engineering Nathan Haugo [Photos: Rockfish Data]
Dallas VC Fuels Rockfish Data’s $4M Push to Transform AI with Synthetic Data for Enterprise Workflows
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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by Lance Murray |
Jan 13, 2025
Motorola Solutions has agreed to buy Richardson-based Theatro Labs Inc., a maker of AI and voice-controlled communication and digital workflow software for frontline workers.
“For more than a decade, we have been passionate about innovating for frontline workers,” Theatro President and CEO Chris Todd said in a statement....
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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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Providential Media CFO James Jones [Photo: Providential Media]
North Texas’ Providential Media Taps CFO from Immersive Sports Video Tech Company Acquired by Cosm
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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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Dec 19, 2024
Taking the stage at Tannahills Tavern and Music Hall in Fort Worth were startups from as close as Southlake and Dallas and as far away as London and Nigeria. Their shared vision, Managing Director Trey Bowles said, was to "improve health outcomes and support a market opportunity that's global in scale."
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 16, 2024
Palo Alto, California-based Fiddler AI said its $18.6 million Series B extension brings the round's total funding to $50 million. The company said the funds will help it "continue to build momentum in AI observability and AI safety."
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SmythOS co-founders, left to right: Michael Umansky, Alexander De Ridder, and Gary Hayman [Photos: SmithOS]
Dallas’ SmythOS Launches ‘Agent Weaver’ Tool That Creates AI Agents Without Coding
by David Seeley | Dec 12, 2024
SmythOS says that when a simple text prompt is entered in its tool, "Agent Weaver will build the entire AI Agent for you, pulling in the necessary integrations, APIs, and best LLMs for the job." Their target customers: everyone from a teacher in rural India to startup founders and small business owners worldwide.
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 11, 2024
Uptiq.AI said the acquisition significantly enhances its ability to deliver innovative, AI-driven applications tailored to the needs of wealth management firms, banks, credit unions, fintechs, and non-bank organizations.
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by David Seeley |
Dec 10, 2024
Launched in Australia and Canada in 2023 and in the U.S. earlier this year, Ryde's pocket-sized 2-ounce supplements feature a proprietary Ryplenish formula "developed by experts in molecular biology, neuroscience, and behavioral psychology, and backed by rigorous scientific research."
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 9, 2024
Baltimore-based Secretome—which has a presence at BioLabs at Pegasus Park in Dallas and offices in Plano—said the financing will enable it to initiate clinical trials for its lead asset, STM-01, and further advance its drug development pipeline.
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