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OnAsset Intelligence Hires NanoThings Co-Founder as Connected Label Product Manager

by | Jan 12, 2024

NanoThings Inc. co-founder and former CEO Tim Williams has been hired by Irving-based OnAsset Intelligence to lead new product development and innovation for a full line of connected label products.

Intelligent connected labels powered by new technologies, manufacturing processes, and form factors offer global logistics stakeholders a first-in-industry ability to add layers of visibility and data capture, OnAsset said....

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Dallas-based Mynd Immersive, in collaboration with AT&T, HTC VIVE, and the CTA Foundation, has launched the 'Great American Elderverse' at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, a groundbreaking campaign poised to revolutionize the lives of millions of older adults across the nation.
The Last Word: Mynd Immersive’s Chris Brickler on Launching the ‘Great American Elderverse’ at CES 2024
by | Jan 12, 2024
This week at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, Dallas-based Mynd Immersive launched the "Great American Elderverse," a virtual destination filled “with love, care, and compassion for older adults,” with exercises and experiences to promote mental, physical, emotional, and cognitive health.
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Robot Mowing Startup Graze Is Moving Its HQ From L.A. to Plano
by | Jan 12, 2024
The move to Plano's Legacy business park follows Graze's July hiring of Logan Fahey as its CEO. The former CEO and current chairman of McKinney-based Robin Autopilot, Fahey calls Plano "the perfect base for Graze to develop additional innovative solutions for the landscaping industry and grow our position in the marketplace."
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Full Throttle: North Texas Rocket Company Firehawk Awarded Air Force Backing for Breakthrough Tech
by | Jan 11, 2024
Firehawk Aerospace Co-Founder and CEO Will Edwards says he aims to build "the next great American defense company. And we're doing this by building rocket motors." Using 3D-printed solid rocket fuel to provide a safer, more cost-effective approach to launching payloads, Firehawk is powering forward from its Addison facility, its Midland test site, and a new launch range where its systems will take flight.
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BeyondCapital co-founders Scott Wilson (left) and Sarah Jennings [Photos: BeyondCapital]

Dallas-Based Venture Capital Firm Growing With Third Fund

by | Jan 11, 2024

In 2023, founders searching for venture capital found fewer investors and less money. Pitchbook reports that the number of U.S. deals in the first three quarters of 2023 was just slightly higher than the number made during the same period in 2018.  

In North Texas, it was a similar story....

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Richardson Launches Pilot RAMP Program to Foster Research, Innovation, Growth
by | Jan 10, 2024
RAMP—the Richardson Research Award Match Program—aims to complement the federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Offering businesses matching grants of up to $150,000 per year, it's designed to attract and support research and development in Richardson, especially in The IQ—the city's Innovation Quarter.
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The Last Word: Billionaire Richard Branson Speaking in Dallas on Starting Your Own Business
by | Jan 10, 2024
He's been flown into space on his own Virgin Galactic space plane. He's crossed the Atlantic and Pacific in a hot air balloon, and set a speed record for crossing the Atlantic in a powerboat. But billionaire Richard Branson's biggest daredevil acts have arguably been founding businesses—from Virgin Records to Virgin Atlantic to Virgin Mobile to Virgin Hotels and many, many more.
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X-Rays for Pets: Dallas-Based SignalPET Launches AI-Enhanced Rapid Veterinary Radiology Solution
by | Jan 9, 2024
Dallas-based SignalPET said it has created an advanced veterinary X-ray interpretation solution that can assess the most critical, urgent cases with both advanced AI technology and expert human oversight with a guaranteed 45-minute turnaround time, available 24/7.
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Kodiak's sixth-generation, driverless-ready semi-truck. [Photo: Kodiak Robotics]

Kodiak Unveils First ‘Driverless-Ready’ Semi-Truck Designed for Scaled Deployment, Plans Commercial Runs on I-45 This Year

by | Jan 9, 2024
Planning to launch driverless operations between Dallas and Houston later this year out of its Lancaster hub, Kodiak says its sixth-generation driverless-ready semi-truck bristles with redundancies for safe operation—building on the Mountain View, California-based company's five years of real-world testing.
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Decoding the Attraction: Why These Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs Make Dallas-Fort Worth Home
by | Jan 9, 2024
Nextdoor.com co-founder and recent Dallas-Fort Worth transplant Nirav Tolia puts it simply: “It’s a great place to live.” Here's why Tolia and other dynamic newcomers believe the fast-growing region is a land of opportunity and community for 21st-century pioneers.
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The Last Word: Plug and Play’s Sherif Saadawi on Opening Two North Texas Offices
by | Jan 8, 2024
“I think DFW represents such a strong market for Plug and Play,” Saadawi told Dallas Innovates. “it’s kind of remarkable that we haven’t been there this whole time.”
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Spectral AI has named Peter M. Carlson as CEO. [Photo: LInkedIn]

Spectral AI Names Former Top MiMedx Financial Exec as CFO

by | Dec 27, 2023

Seasoned financial executive Peter M. Carlson has been hired as chief financial officer of Dallas-based Spectral AI Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI) company focused on medical diagnostics for faster and more accurate treatment decisions in wound care.

Carlson will succeed Nils Windler, who will remain with Spectral AI to work closely with Carlson, support an orderly transition of responsibilities, and provide financial accounting support to the company....

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FedEx’s Ken Spangler on AI: ‘We’re Only in the Beginning of What’s Possible’
by | Dec 21, 2023
In a new podcast hosted by Dave Copps of Dallas-based Worlds, the FedEx executive vice president talks change management, AI’s role in infrastructure, and the importance of a people-first culture.
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The Last Word: Rob Upchurch on His Favorite ‘Innovate Fort Worth’ Podcast Guest of 2023
by | Dec 21, 2023
Cameron Cushman, Assistant VP of Innovation Ecosystems at HSC Fort Worth, is host of the "Innovate Fort Worth" podcast, Powered by UNT Health Science Center, the podcast shares the stories of the city’s leading innovators, entrepreneurs and investors—and highlights the resources available to bring ideas to market.
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How Plug and Play Aims To Spearhead Innovation in North Texas, One Startup and Sector at a Time
by | Dec 21, 2023
Sherif Saadawi, VP of partnerships at Plug and Play, calls his platform "the most active VC in the world by volume of deals"—and that's just one of three pillars it's bringing to Frisco and McKinney, along with corporate-startup matchmaking and sector-focused accelerators. "In almost every metric that we look for that makes a good ecosystem, DFW really ticks all the boxes," he tells Dallas Innovates.
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