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Snap-button shirts from Snaps Clothing Co., one of the companies Uptown Brands has invested in. [Photo: Snaps]
Dallas’ Uptown Agency Launches Uptown Brands Investment Platform
by Sandra Engelland | Feb 11, 2026
Uptown Brands aims to help founders have a smoother path between vision and execution. The platform combines investment and integrated marketing support to help brands launch faster, with fewer handoffs and greater accountability. Consumers of those Uptown Brands' companies will find stronger storytelling, more consistent experiences across channels, and brands that grow without losing what made them resonate in the first place, the agency said.
"Uptown Brands operates on the simple belief that when we commit to building a brand, we invest alongside it and put real skin in the game," said Joseph Alexander, president and CEO of The Uptown Agency.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 11, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 13 with a total of 142 patents granted.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Feb 10, 2026
Vibrant Capital said it's founded on changing what's wrong with AI implementation: "AI rarely fails because the model isn't smart enough—it fails because the work around it doesn't change," the firm said. Its CEO, Shadman Zafar, is a prolific inventor who has held executive roles at Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays, and Verizon.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Feb 4, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Jan. 6 with a total of 141 patents granted.
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INDUSTRIAL SCALE: Moonshot announced its new 505,265-square-foot global headquarters in Lewisville. The facility build out features a dedicated manufacturing hub. [Rendering: Moonshot]
From Factory to Frontier: North Texas’ Moonshot Pushes AI Pods to the Edge, Anchors National Network With New Manufacturing Hub
by Quincy Preston | Jan 27, 2026
The startup has inked a joint venture with QumulusAI and IXP.us to roll out a distributed AI platform across 125 U.S. sites. The national network will be powered by Moonshot’s new half-million-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility in Lewisville.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 27, 2026
The North Texas Innovation Alliance said the event aims to create "new pathways" by bringing bold innovation to public sector challenges. Applications to pitch are open through February 2. Selected startups will have the opportunity to present their solutions directly to public-sector leaders and ecosystem partners.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 22, 2026
His new Texas Venture Studio helps startups build what customers actually want.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 21, 2026
Sammy Abdullah tracks 37 public SaaS companies so you don't have to.
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The State of Entrepreneurship brings together industry leaders and founders for an evening of insight, inspiration, connection. and awards presentations. Attendees will explore emerging trends, address key challenges facing entrepreneurs today, and discover new opportunities shaping North Texas’s startup ecosystem, The DEC Network said.
The DEC Network To Hold 11th Annual State of Entrepreneurship Event Jan. 29 at SMU
by Sandra Engelland | Jan 20, 2026
The State of Entrepreneurship brings together industry leaders and founders for an evening of insight, inspiration, connection. and awards presentations. Attendees will explore emerging trends, address key challenges facing entrepreneurs today, and discover new opportunities shaping North Texas’s startup ecosystem, The DEC Network said.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jan 14, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang declared it "the ChatGPT moment for robotics," Worlds CEO Dave Copps says. But all those dancing, boxing, laundry-folding bots? They're only as smart as the environments they operate in.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 14, 2026
Backed by funding from the Texas Legislature, the collaboration aims to connect researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors to speed the development of new technologies that can move out of the lab and into real world applications.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 14, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 9 with a total of 100 patents granted.
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Photo: Point Blank Tequila
North Texas’ Point Blank Tequila Wins Top Honors at Las Vegas PR%F Awards
by Sandra Engelland | Jan 12, 2026
All three varieties—Añejo, Blanco, and Reposado—won medals for both taste and bottle design at the competition in Las Vegas. Point Blank's bottle is inspired by the pachita—an old-school Mexican bottle once carried in saddlebags and satchels.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 8, 2026
"For decades, cybersecurity has been a race against ever-more powerful computers," says Amera IoT CTO Tony Valentino. "AmeraKey Encryption fundamentally changes that equation." With its solution in place, the company says, "there is nothing for a hacker to steal."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Jan 7, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of Dec. 2, 2025, with a total of 134 patents granted.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Jan 2, 2026
Scott Bramble joins the newly launched pet services marketplace as it begins expanding beyond initial market launches in Dallas and Denver.
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