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Mindzie Launches Generative AI-Powered Business Process Mining Platform
by Lance Murray | May 30, 2023
Southlake-based mindize says that by training AI to think like a "process analyst," it can enable organizations to accelerate their process improvement initiatives and achieve rapid digital transformation. "Our unique approach will allow customers to leverage the power of AI chat to discover process insights, while never exposing their data," says CEO James Henderson.
by David Seeley |
May 30, 2023
You'd think that Newhouse, who grew up in a football-focused home with the 12-season Dallas Cowboys fullback Robert Newhouse as his dad, would have eyes only for the NFL. But Rodd always had a thing for the sport of rugby, according to the Dallas Business Journal's David Moreno—preferring the helmet-less brawn of muscular scrums where a "try" is scored when you touch the ball down in the "in-goal" beyond the goal line.
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by David Seeley |
May 30, 2023
Holmes was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison last November for fraudulently misleading investors in the Theranos blood-testing device hoax. Today she moved into her new minimum-security home in Bryan along with 650 other women inmates—including “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Jennifer Shah.
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by Lance Murray |
May 25, 2023
Plano-based G.O.A.T. Fuel raised its "first-ever institutional round of funding in a space that’s becoming increasingly more competitive and despite growing market challenges."
The energy drink co-founded by NFL Hall of Famer Jerry Rice in 2020 is powered by natural caffeine, cordyceps mushrooms, green tea, electrolytes, BCAAs, and 10 essential vitamins.
The energy drink co-founded by NFL Hall of Famer Jerry Rice in 2020 is powered by natural caffeine, cordyceps mushrooms, green tea, electrolytes, BCAAs, and 10 essential vitamins.
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Chandramallika Basak, founder of OptiMIND, with her check from the UT Dallas Big Idea competition. [Photo: Chandramallika Basak/Twitter]
The Last Word: OptiMIND Founder on Winning a $40,000 Award for Research Innovation at UTD’s Big Idea Competition
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 25, 2023
Associate Professor Chandramallika Basak entered UTD's recent Big Idea Competition in the alumni research commercialization category with OptiMIND, a series of brain training games designed to enhance brain and cognition across the lifespan. The games are designed to ensure that people stay sharp and focused at any age. After winning $40,000 in the competition, she recently tweeted that she's ready to start her startup.
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by Lance Murray |
May 24, 2023
Founder and "Chief Camper" Gary Wojtaszek plans to use the facility to scale his fast-growing company, a leading owner, operator, and developer of RV and marine storage facilities. RecNation now has 47 facilities across six states, and is expanding to offer rental, sales, and repair support as well.
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by David Seeley |
May 24, 2023
Picklemall is led by Dallas-based CEO West Shaw and backed by billionaire Austin financier Steve Kuhn, who founded Major League Pickleball in 2021. "The future of pickleball is indoors," Kuhn says—and it will be high-tech too, with in-court cameras capturing gameplay in real time.
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by Glenn Hunter |
May 24, 2023
Lyda Hill Philanthropies and TAMEST, the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science, and Technology, have launched the Hill Prizes. The new program will provide $2.5 million in funding to support the research of Texas scientists.
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Fort Worth Conversational AI Platform SmartAction Secures Funding, Brings Total Investment to $38M
by Lance Murray | May 23, 2023
SmartAction, a Fort Worth-based AI platform provider specializing in advanced Intelligent Virtual Agents and conversational AI solutions, has closed a new round of funding that brings the current strategic growth capital amount to $38 million.
The company said the funding is a major milestone, helping to advance its AI-powered technology platform and expand its commercial team to meet the growing demand for its customer support solutions....
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
May 23, 2023
Lion's Den DFW recently brought together students, founders, and investors at Dallas Baptist University for a unique pitch competition. With DBU's Patriot Angel Network and Beyond Angels joining forces, the event highlights the growing influence of faith-driven businesses, where purpose and profit align for a higher plane of success.
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by David Seeley |
May 23, 2023
Like a flock returning to a favorite haunt, electric rental scooters and e-bikes from Bird, Lime, and Superpedestrian will begin appearing on Dallas streets Wednesday. The move comes three years after they were banned from the city due to safety and clutter concerns. The focus now is on providing a more sustainable, safe, orderly, and equitable experience. See what's different this time—and how riders could get slapped with fines up to $200 for breaking the rules.
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by Lance Murray |
May 22, 2023
The DEC Network is about to celebrate its 10th anniversary as a nonprofit entrepreneurship ecosystem builder in Dallas-Fort Worth. But instead of just throwing a party, it's launching even more innovation hubs to help entrepreneurs start, build, and grow their businesses—including The DEC's new RedBird Innovation Center. Besides housing The DEC's HQ, it will offer co-working space, provide business incubation, accelerator programs, podcasting rooms, an event space, and more.
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Fort Worth celebrity chef and entrepreneur Tim Love has launched his capsule apparel Love Collection. [Photo: Love Management]
Fort Worth Celebrity Chef Tim Love Launches Capsule Apparel ‘Love Collection’
by David Seeley | May 22, 2023
Love is far more than a celebrity chef with a long list of restaurant concepts under his belt. The Fort Worth entrepreneur has also launched into hospitality with the micro-resort Hotel Otto, cranked up the new music venue Tannahill's Tavern & Music Hall, and inaugurated the first annual Fort Worth Music Festival. Now he's dropped The Love Collection, a limited edition apparel brand. See what's in it—and how this taste of Texas fashion is already rocking the Stockyards.
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by David Seeley |
May 19, 2023
Google Cloud has unveiled its AI-powered Multiomics Suite, which aims to accelerate the discovery and interpretation of genomic data, helping companies design precision treatments. As part of the rollout, Google Cloud noted that Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has adopted the Multiomics Suite, and that Colossal spinout Form Bio has been selected to help other organizations adopt it. See what the new suite can do—and how it could help life get scienced.
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by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2023
Last year, the partnership announced a near complete sequence of the Asian elephant genome. Colossal and VGP said the sequencing work is part of a long-term effort to ensure the survival of elephant species in the face of climate change, deforestation, and disease.
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by Lance Murray |
May 19, 2023
Two Dallas entrepreneurs have been recognized by Afrotech’s Future List as founders of the year.
Dennis Cail is co-founder and CEO of the fintech startup Zirtue and Mandy Price is co-founder and CEO of the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging startup Kanarys....
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