Startup

At 2025 Tech Titans Awards, Winners Take the Stage and ‘Fast Tech’ Cos. Set the Pace

by | Sep 18, 2025
Tech Titans, the state’s largest tech trade association, honored standout individuals and companies across North Texas at its 25th annual awards event Friday in Frisco. Here's who took home awards, who topped the "Fast Tech" list, and who entered the Tech Titans Hall of Fame.
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Fort Worth’s Neon Cyber Exits Stealth, Unveils In-Browser Defense to Protect Companies—by Securing Employees
by | Sep 18, 2025
Neon Cyber, founded by security veterans Cody Pierce and Mark St. John, wants to curb phishing, shadow SaaS, and weak sign-ins by putting protection where work happens—inside the browser. “Cybersecurity has no perimeter," the company says, "and it’s time we stopped pretending it does.”
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Arcade Buys AI Coaching Startup Upduo, Launches Platform to ‘Bottle the Magic’ of Top Retail Sales Leaders

by | Sep 10, 2025
After mastering retail workforce motivation through gamification, the Dallas-based technology company adds AI-powered skill development in an all-cash deal fueled by fresh capital.
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‘More Personalized, More Global, More Digital’: 11 Startups Join Health Wildcatters in Dallas
by | Sep 8, 2025
The Dallas-based accelerator’s 13th class includes startups from Texas, Boston, Utah, Ireland, Israel, Italy, and the UAE—spanning digital health, medical devices, biopharma, and more. With a new VC Center at Pegasus Park, Health Wildcatters is fueling connections between investors and innovators.
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nominate by sept 12, 2025, for The Innovation Awards 2026, presented by D CEO and Dallas Innovates
North Texas Innovation Is Boundary‑Breaking. Nominations for the Awards That Prove It Close Sept. 12
by | Sep 7, 2025
D CEO and Dallas Innovates have expanded The Innovation Awards 2026 with more individual and company categories this year. Now is your chance to be part of the region’s defining recognition for innovators.
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Mr. Winston’s Expands With Third Retro-Modern Barbershop, Plans Up to 12 DFW Locations

by | Aug 28, 2025
Mr. Winston’s will bring its old-school barbershop charm, complete with sharp service, no-nonsense pricing, and great tunes, to Lovers Lane. It’s part of a two-year DFW expansion, with shops confirmed in Frisco and Southlake.
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‘The Rules Have Changed’: Dallas-Based Scribematic Launches Its Rx for the EHR AI Arms Race
by | Aug 28, 2025
When electronic health record giant Epic unveiled sweeping AI plans last week, it triggered what Dallas’ Calvin Carter calls a “right now crisis” for the rest of the industry. But Carter—best known for founding Bottle Rocket and exiting to WPP—was already ahead of the curve. Four months ago, he acquired and relocated AI healthcare startup Scribematic. Now, the company has launched Matic Inside: embedded AI built to help smaller EHR vendors compete.
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Garland OKs Citywide Telehealth as Public Utility Service, Set for 2026
by | Aug 26, 2025
The city council approved Tap Telehealth from Dallas-based MD Health Pathways. With that vote, Garland became the largest city so far to adopt the on-demand healthcare program, which will be offered as an opt-out service on residents’ utility bills.
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Archer Review Expands Again With Acquisition of Core Anesthesia, Its Third M&A Deal in 2025
by | Aug 25, 2025
The North Texas-based healthcare learning platform—now led by CEO Dr. Tabatha Erck and recently named a Silver Edison Award winner—continues its 2025 expansion with the acquisition of Core Anesthesia, a fast-growing tool for nurse anesthetists.
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Dallas-Based Highway Raises Strategic Growth Investment to Accelerate Growth, Fight Freight Fraud

by | Aug 21, 2025
FTV Capital leads the round, with participation from Lead Edge Capital, to help the logistics tech company expand its carrier identity platform and combat growing fraud in freight brokerage.
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AI Tinkerers Now Has a Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter: ‘This Is for People Who Are Actually Using AI’
Data scientist Anmolika Singh put Dallas on the global AI Tinkerers map. At the first meetup, more than 30 pros—founders to Fortune 500 technologists—showed up to trade ideas, projects, and solutions.
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North Texas–Backed Smart Cities Challenge in Barcelona Offers Global Startups Prizes, Path to U.S. Market Entry
by | Aug 20, 2025
NTXIA, Frisco, McKinney, Plug and Play, and Curiosity Lab are teaming up again for the 2025 Smart Cities Global Startup Challenge. Five international startups will pitch live for a shot at funding, U.S. pilots, and real-world deployment opportunities. Applications are open now and close Sept. 10.
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Battery Backup: Austin’s Base Power Expands to Dallas
by | Aug 20, 2025
Aiming to serve as a "virtual power plant" to bolster the Texas grid, Base—co-founded by CEO Zach Dell, son of billionaire Dell founder Michael Dell—offers residential customers an all-in-one energy plan including a whole-home backup battery that can power homes during a blackout.
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