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AWS is accepting applications for a new 10-week program designed to take some of the most promising generative AI startups around the world to the next level. [Photo: AWS Editorial Team]
Innovate Faster: AWS Launches New Accelerator to Boost Generative AI Startups
by Lance Murray | Apr 10, 2023
Generative AI could revolutionize industries ranging from film and healthcare to tech and manufacturing. The AWS Generative AI Accelerator seeks to be a gamechanger for entrepreneurs already developing minimal viable products in this space, offering valuable resources like production assistance, customized mentoring, networking opportunities, and connections with potential investors. Deadline to apply is April 17.
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Apr 7, 2023
The DEC Network is excited to host the Dallas return of Techstars Startup Weekend, a three-day program that immerses aspiring entrepreneurs in the world of startups....
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 6, 2023
Mike Sargent has joined Frisco-based Ever.Ag, a provider of supply chain software and financial services for the agriculture industry, in the new position of president.
Sargent will be responsible for bringing strategic focus and operational excellence to drive further innovation in the Ever.Ag...
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by Glenn Hunter |
Apr 6, 2023
First fund from Wendi McGowan-Ellis’s Cassandra Capital also intends to invest in women-owned VC firms.
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Health Wildcatters co-founder and CEO Hubert Zajicek [Image: Courtesy Health Wildcatters]
The Last Word: Health Wildcatters’ Dr. Hubert Zajicek on Dallas’ Biotech Boom
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Apr 4, 2023
Dr. Zajicek and three other local biotech leaders—Sulagna Bhattacharya, CEO of Nanoscope Therapeutics; Gabby Everett, director of business operations and strategy at BioLabs Pegasus Park; and R.A. Session II, founder of Taysha Gene Therapies—discussed Dallas' biotech boom on a panel hosted by D CEO Healthcare.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 4, 2023
The Colorado staffing startup says it aims to go "beyond muscle for hire" to be the future model for the gig economy workforce. After completing around 5,000 jobs across the gig economy in Colorado, it's starting its Texas expansion in DFW with a goal of providing up to 300 local jobs in the next year. Its "Laborjacks" will help with moves, landscaping, months-long gigs at small businesses, and more. See how much they'll make and find out more.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 3, 2023
In 1923, the building was home to the Newland Hotel and a Piggly Wiggly grocery story in The Cedars neighborhood directly south of downtown Dallas. Now known as Cedars Corner, its first floor is an incubator of sorts for a distinctive collection of Black and women-owned businesses committed to bringing life back to the historic space. Meet the owners and see what they're cooking up.
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by Lance Murray |
Apr 3, 2023
Along with formalizing its policy on innovation districts, the Fort Worth city council said the city's Medical Innovation District and AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone— two areas already well-known as clusters of innovation in the city’s target industries—have been formally designated as innovation zones.
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The new LTK Boost advertising solution lets brands amplify creator collaboration content directly from the creator’s social media handles. [Image: LTK]
Dallas-Based LTK Launches Social Media Advertising for Brands
by Lance Murray | Mar 31, 2023
The new LTK Boost advertising solution lets brands amplify creator collaboration content directly from the creator’s social media handles. The Dallas-based global creator marketing platform says that will lead to "higher engagement and conversion."
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 31, 2023
The Lab Embedded Entrepreneur Program is designed to help entrepreneurs develop and commercialize their deep technology ideas. Texas innovators are invited to apply for the fellowship—but hurry, deadline is approaching quickly on April 17.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 30, 2023
Eisenberg, the doodling Dallas artist behind Drug Receipts NFTs, is pushing the boundaries of creativity. Along with his Dallas Design District creative agency—named simply Eisenberg—he runs the NFT company with two former pro rollerblading buddies.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 30, 2023
FT's new list of the 500 fastest-growing companies in the Americas covers a three-year period from 2018 to 2021 when economies were "powering out of the pandemic." This year's list features six companies in Dallas, Plano, McKinney, and Coppell. See how the median revenue of ranked companies almost doubled on this year's list—and find out which local companies made the cut.
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Elon Musk, Other Tech Leaders Call for 6-Month Pause on the ‘Dangerous Race’ to Giant AI Systems
by Lance Murray | Mar 29, 2023
The request was made in an open letter signed by major players including Elon Musk, co-founder of OpenAI, the lab that created ChatGPT and GPT-4; Emad Mostaque, founder of the London-based Stability AI; and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. More than 1,000 artificial intelligence experts, researchers, and backers signed the letter, including academics from UT Dallas.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Mar 29, 2023
With $2 million in pre-seed funding from a single Dallas angel investor, Zevo is aiming for a Q2 launch of its EV car-sharing platform, starting out in Dallas and Austin. Hosts will be able to make their EVs available for booking on the Zevo app when they're idle or not needed. Users can then book the vehicles in real time, getting "on-demand access" to the EVs by the hour, the week, or even a month at a time. We spoke with Co-Founder and CEO Hebron Sher about Zevo's tech, its goal to be the Airbnb of EV car-sharing, and its plans to expand nationally.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 28, 2023
The Southlake-based company says retailers can sign up and use what it calls the industry's most powerful, accurate AI and ML-driven metric forecasting through a fully automated self-serve platform—all at no obligation. "We're confident retailers will be intrigued and delighted when they compare our automated forecast results with their actuals and legacy forecasts," says Founder and CEO Purna Mishra.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Mar 28, 2023
Grunewald is one of four principals of Devil's Cask, along with Stella Amador, Jonathan Dietzel, and Fort Worth-based COO Chase Ament. All four are former roofers who teamed up after Grunewald had a light bulb moment while touring a Jameson Whiskey distillery in Ireland, according to the Star-Telegram's Brayden Garcia.
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