“Texas is increasingly becoming a powerhouse for technology and innovation, with Dallas being of particular importance,” the company said.
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Willow CEO and co-founder Joshua Ridley [Photo: Willow]
Australian Startup’s CEO Moves to Dallas to Lead Eight Global Offices
by Kevin Cummings | Apr 18, 2022
Willow, an Australian company creating "digital twins" of real-world smart infrastructure and real estate assets, announced that its Sydney-based co-founder and global CEO, Joshua Ridley, is relocating to North Texas to lead the company from Dallas.
“Texas is increasingly becoming a powerhouse for technology and innovation, with Dallas being of particular importance,” the company said.
“Texas is increasingly becoming a powerhouse for technology and innovation, with Dallas being of particular importance,” the company said.
by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 15, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 14, 2022
“Entrepreneurs of color are over-mentored and undercapitalized. While others are saying, ‘Here’s a program or mentorship,’ we’ve been one of the first groups to say, ‘Here’s that, plus capital, to get you there,’” says Benjamin Vann, founder and CEO at Impact Ventures.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 14, 2022
The Solar Company, a Dallas-based startup founded in 2021, has partnered with Granite Redevelopment Properties LP to install a 15-megawatt, 40,000-panel system across 16 of GRP's "all bills paid" apartment communities in Dallas and Tarrant counties.
The startup's co-founder and CEO, Travis Wildeman, tells us the system will offset between 90% and 100% of Granite Redevelopment's electricity costs—and pay for itself in 5 to 7 years.
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‘Doing Good While Doing Well in Business’: Addison Consumer Analytics Platform Raises Funds to Help Nonprofits
by Kevin Cummings | Apr 13, 2022
HundredX, a data analytics firm that gives brands access to millions of “ethically sourced” consumer experiences, has landed a Series D round that brings its total funding to more than $80 million. Its big-name investors include billionaire Charles Schwab and Clark Hunt, the chairman and CEO of FC Dallas and the Kansas City Chiefs.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 13, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 12 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: 7-Eleven's tracking positions using a scalable position tracking system, Accenture's self-managed intelligent elastic cloud stack, and TMGCore's robotics employed in processes and systems for liquid immersion cooling, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 12, 2022
In the midst of what the CDC calls an accelerating teen mental health crisis, Sydney and Shea Hinckley's newly launched UPwords brand features a wide array of life-affirming messages.
Their e-commerce site offers caps that say "DO GOOD," a sweatshirt that reads "you are enough," a T-shirt that urges others to "see good in all things," and many other apparel, jewelry, and home goods items that aim to uplift with positivity.
Their e-commerce site offers caps that say "DO GOOD," a sweatshirt that reads "you are enough," a T-shirt that urges others to "see good in all things," and many other apparel, jewelry, and home goods items that aim to uplift with positivity.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 11, 2022
Applied Blockchain, an owner and operator of data center facilities used for mining crypto assets, filed plans with the SEC to uplist from the OTC Pink market to the Nasdaq Global Select Market in a move that could raise up to around $63 million.
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Applied Digital co-founder, CEO and chairman Wes Cummins [Video still: Applied Blockchain]
Follow the Money: Applied Blockchain Files for Nasdaq IPO, Aircraft Maker Lands New Investors, and More
by Kevin Cummings | Apr 8, 2022
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 7, 2022
Five organizations took the stage last night at the sixth annual The Pitch competition, after honing their skills through the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas’ Social Innovation Accelerator program.
Here's who pitched, who won what, and why it matters to the communities these innovators are striving to serve.
Here's who pitched, who won what, and why it matters to the communities these innovators are striving to serve.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 7, 2022
Self-driving trucking company Kodiak Robotics is teaming up with U.S. Xpress to launch autonomous freight service between Dallas and Atlanta using Kodiak's self-driving trucks—with operators in the cab to monitor things. It's the first launch of a commercial autonomous trucking lane to the East Coast, following earlier Kodiak routes from Dallas to Houston, San Antonio, and Oklahoma City.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 7, 2022
Nemo's Garden aims to revolutionize farming with sustainable undersea biospheres. Plano-based Siemens Digital Industries Software is helping the startup "massively" accelerate using digital twin tech.
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Kendra Phillips, Former CTO of Ryder, joins Aurora to deliver and commercialize Aurora Horizon, Aurora’s autonomous trucking product. [Photo: Aurora]
Aurora Hires Former Ryder CTO, Opens New Terminals in Fort Worth and El Paso to Support Autonomous Pilot Partnership with Werner
by David Seeley | Apr 6, 2022
Former Ryder CTO Kendra Phillips will lead Aurora's trucking and logistics partner programs. The newest one—a Fort Worth-El Paso hauling route for Werner Enterprises—is a key link in the commercial thoroughfare from L.A. to Atlanta. But it's a flat, monotonous run that many truck drivers find unappealing—making it a key test case for the Aurora Driver.
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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 5, 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: Advanced Custom Engineered Systems Equipment Co. apparatus for monitoring waste removal, Amera loT's apparatus for imprinting private key on IoT, Bank of America's network security system for rogue devices, Baylor Research Institute's nucleic acids encoding anti-CD40 antibodies, D4D Technologies' intra-oral scanning device with active delete of unwanted scanned items, Halliburton's autonomous tractor using counter flow-driven propulsion, IBM's electronic messaging display optimization, Lenovo's presentation of AR content based on identification of trigger accompanying video content, Toyota's creating a valuable video clip using metadata flagging, and Wells Fargo Bank's ATM bill pay.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 4, 2022
“Our mission is economic empowerment, period.” says Craig Lewis, Gig Wage founder and CEO. The Dallas 1099 payroll solutions company collaborated with Green Dot and nonprofit Commonwealth on a study of what types of 'financial interventions' help provide financial security to a fast-growing non-traditional workforce in the gig economy. Empowerment starts with understanding, Lewis says. "We want to get involved to start to set the tone on what that understanding should be, so that we can replicate it at scale.”
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 4, 2022
Dallas-based nonprofit accelerator Impact Ventures has unveiled the lineup of its latest cohort, made up of nearly 20 companies that span from Nepalese dumpling makers to virtual reality job-training platforms.
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