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Dallas-Based Integration Health Acquires Tennessee’s ECMO Advantage

by | Sep 22, 2025
ECMO's life-support technology provides temporary assistance to the heart and lungs when they are unable to adequately function.
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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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Sportsmo, a Dallas-Based College Sports Donation App, Snags Oklahoma State as First Official Partner

by | Sep 2, 2025
Under the deal, Sportsmo will serve as OSU's exclusive gamified, crowd-funding social network for charitable gifts to the university’s collegiate sports teams. The startup's Dallas-based founder and CEO, Chaitan Fahnestock, is an OSU alumnus.
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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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Hospitality Tech Platform Craftable Taps Former Black Box Intelligence Chief as New CEO

by | Aug 21, 2025
David Cantu joins Dallas-based Craftable to lead its next phase of growth. Craftable co-founder Samuel Zats will shift roles to focus on AI, product innovation, and long-term strategy as the company prepares a brand refresh.
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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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