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Patented: Topgolf’s Newest Award and More Inventions Across North Texas

by | Jul 8, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 13 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of June 9 with a total of 82 patents granted.
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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth
by | Jun 30, 2026
North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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Opportunities for North Texas Innovators
by | Jun 26, 2026
You'll find deadlines coming up for a new accelerator program; and many more opportunities.

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Dallas-Based Plotsy: The Actors Are AI. The People Pulling the Strings Aren’t
by | Jun 25, 2026
Teladoc co-founder Michael Gorton wants people to be able to watch their favorite book. His latest startup turns novels into cinematic, episodic video—a "fourth book format" after print, ebook, and audiobook. It begins streaming its first title July 14, backed by a $2 million raise and an Emmy-winning "Band of Brothers" producer who's relocating to Dallas.
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Colossal BioVault, located at Colossal Biosciences' headquarters in Dallas. [Photo: Colossal]

Dallas-Based Colossal and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Launch BioVault Initiative for Endangered Species

by | Jun 25, 2026
"By preserving the genetic blueprint of every endangered species in America, we're creating a living archive of Earth's biodiversity—a modern-day Noah's Ark built from DNA and a permanent genetic backup of our nation's most imperiled species," said Colossal Biosciences Co-Founder and CEO Ben Lamm.
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Hunt Energy’s Dallas-Based Subsidiary Mantle Energy Raises $5M Seed Funding
by | Jun 24, 2026
Mantle, a Hunt Innovative Technologies spinout, uses groundbreaking techniques to create heat in oil and gas formations to extract more oil from reservoirs than traditional methods—along with geothermal energy, which offers a lower carbon baseload power. The method could unlock as much as 90% of the reservoir potential previously left behind, Mantle said.
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Inside Augustus: The Thiel-Backed ‘Bank Made of Code’ Nearing a National Charter From Dallas
by | Jun 24, 2026
The prospect of building a bank for the AI era from scratch was enough to pull Greg Quarles from the top job at another bank. Now the veteran regulator and three-time bank CEO explains why he joined the upstart reinventing how money moves—and the 25-year-old founder he calls “the brightest guy I’ve ever met.”
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Patented: Visa’s Offline Cryptographic Payments and More North Texas Inventive Activity
by | Jun 24, 2026
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 10 for patent activity out of 250 metros for the week of June 2 with a total of 129 patents granted.
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