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Flytrex and Nash Partner on Multi-Modal Food Delivery in North Texas

by | Jul 30, 2026
By combining Flytrex’s drone fleet with Nash’s orchestration system, the companies can route customer orders to the fastest, most reliable way to fill them. Drones take the lead for most orders, and Nash’s on-demand couriers carry the rest.
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Allen-Based EagleNXT Invests in Ohio Drone Maker Agilis Air
by | Jul 23, 2026
The deal pairs EagleNXT’s fixed-wing surveillance drones with the startup’s low-cost quadcopter platforms. CEO Bill Irby tells Dallas Innovates the company plans to grow its Allen workforce roughly tenfold as it ramps up production across its product lines.
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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
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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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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DigitalXForce Launches Cybersecurity Platform Built for Era of ‘Machine-Speed Risk’
by | Jun 25, 2026
Founder Lalit Ahluwalia calls the launch a “category declaration” aimed at helping organizations continuously monitor trust, risk, security, and compliance as organizations adopt AI, cloud, and emerging quantum technologies.
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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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