AI

With Robots and Advanced Logistics, Arizona’s Insight Opens Solutions Integration Center in Fort Worth

by | Nov 7, 2024
Insight Enterprises called its new facility "a paragon of modern warehouse operations." With AI-driven capabilities like autonomous mobile robotics and advanced logistics, it can achieve 10 times the shipping velocity of traditional IT fulfillment centers, the company said.
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Dallas’ Pieces Technologies Gets $2M from National Cancer Institute to Advance Conversational AI for Cancer Patients
by | Oct 30, 2024
With the NCI funding—which follows Piece's $25 million growth financing round announced in September—Pieces will partner with Cleveland-based MetroHealth to deploy a new conversational AI agent for cancer patients called "PiecesChat."
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Westlake-Based Avodah Appoints New Chief Technology Officer
by | Oct 25, 2024
Longtime tech executive Jonathan Malek co-founded Practice Fusion, where he was chief technology officer from 2005 until its acquisition by Allscripts (now Veradigm) in 2018.
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The Last Word: DRC’s Eric Griffin on Why Dallas-Fort Worth is an Incubator for Applied AI
Griffin doesn't believe AI can save the world. "But," he posted recently on LinkedIn, "it might just help your business save money, reduce waste, retain customers, educate your employees, and optimize operational performance." And a lot of what's driving these possibilities is happening right here in North Texas. Last month, the DRC published an in-depth report on the subject titled "The Business of Artificial Intelligence," which explores how Dallas-Fort Worth's diverse economy "is an incubator for applied AI."
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SMU student-entrepreneur Trevor Gicheru, smiling, and posing next to the study app he created.

From Frustration to Funding: SMU Student Entrepreneur’s AI App Tackles ADHD and Transforms Learning

Trevor Gicheru created Nurovant AI, an app that converts lectures into flashcards, quizzes, and summaries, helping students focus on key themes. With support from institutions like SMU, Harvard, and MIT, he’s now scaling his venture and aiming for a $2-3 million seed round in 2025.
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Mark Cuban Foundation, Codecademy Collaborate to Expand AI Education via Free Bootcamps
by | Aug 28, 2024
The collaboration could have a big payback for high school students aiming for a high-tech future. The foundation and Codecademy aim to supply educational tools, resources, and bootcamps to develop essential technology, AI, and coding skills for the future.
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Nobl Q Acquires Seattle-Based Cloud Solutions Company Corezi
by | Aug 23, 2024
This is the fourth major acquisition Nobl Q has made in the past 12 months, executing its strategic growth plan "to bring sound, innovative solutions" to its growing customer base, the company said.
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Amid ‘Private Credit Boom,’ Dallas Fintech Siepe Lands $30M Series B to Expand Tech-Enabled Solutions
by | Aug 22, 2024
"The new capital will help us continue our momentum in deploying integrated solutions and best-in-class service for fund managers in the private credit and broadly syndicated bank debt sector," Siepe CEO and founder Michael Pusateri said. In conjunction with the new funding, Siepe has appointed Mark Schultis as president.
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Trend Micro Launches Deepfake Detection Technology To Protect Consumers and Businesses

by | Jul 30, 2024
Trend Micro, which has its U.S. HQ in Irving, is offering a free Deepfake Inspector that can alert consumers to potentially fraudulent deepfakes during a video call. For enterprises, new deepfake detection technology will offer a variety of advanced methods to detect AI-generated content.
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Dallas-Based Aletheia Media & Marketing Aquires AI Platform Pluralytics
by | Jul 25, 2024
Aletheia said Minnesota-based Pluralytics' groundbreaking SaaS platform uses principles of behavioral science and AI to pinpoint consumers' key values and priorities that inspire their purchases.
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Fort Worth’s SmartAction, Provider of AI‑Powered Virtual Agents to Contact Centers, Is Acquired by St. Louis Company
by | Jul 12, 2024
Launched in 2009 out of a small apartment near L.A., SmartAction has grown into an industry leader providing AI-powered virtual agents to contact centers via its NOVA platform.
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UTA, Microsoft Host ‘Prompt-a-Thon’ to Show Texas Educators How to Use AI Tools
Lone Star schools are doing more than dipping their toes in the AI pool—they're making waves. The University of Texas at Arlington teamed up with tech giant Microsoft to host the state's first "Prompt-a-Thon," packing its halls with educators eager to harness AI's potential in classrooms and labs.
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Dallas-Based Tango Appoints New CFO

by | May 14, 2024
Tim Redfern, the former CFO/COO at Drift, brings more than 20 years of financial and operational leadership experience to Tango. He's responsible for managing the company’s global finance, accounting, and administrative functions.
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The Last Word: Slalom’s Mukesh Kumar—AI Is Like Fire

“Fire can really be very useful—or it can be destructive.”

Mukesh Kumar
President, Global Technology
Slalom Consulting 
… on equating artificial intelligence to fire, at the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Convergence AI event in Irving on May 2.
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‘The Gains Are 10x, 100x, 1,000x’: Experts Tell How Cutting-Edge AI Is Transforming Business
by | May 7, 2024
From busting fuel bandits to revolutionizing customer experiences, AI is driving unprecedented improvements across industries. Over 650 business leaders gathered at the Dallas Regional Chamber's Convergence AI conference in Irving to learn how companies are harnessing artificial intelligence to stay ahead of the curve. Here are some of their key insights.
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Artificial Intelligence, Psychedelics, and Psychotherapy Working Together to Fight Chronic Pain
Based in Dallas, Cacti leverages technology from fellow DFW company Blackbox Bio to pioneer psychedelic-derived medicines without traditional side effects. This innovative effort, led by the husband-wife team of Kaitlin and David Roberson, includes AI-powered algorithms capable of automatically detecting psychedelic hallucinations in mice.
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