AI

Dallas Sales & Marketing Software Company HighLevel Gets Minority Growth Investment from General Atlantic

by | Apr 18, 2024
HighLevel—a provider of AI-powered sales and marketing automation software for marketing agencies, entrepreneurs, and small businesses—said the partnership enables it to invest further in key growth and innovation initiatives across product and AI.
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‘Where Artificial Intelligence Meets Business’: Dallas Leads the Way With Convergence AI Conference
Trailblazing companies reshaping industries with innovative AI strategies will be in the spotlight at Convergence AI on May 2. The conference offers a unique opportunity for businesses to learn from these leaders and position themselves for success in the AI-driven future.
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Dallas-Based MODE Global Collaborates with Germany’s Transporeon for Autonomous Capacity Management
by | Apr 11, 2024
MODE Global—a $3.4 billion third-party logistics platform with the sixth largest truckload freight brokerage and the largest on-asset intermodal provider in the U.S.—seeks to leverage automation to tender both spot and dedicated freight using autonomous procurement offered by Transporeon.
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Smart Moves: Arlington Expands Use of Israeli AI-Enabled NoTraffic Platform Across More City Intersections
by | Apr 10, 2024
After a successful pilot, Arlington aims for smoother drives by using a high-tech traffic management system at more key intersections. NoTraffic said the system offers improved safety, reduced traffic times, and fuel cost savings.
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Celestica To Expand North Texas Operations with High-Tech Manufacturing, Adding Over 150 Jobs in Richardson

by | Mar 7, 2024
Toronto-based Celestica produces "groundbreaking, state-of-the-art equipment" based on artificial intelligence learning systems for its U.S.-based customers. Its newly announced expansion is being fueled by an economic redevelopment agreement with the city of Richardson.
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Dallas Guards Against AI Attacks on Infrastructure with New Cybersecurity Platform
by | Feb 29, 2024
In 2023, the city of Dallas was hit by a ransomware attack that ultimately cost it $8.5 million. Now the city is partnering with California-based MixMode and its innovative AI platform for real-time threat monitoring, anomaly detection, and behavioral analysis—empowering the city to respond quickly and efficiently to potential cyber incidents before they escalate into a major security breach.
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FC Dallas Just Opened Its 2024 Season with AI- and Sensor-Based Security Screening Tech
by | Feb 28, 2024
The next time you go to an FC Dallas MLS match, you won't get bottlenecked by a long line of fans waiting to empty their pockets at a metal detector. AI- and sensor fusion-based technology called Evolv Express now lets fans flow into each Toyota Stadium entrance "at pace."
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Plano’s DZS Adds 2 Industry Veterans to its Board of Directors
by | Feb 23, 2024
Attorney Todd Jackson brings 30 years of M&A advisory and transaction experience to the board with more than $30 billion in transactions closed. Paul Choi is the CEO of Invites Ventures, the purchaser in the company’s recent private placement.
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Dallas’ Gamified Lumin Fitness Inks Franchise Agreement for 13 New Texas Clubs

by | Jan 25, 2024
With wall-to-wall LED screens and the latest advances in AI, digital display, motion tracking, and object detection, Lumin Fitness launched its first "prototype" studio in Las Colinas last fall. Its new franchise agreement with Houston-based Verge Fit Holdings is meant to be just the start of growing the brand into the future.
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Dallas’ Precision Livestock Technologies Launches AI Solution That Makes Cattle Feed Recommendations
by | Jan 23, 2024
PLT said it developed its AI-based algorithms through machine learning techniques, based on "over 150,000 discrete pen days." According to the company, the newly launched system replicates the decisions of "highly observant, expert cattle feeding professionals."
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AI-Powered Real Estate Platform Rechat Taps Brokerage Veteran as VP of Innovation & Industry Insight in Newly Created Role
by | Jan 19, 2024

Zane Burnett has joined Dallas-based Rechat, which calls itself a “super app” for real estate agents, as vice president of innovation and industry insight.

The AI-powered mobile platform for real estate was founded by serial entrepreneur Shayan Hamidi to put an agent’s digital tools all in one place....

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FedEx’s Ken Spangler on AI: ‘We’re Only in the Beginning of What’s Possible’
by | Dec 21, 2023
In a new podcast hosted by Dave Copps of Dallas-based Worlds, the FedEx executive vice president talks change management, AI’s role in infrastructure, and the importance of a people-first culture.
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Plano-Based ERP Logic Rebrands as Nobl Q, Acquires Jeevan Technologies

by | Dec 19, 2023
With the acquisition of Jeevan, SAP and cloud solutions provider Nobl Q says it's transforming into a "boutique global services firm with a strong emphasis on AI." Noble Q's new co-chairman is Jeevan Chairman and CEO Nepoleon Duraisamy—a former Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment of India who has been an actor in around 150 Indian movies.
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Inbenta Appoints Tech Industry Veteran as Chief Technology Officer
by | Dec 14, 2023

Dallas-based conversational AI platform Inbenta has appointed Merlin Bise as chief technology officer, effective Jan. 1, the company announced.

Inbenta’s platform is designed to optimize customer experience....

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Frisco Digital Transformation Co. ETT Gets Strategic Investment and New Senior Adviser
by | Dec 8, 2023
Lanny S. Cohen is the former global chief technology and innovation officer and country board chairman & CEO for North America of Capgemini SE, a worldwide leader in consulting, technology services, and digital transformation.
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Australian Global Outsourcing Co. Opens U.S. Headquarters in Irving, Plans 130 Hires
by | Dec 7, 2023
As one of the world’s leading outsourcers, Acquire BPO is eying an ambitious growth trajectory, with headcount potentially reaching 100,000 globally by 2035.
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