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Left: Krishna Gade, co-founder and CEO of Fiddler AI; Right: Amit Paka, Co-founder and COO of Fiddler AI [Photos: LinkedIn]
Dallas Venture Capital Invests in Palo Alto-Based Fiddler AI’s $50M Series B Round
by Lance Murray | Dec 16, 2024
Palo Alto, California-based Fiddler AI said its $18.6 million Series B extension brings the round's total funding to $50 million. The company said the funds will help it "continue to build momentum in AI observability and AI safety."
by Lance Murray |
Dec 13, 2024
The three new senior leaders bring decades of expertise in revenue growth, legal strategy, and technological innovation to support CYPHER's growth trajectory and strengthen its position as a market leader, the company said.
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by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
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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The Last Word: DRC’s Eric Griffin on Why Dallas-Fort Worth is an Incubator for Applied AI
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Oct 18, 2024
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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by Quincy Preston and Jewels Clark |
Sep 11, 2024
Leaders from Accenture, Capital One, and Goldman Sachs explored tech’s shifting landscape and how to thrive through continuous learning in a talk with Neha Kunte, CEO of MNK Infotech, at Dallas Startup Week. Here’s what they had to say.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Sep 11, 2024
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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by Lance Murray |
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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Left: Michael Pusateri, CEO and Founder of Siepe; Right: Mark Schultis, the new president of Siepe [Photos: LinkedIn]
Amid ‘Private Credit Boom,’ Dallas Fintech Siepe Lands $30M Series B to Expand Tech-Enabled Solutions
by Lance Murray | 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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by Lance Murray |
Aug 9, 2024
Former EVP Jeff Wharton has been appointed CEO of Bloomin' Blinds, which was established in 2001 and has been franchising since 2014. The company said the launch of its proprietary tech stack, BloomScale, is "set to revolutionize the industry."
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by Lance Murray |
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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by Lance Murray |
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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UTA and Microsoft co-hosted the Generative AI Prompt-A-Thon in late May. [Source image: UTA]
UTA, Microsoft Host ‘Prompt-a-Thon’ to Show Texas Educators How to Use AI Tools
by Quincy Preston and Lance Murray | Jun 27, 2024
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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by Lance Murray |
May 14, 2024
Arhasi and Cloudbench, a Google partner and leading emerging technology consulting firm, have launched a joint AI and data foundry in Frisco, staffed with experts from top universities. The foundry aims to drive innovation in AI and Web3 technologies.
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by Lance Murray |
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 7, 2024
“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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