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A NASA illustration depicts the idea of a future air taxi hovering over a municipal vertiport. [Rendering: NASA/Lillian Gipson and Kyle Jenkins]

A NASA illustration depicts the idea of a future air taxi hovering over a municipal vertiport. [File Image. Rendering: NASA/Lillian Gipson and Kyle Jenkins]

At 2026 World Cup, Soccer Fans May Use Air Taxis to Zip Around North Texas

by Lance Murray | Feb 22, 2025

When thousands of soccer fans arrive in North Texas for the 2026 FIFA World Cup they may be looking to the sky as a way to get around Arlington and the rest of DFW via flying taxis.

The University of Texas at Arlington said one of its researchers is looking at the best spots to locate vertiports, the specialized hubs for aircraft to take off and land vertically....

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With CEO in North Texas, Global Location Intelligence Firm Kalibrate Acquires Houston’s IMST Corp.

by Lance Murray | Sep 17, 2024

U.K.-headquartered Kalibrate has an office in Irving and its CEO, Charles Wetzel, is DFW-based. IMST is an independent market research firm specializing in site selection, analysis, and sales forecasting for convenience stores and fuel stations.

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Arlington Fintech Agora Data Adds VP of Strategic Alliances

by Lance Murray | Mar 29, 2024

Robin Dukes is responsible for leading nationwide efforts collaborating with ancillary product providers, affiliations, their agents, and other trusted partners of car dealerships to increase a dealership's profitability, Agora said.

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Loopback Analytics Announces Strategic Growth Investment to Expand Offerings to Health System, Life Sciences Organizations

by Lance Murray | Jun 8, 2023

Loopback, under founder Neil Smiley's leadership, is at the forefront of integrating advanced data analytics into life sciences. Now, Loopback is set to widen its horizon, thanks to a strategic growth investment from PSG.

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Sapience Analytics CEO Brad Killinger [Images: Sapience Analytics; Lightspring/Shutterstock]

Companies Partner to Drive Data and Insights on the ‘Extended Workforce’

by Kevin Cummings | Apr 25, 2022

Plano-based Sapience Analytics is partnering with Washington, D.C.-based consultancy firm Brightfield Partners, which focuses on those helping businesses with workers who aren’t full-time employees. The goal: helping enterprises maintain visibility on their contingent workers. According to Sapience, work is “experiencing the largest transformations since the Industrial Revolution." CEO Bradley Killinger believes "complete transparency" through advanced data and insights is essential.

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UT Dallas Researchers Study How Crowdfunding Campaigns Succeed (and Fail) With Social Media

by Kevin Cummings | Mar 31, 2022

UT Dallas marketing professor emeritus Brian Ratchford and his team explored the effects of social media on crowdfunding across nearly 440 GoFundMe campaigns. They found that social media is most helpful in the first 10 days of a campaign. “If a campaign doesn't do well at the outset, it is unlikely to succeed,” Ratchford said.

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Addison’s Lone Star Analysis Preps for Growth With Fresh Funding, a Niche Team, and a Different Approach to Analytics

by Alex Edwards | Sep 29, 2021

Lone Star Analysis says it can make predictions for enterprises farther into the future—and with more precision—than most would think is possible. Armed with an IP portfolio of more than 70 and a new investment, here's why the nearly 20-year-old company is on pace to grow by more than 40 percent this year.

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[AI concept: ValeryBrozhinsky/istockphoto. Ashim Bose Photo: Omnitracs.]

New Omnitracs Exec Takes the Wheel of its Data, AI, and Machine Learning Operations

by Lance Murray | Sep 19, 2019

Ashim Bose has a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and says that digital transformation is rapidly reshaping the transportation industry.

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Carlos Riojas runs the Walmart Technology office in Plano and leads the team that builds digital and analytical solutions to enable operations to run smoother. [Photo: Dave Moore]

Q+A: Walmart Technology’s Carlos Riojas Talks Big Data, AI & Improving Operations

by Dave Moore | Apr 13, 2018

The world's largest retailer choose North Texas to locate one of its first Walmart Technology offices outside Bentonville, Arkansas. One reason: It had more computer science hires from UTD than any other university.

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