2025 Innovation Award winners represent the cutting edge of North Texas innovation across industries. From left: Ben Lamm, Colossal Biosciences; Aurora; Bell; and Dave Copps, Worlds.
D CEO and Dallas Innovates' Innovation Award winners are working to resurrect extinct species, launching autonomous trucks, reinventing military aircraft, and bringing AI into the physical world—and that's just the beginning. The 2025 awards showcase game-changing achievements—including Texas' first newly minted decacorn—across 17 categories of innovation. Here’s a look at the innovators leading the way.
"Father of biohacking" Dave Asprey and fitness entrepreneur Anne Mahlum are among the new investors in OxeFit, joining top sports stars (including Cowboys QB Dak Prescott) who've invested in past funding rounds. The company said it will use the new funding to continue bringing "state-of-the-art" AI to its health and fitness experiences.
Plano-based tech company Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) brought AI professional Priyanka Kharat aboard as head of its AI-powered autonomous networking business.
As senior vice president, Kharat oversees Ribbon’s Acumen unit. The company launched Acumen, a platform for autonomous voice and data networking, in 2025....
Plano-based tech company Ribbon Communications (Nasdaq: RBBN) brought AI professional Priyanka Kharat aboard as head of its AI-powered autonomous networking business.
As senior vice president, Kharat oversees Ribbon’s Acumen unit. The company launched Acumen, a platform for autonomous voice and data networking, in 2025....