Artificial Intelligence

The Last Word: Inbenta CEO Melissa Solis on AI as the Great Equalizer

by | Feb 17, 2026
Inbenta CEO Melissa Solis—who built North Texas-based GIACT Systems from $300 to a $610M exit—talks AI deployment failures, customer culture, and who gets a seat at the table on the Women Disrupting Tech Podcast.
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Nominations for AI 75 2026 are open now. Deadline: Dec. 19, 2025.
Last Call: Nominate for the Dallas Innovates 2026 AI 75 by Dec. 19
For the third year, Dallas Innovates, in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, will spotlight 75 people leading AI innovation in North Texas.
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Shaun Clark (center), Robin Alex (far left), and Varun Vairavan of HighLevel founded HighLevel in 2018.
HighLevel To Offer Paid ‘Agency-Launching’ AI SaaS Internships in Dallas Next Summer
by | Oct 27, 2025
The company said that interns will acquire real customers, generate revenue and master the tools reshaping the future of work: AI and automation. Applications for the inaugural cohort open in January and spaces are limited.
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Lantern Pharma Preps 2026 Trial for Rare Pediatric Brain Cancer After FDA Guidance
by | Oct 14, 2025
The North Texas biotech, which uses AI to accelerate cancer drug development, received FDA feedback to advance a new clinical study targeting a rare childhood brain tumor.
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Dallas Founder Bakes Up a New Playbook for Startups—With AI as the Main Ingredient

When her oven broke, Elizabeth McCalley pivoted from pies to platforms. Now her Dallas-based startup, StartStak.ai, is helping founders everywhere turn ideas into companies.
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Dallas Regional Chamber Offering Human Help to Talk to Machines 
by | Sep 15, 2025
AI seem overwhelming? Just go to office hours. 
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AI Tinkerers Now Has a Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter: ‘This Is for People Who Are Actually Using AI’
Data scientist Anmolika Singh put Dallas on the global AI Tinkerers map. At the first meetup, more than 30 pros—founders to Fortune 500 technologists—showed up to trade ideas, projects, and solutions.
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FieldPulse founder and CEO Gabe Pinchev (center) celebrates with his Dallas team after announcing the company’s $50 million Series C funding round, led by Fulcrum Equity Partners with Catalyst Investors joining as a new backer. [Photo: FieldPulse]
Dallas-Based FieldPulse Scores $50M Series C as Trade Service Management Market Heads Toward $11 Billion
by | Aug 15, 2025
Founded in 2015, the company reports fourfold growth in 21 months while rolling out new AI-powered management tools for trade businesses. Fulcrum Equity Partners returns to lead the round, joined by new backer Catalyst Investors.
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Richardson’s RealPage Acquires California Real Estate AI SaaS Co. Rexera

by | Jul 30, 2025
RealPage is combining its HomeWiseDocs' HOA platform with Rexera’s agentic AI workforce to create what it calls the first nationwide platform capable of delivering real estate transactions and operations services at scale "with unmatched speed, precision, and customer satisfaction."
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How a Dallas Nonprofit Is Launching Girls Into STEM
From oil spill experiments to AI-powered avatars, GEMS Camp gives girls hands-on experiences that build skills and a path to STEM. The camp, founded by a former teacher, has reached more than 1,300 participants—and 85% have pursued science, technology, engineering, or math in college.
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UT Dallas Study Tests AI as a Triage Tool in Breast Cancer Screenings
by | Jul 1, 2025
Rather than replace radiologists, UTD researchers say AI could help flag low-risk mammograms for automated review. The approach could cut costs and ease delays as cancer rates rise and the diagnostic workforce shrinks.
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Who Made This Year’s AI 75 List? Meet the North Texans Leading the Pack in Artificial Intelligence

by | Apr 30, 2025
Dallas Innovates, in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, once again is recognizing the most innovative leaders in AI in Dallas-Fort Worth. From visionaries and mavericks to transformers and academics, AI 75's class of 2025 are the AI pacesetters you need to know now.
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Convergence AI returns to Dallas April 30–May 1, backed by Google and Accenture—with a focus on applied AI and North Texas innovators.
Two-Day Convergence AI Conference Names First Speakers From Toyota, CBRE, Accenture—and More
Set for April 30–May 1, the expanded 2025 conference—backed by Google and Accenture—will focus on applied AI, feature top corporate leaders, and unveil the second annual AI75 list of innovators.
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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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North Texas’ ShiftKey Names Vice President of AI
by | Oct 11, 2024
ShiftKey said Ashish Pagey is taking on a new strategic role that underscores the company's commitment to innovation and responsibly leveraging cutting-edge technology to drive efficiency, support better decision-making, and improve business outcomes.
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