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Donors Anuradha Sinha (left) and Vikas Sinha (right) with University of North Texas President Harrison Keller. The Sinhas’ $20 million gift to launch an AI and analytics college at UNT is their third donation to the university since 2024. [Photo: University of North Texas]
UNT to Launch $20M Sinha College of AI and Advanced Analytics
by John Egan | Sep 10, 2026
The gift from University of North Texas alum Vikas Sinha and his wife, Anuradha, is the couple’s third to UNT since 2024. It also funds six new endowments for scholarships, research and entrepreneurship.
by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 27, 2026
Grants of $100,000 or $200,000 went to research projects not chosen for the 2026 Hill Prizes. Six Texas researchers, including three from Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, shared the $1 million.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 26, 2026
Irving-based Builders FirstSource led a $25.3 million Series A investment as part of a larger partnership with the Vancouver, Washington-based maker of AI software for residential construction.
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Ben Lamm is co-founder of Astromech. [Photo: Astromech]
Astromech Raises $20M for Next Phase of Bringing AI to Evolutionary Biology
by Lauren Lawley Head | Aug 20, 2026
The Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences spinout, now valued at $3.8 billion, is preparing forecasting pilots in health and biosecurity as it scales the model behind its predictions.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 13, 2026
Jitin Bhandari will lead the Richardson company’s move into a new class of cloud providers that rent out the specialized chips powering artificial intelligence.
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Bestow Co-Founders Melbourne O’Banion, CEO, left, and Jonathan Abelmann, president, sit in their Dallas office. [Photo: Bestow]
Bestow Launches Lab Team as Carriers Push to Modernize
by Lauren Lawley Head | Aug 6, 2026
The Dallas-based insurance innovator has created ‘a sandbox to experiment’ with AI-native product development separate from the regulated infrastructure on which top carriers depend.
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Irving-Based Caterpillar Acquires Skycatch to Deploy AI Solutions That Transform the Mining Industry
by Sandra Engelland |
Jul 9, 2026
Skycatch’s technology combines drone-generated high-frequency, precise, geospatial data with a suite of AI-powered solutions, opening up ‘a fundamentally different way of operating.’
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by Lauren Lawley Head |
Jul 8, 2026
After 18 months of working with select enterprise customers, founder and CEO Kalyan Kommineni says its agents are helping supply chain teams recover margin, cut costs and respond to customers faster.
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Mark Cuban [Composite image, DI Studio; Photo, Sandra Louz /DRC]
The Last Word: Mark Cuban on AI—and 6 More Takeaways From His Dallas Talk
by Quincy Preston | Apr 8, 2026
Cuban didn’t hold back at Convergence AI Dallas, where his onstage conversation with Alex Kantrowitz delivered blunt advice and unfiltered insights.
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by Lauren Lawley Head |
Apr 8, 2026
Mark Cuban has a message for any CEO still treating artificial intelligence as something to dabble in: You’re going to be left behind.
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by Quincy Preston |
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Nov 10, 2025
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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