Artificial Intelligence

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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The Last Word: North Texas Financial Exec Breaks Down the AI Track at DFW Startup Week

Everyone’s talking about AI. But what do companies actually need to hear? Here’s what one veteran exec thinks startups and leaders really need to focus on—straight from the front lines at DSW25.
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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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‘We’re Capable of Extraordinary Things’: Conference Shows Why Dallas Has Become a ‘North American AI Powerhouse’

by | May 6, 2025
More than 750 business leaders turned out for the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Convergence AI conference in Irving—drawn by 75 expert speakers and a firsthand look at how North Texans are shaping the future of AI, from agentic AI and data innovation to predictive maintenance and gauging ROI.
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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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SMU student-entrepreneur Trevor Gicheru, smiling, and posing next to the study app he created.

From Frustration to Funding: SMU Student Entrepreneur’s AI App Tackles ADHD and Transforms Learning

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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UTA, Microsoft Host ‘Prompt-a-Thon’ to Show Texas Educators How to Use AI Tools
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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Dallas Cos. Harness AI for Vet Industry: Evette and Krista.ai Team Up To Cure Sector-Wide Burnout
The veterinary industry, which has long struggled with inefficiencies and high burnout rates, might have its day in the digital dogpark. Dallas-based Evette is leading the pack, partnering with AI orchestrator Krista.ai to revolutionize a sector that's been begging for innovation.
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$110M Boost for Solutions by Text: Innovating Bill Pay with Real-Time Payments
by | May 29, 2024
Solutions by Text has secured $110 million to expand its real-time payment technology within text messaging. The Dallas-area company's latest funding highlights its pioneering influence in the FinText sector.
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