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Ascent Ventures Makes Pre-Seed Investment in Canadian AI-Development Pioneer
by Lance Murray | Feb 7, 2023
OVA is a pioneer in AI-enabled immersive software technology development. It works with industry leaders from around the world who are looking to transform their business with spatial and immersive computing, AI, augmented reality, mixed reality, and virtual reality.
by Glenn Hunter |
Feb 2, 2023
John Carmack, the iconic Dallas game developer, rocket engineer, and VR pioneer, is setting his sights on AGI. If successful, his moonshot effort would be a ‘change-the-world-level’ event.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Feb 2, 2023
John Carmack, the iconic Dallas game developer, rocket engineer, and VR pioneer, is taking aim now at solving AGI. If successful, his moonshot effort would be a ‘change-the-world-level’ event.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 23, 2023
Caris Life Sciences, the Irving-based biotech company, announced Thursday that it closed a senior secured term loan providing up to $400 million in capital from OrbiMed and Braidwell, bringing its funding total since 2018 to roughly $1.7 billion....
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Lantern Pharma CEO Panna Sharma [Courtesy: Lantern Pharma]
Lantern Pharma’s New Drug Candidate for Mantle Cell Lymphoma Shows Promise
by Quincy Preston | Dec 22, 2022
The Dallas-based biopharmaceutical company expects to begin testing the drug candidate in a “first in human” trial in mid-2023. The drug was developed using the publicly traded company’s AI/ML drug development platform.
Lantern, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, recently published insights on how AI can be used to find new indications for cancer drugs in record times with significant reductions in costs.
Lantern, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute, recently published insights on how AI can be used to find new indications for cancer drugs in record times with significant reductions in costs.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Aug 10, 2022
Rakesh Apte, Dell's director of product management and innovation strategy, lays out the emerging trends driving the future of innovation in the technology space that companies big and small should have their eyes on.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 21, 2022
Go-To-Green's patented audio-visual system can detect both the sound of a fired gunshot and the pressure change made by a bullet in the air. The system lights up to direct people to the safest exit—and tracks the source of shots.
In North Texas, the system is currently being installed in Anna's city hall, and talks are underway with three school systems and a grocery chain, the startup's CEO told us.
In North Texas, the system is currently being installed in Anna's city hall, and talks are underway with three school systems and a grocery chain, the startup's CEO told us.
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From TikTok Recommendations to New Trends, The Mark Cuban Foundation Aims to Teach Students About AI
by Kevin Cummings |
Jun 16, 2022
The charitable foundation of Dallas Mavericks owner and serial entrepreneur Mark Cuban—is teaming up with local tech firms to launch its free AI Bootcamps for high school students across North Texas and beyond.
“These young leaders can now participate in the conversation around how AI should be developed and used,” Cuban has said. “We’re giving them a seat at the table.”
Applications are now open.
“These young leaders can now participate in the conversation around how AI should be developed and used,” Cuban has said. “We’re giving them a seat at the table.”
Applications are now open.
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From left: Abidali Neemuchwala and Dayakar Puskoor [Photo: Dallas Venture Capital]
‘Cross-Border VC’: Dallas Venture Capital Raises $80M to Invest Alongside Its $50M India Fund
by Kevin Cummings | May 25, 2022
Dallas Venture Capital is "poised to bootstrap two large start-up ecosystems in the U.S. and India," says co-founder Dayakar Puskoor.
The venture firm—which has an office in Irving and another in Hyperabad, India—plans a combined deployment of the funds over four to five years.
The venture firm—which has an office in Irving and another in Hyperabad, India—plans a combined deployment of the funds over four to five years.
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by Kevin Cummings |
May 11, 2022
Dallas-based software startup HireLogic aims to improve the job interview process with its AI- and machine learning-powered platform, designed to help automate the screening process. Its CEO says he wants to help companies "gain insights from interview data to make faster, better hiring decisions."
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 19, 2022
Dallas-based construction giant Austin Commercial is partnering with Versatile, a California construction tech startup, on the use of CraneView. The hardware connects to cranes "below the hook," measuring key data points to help reduce construction time while increasing the number of loads picked up.
Austin Commercial says it's the first in Texas to use the technology.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Apr 6, 2022
Spacee, a computer vision- and AI-powered augmented reality company, has unveiled a new three-person advisory board in a moment that founder and CEO Skip Howard calls “critical.”
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Arlington’s First Rate Ventures Makes Second Investment from $25M Fintech-Focused Fund
by Kevin Cummings | Mar 10, 2022
Arlington-based First Rate, which provides technology and services to wealth management companies, launched its corporate venture arm First Rate Ventures in December. Now it's made its second investment—in New York-based RegAlytics, a regulatory data analytics company.
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by Kevin Cummings |
Feb 2, 2022
Krista Software, a Dallas-based business automation platform, landed the $15 million in a funding round led by Denver’s Grotech Ventures. The company describes its software as a “conversation” among people, IT assets, and apps.
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by David Kirkpatrick |
Jan 11, 2022
The energy-as-a-service company aims to reduce industrial emissions through AI and an IoT platform that identifies areas to lower fuel consumption.
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by David Seeley |
Nov 11, 2021
SMU is investing $11.5 million into a powerful new supercomputing research system featuring an NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. Connected with the NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand networking platform in SMU's data center, it will produce a theoretical 100 petaflops of computing power—enabling the university's network to perform "a blistering 100 quadrillion operations per second."
The new capability will supercharge SMU's AI and supercomputing exploration, boosting North Texas' growth as a technology hub.
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