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.
In this week’s North Texas deal flow, you’ll also find news about automated payment solutions startup UPAY raising new funds; Fort Worth’s Star Castle Ventures' $5.25M raise; Carlyle Group acquiring a majority stake in Dallas’ Aspen Power Partners; CenterOak Partners selling Wetzel’s Pretzels for $207M; and other deals.
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
Allen-based drone technology company EagleNXT is investing in Ohio-based Agilis Air Inc. The deal pairs the startup’s low-cost, modular quadcopter drones with EagleNXT’s long-endurance fixed-wing systems.
It is the company’s third strategic investment this year, CEO Bill Irby told Dallas Innovates....
A University of Texas at Arlington researcher will lead a new, federally funded effort to keep AI systems honest and secure in some of the nation’s most sensitive scientific work.
Habeeb Olufowobi, a faculty member in UTA’s computer science and engineering department, will head the project, the school announced....
Frisco-based Public Storage completed the acquisition of National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), headquartered in the Denver suburb of Greenwood Village. When the agreement was signed in March, the deal had a reported value of about $10.5 billion....
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
Allen-based drone technology company EagleNXT is investing in Ohio-based Agilis Air Inc. The deal pairs the startup’s low-cost, modular quadcopter drones with EagleNXT’s long-endurance fixed-wing systems.
It is the company’s third strategic investment this year, CEO Bill Irby told Dallas Innovates....
A University of Texas at Arlington researcher will lead a new, federally funded effort to keep AI systems honest and secure in some of the nation’s most sensitive scientific work.
Habeeb Olufowobi, a faculty member in UTA’s computer science and engineering department, will head the project, the school announced....
Frisco-based Public Storage completed the acquisition of National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA), headquartered in the Denver suburb of Greenwood Village. When the agreement was signed in March, the deal had a reported value of about $10.5 billion....