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.
From tech and finance to fashion and food, "Dallas is becoming a melting pot of industries—and that diversity is a recipe for innovation," Healy says in D CEO. "Dallas is where dreams become reality, period."
First reported by D CEO, Mike Hoque and Mike Ablon have the iconic 72-story tower and four surrounding city blocks under contract, planning a $350 million redevelopment that includes a luxury hotel, street-level enhancements, and a potential new financial district in downtown Dallas.
J. Small Investments and Lyda Hill Philanthropies are teaming up to turn a former oil and gas industry campus into a center for innovation and social impact.
"It’s almost like an office building inside of a warehouse,” says Hillwood's Tony Creme. But what really sets the project apart is its adjacency to Alliance Park, a 165-acre green space that includes soccer fields, baseball fields, walking and biking trails, and other outdoor amenities.
Three experts in economic development, real estate, and investment—Mike Rosa, Linda McMahon, and Todd Watson—recount their roles in the Amazon effort, share details, and look ahead to the region’s future.
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....
The future of logistics isn’t being built in Silicon Valley. It’s being built in Fort Worth.
Hillwood’s decades-long commitment to AllianceTexas—anchored by public-private partnerships, infrastructure investment, and a clear-eyed view of what next-generation supply chains would require—created the foundation for what’s happening today....
Fair Park First, in partnership with the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, has announced a $2.5 million investment from the McKesson Foundation to support the development and activation of the wellness-focused McKesson Market Grove as part of the Community Park at Fair Park, which is currently under development....
Dallas-based unicorn o9 Solutions, an enterprise planning software solutions provider, has named Adriel Sanchez as the company’s first-ever chief marketing officer. Sanchez’s appointment to the pivotal leadership role highlights a commitment to transforming the future of enterprise planning with “path-breaking, agentic AI-enabled innovations designed to help companies rapidly identify and fix value leakages occurring across the value chain,” the company said....
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....
The future of logistics isn’t being built in Silicon Valley. It’s being built in Fort Worth.
Hillwood’s decades-long commitment to AllianceTexas—anchored by public-private partnerships, infrastructure investment, and a clear-eyed view of what next-generation supply chains would require—created the foundation for what’s happening today....
Fair Park First, in partnership with the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, has announced a $2.5 million investment from the McKesson Foundation to support the development and activation of the wellness-focused McKesson Market Grove as part of the Community Park at Fair Park, which is currently under development....
Dallas-based unicorn o9 Solutions, an enterprise planning software solutions provider, has named Adriel Sanchez as the company’s first-ever chief marketing officer. Sanchez’s appointment to the pivotal leadership role highlights a commitment to transforming the future of enterprise planning with “path-breaking, agentic AI-enabled innovations designed to help companies rapidly identify and fix value leakages occurring across the value chain,” the company said....