Dallas Innovates

Dallas Strong Benefit Concert Set
for Memorial Weekend 2018

by | Jul 17, 2017
Zak Chaouki was inspired to create the Dallas Strong Music Festival after watching the news about the law enforcement deaths unfold last year.
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CodeLaunch Pitch Day Clockwise, from upper left: Emcee Marty Turco, Dallas Stars Corporate Development and judges Max Von Brand, ParkUpFront, Maher Maso, Frisco Mayor; Brian Dick, Launch Pad City; Rex Kruzius, Asset Panda; and Chuck McCoy, North Texas Angel Network [Image: Dallas Innovates; CodeLaunch]
CodeLaunch Announces Finalists for Annual Pitch Day
by | Jul 17, 2017
Five app visionaries will showcase their ideas for up to $30,000 in services.
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Coppell’s intelliVOL Works to Ease College Admission Process
by | Jul 17, 2017
Through its proprietary product, x2VOL, high school guidance counselors and students can track community service hours.
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Dallas Startup Recognized for
‘Breakthrough’ Medical Tech
by | Jul 14, 2017
TissueGen, Inc. was recently awarded the “Medical Device Engineering Breakthrough” award by MedTech Breakthrough.
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Sabre Southlake, Texas new Chatbot

Sabre Corp. Travel Chatbot Ready for Testing

by | Jul 14, 2017
The chatbot is designed to simulate a conversation with a human, particularly via the internet to assist travel customers.
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Fort Worth-based Kobi Electric is developing a line of smart lighting and has brought on industry veteran Terence Ndofor to spearhead testing and design of the products.
Kobi Electric Readies to Roll Out Smart Lighting
by | Jul 14, 2017
Operating under the brand UR HOM, the new products make up an intelligent lighting system controlled through home automation platforms such as Amazon Echo and Google Home.
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Design-build
Shake Shack, Horseshoe Project
Earn Design-Build Awards
by | Jul 14, 2017
Both projects will go on to compete for a National Award of Excellence and the Project of the Year to be announced in November at DBIA’s Design-Build Conference and Expo Awards Ceremony in Philadelphia.
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Tech Titans Innovator Awards
Tech Titans Announces 2017 Finalists for Annual Awards
by | Jul 13, 2017
From school teachers to large company executives, Tech Titans has nominated leading candidates who are shaping the tech industry.
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Rod Buscher

Blinker Allows Buyers to ‘Take the Wheel’ in Auto Sales

by | Jul 13, 2017
Through Blinker's patented image recognition technology, users can snap a photo of a car and instantly learn its year, make, model, equipment, estimated value, and mileage.
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Frito-Lay
As E-Commerce Grows, Frito-Lay Looking To Make Products ‘Resonate Online’
by | Jul 12, 2017
Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive for Frito-Lay's parent, PepsiCo, views the rise of e-commerce as a gateway to new marketing and shipping techniques. 
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Toyota AI Ventures Fund Provides $100M to Startups
by | Jul 12, 2017
Using a "call and response" model, the fund will operate differently than a traditional venture capital fund, identifying industry challenges and supporting new companies to address those pinpointed issues.
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workshop

Workshop to Look at Advanced Manufacturing in Aerospace

by | Jul 11, 2017
The workshop was made possible by a $75,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and $25,000 from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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literacy
Program Teaches South Dallas Kids Value of Literacy
by | Jul 11, 2017
The Pease Freedom School is part of a national program working to engage young people of color to instill confidence and close the achievement gap.
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treehouse
Local Startups Sharing Their Stories on Facebook Live
by | Jul 11, 2017
Addison TreeHouse will interview six Dallas area startups on Facebook Live about their entrepreneurial paths.
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CauseBot Only Texas Team Vying for $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE
by | Jul 11, 2017
Selected teams are challenged to develop and demonstrate how humans can collaborate with AI technologies to take on the world's great challenges.
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