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What Housing Affordability Says About Prosperity in Dallas
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist | Jun 10, 2025
Local leaders explain the connection and the concern.
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
May 15, 2025
The eye-opening conversation was a platform for complicated subjects that impact every business.
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by Quincy Preston |
May 13, 2025
The Alpine Group—whose regional clients include AWS, Siemens, and Match Group—sees Dallas-Fort Worth as a hub for federally connected growth in AI, energy, infrastructure, and financial services. The government affairs firm is opening its first office outside Washington—marking North Texas as a front line for industry leadership and federal strategy.
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by Glenn Hunter |
May 7, 2025
As the Texas Legislature considers legislation regulating artificial intelligence, lawmakers in other states are doing the same. The federal government also could jump into the regulatory arena, possibly following Texas’ lead. What can AI-enabled businesses do in the meantime to navigate this patchwork of emerging rules? Attendees at the recent Convergence AI Dallas conference found out.
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Xavier “Xav” de Souza Briggs, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-founder of What Works Plus, takes the stage at Convergence AI to explore how artificial intelligence is reshaping industries, redefining job roles, and influencing the global labor market. [Photo: Michael Samples/Dallas Innovates]
‘We’re Capable of Extraordinary Things’: Conference Shows Why Dallas Has Become a ‘North American AI Powerhouse’
by Glenn Hunter | 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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by Glenn Hunter |
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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by Quincy Preston |
Apr 8, 2025
“Welcome to the private debut of the Dreams Experience Academy—or as we call it, somewhat provocatively, DEA,” said Chris Gannett at the launch event at the Kessler in Oak Cliff last week.
The student-powered, purpose-driven nonprofit, co-founded by hip-hop icon The D.O.C., aims to unlock creative talent and open doors into the $3 trillion media, entertainment, and tech economy.
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by Glenn Hunter |
Apr 8, 2025
Hip-hop legend and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tracy “The D.O.C.” Curry starred last week at an Oak Cliff launch event for his Dreams Experience Academy. The pioneering nonprofit hopes to help under-championed students stay in school and lead measurable change in high-growth industries like media, technology, and entertainment. Among its high-profile partners so far are the T.D. Jakes Foundation, the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Taylor Sheridan's Bosque Ranch Productions.
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From left: Dana Donati, CEO of Breaking Down Barriers, with Gwen and Doug Parker, founders of BDB, at the Frontiers of Flight Museum [Photo: BDB]
How a Dallas-Based Nonprofit Called Breaking Down Barriers Is Helping Students Soar in the Aviation Industry
by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist | Mar 18, 2025
Under CEO Dana Donati, the 501(c)(3) co-founded by former American Airlines CEO Doug Parker provides education and opportunities to those lacking the resources to pursue a career in aviation. In some cases, it all starts with a VR headset that puts them in the cockpit of an Airbus or a Boeing.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 12, 2025
The Texas Research Alliance helps businesses, public agencies, and governments engage with North Texas’ robust higher education research infrastructure to advance a wide range of goals. And yes, that includes mobility—which is why the TRA developed the North Texas Center for Mobility Technologies, a collaboration among industry, the North Central Texas Council of Governments, UNT, UTA, SMU, and UTD to develop advanced mobility technologies in North Texas.
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by Nicole Ward, DRC Data Journalist |
Mar 12, 2025
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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by Lance Murray |
Mar 11, 2025
Site Selection noted 1,368 corporate investment projects in Texas in 2024—more than doubling second-place Illinois and surpassing last year’s total by 114—as Texas continues its commanding economic leadership. DFW led the way with 36% of Texas' total projects.
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The Dallas Regional Chamber’s 2025 annual meeting featured a “Playmaker’s Panel” of top local pro-sports executives, as well as reports from the DRC leadership. From left: Rick Welts, Dallas Mavericks; Charlotte Jones, Dallas Cowboys; Cynt Marshall and Dale Petroskey, DRC; Greg Bibb, Dallas Wings. [Photos: Joseph Haubert/DRC]
From Playmakers to Policymakers: DRC Champions the Dallas Region’s Winning Ways
by Glenn Hunter | Jan 23, 2025
At its annual meeting at Arlington's Globe Life Field, the Dallas Regional Chamber took a victory lap with Dallas-Fort Worth's multiple No. 1 economic rankings, outlined DRC priorities for the new legislative session, and heard from five leading pro sports executives why North Texas is such a sports business powerhouse.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Jan 21, 2025
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.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 14, 2024
The expansion is aimed at advancing the health innovation incubator's mission of supporting transformative healthcare startups and connecting them with the resources needed for success. Since 2013, 118 healthcare-focused companies have collectively secured over $350 million in follow-up funding after participating in its accelerator, Health Wildcatters said.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Oct 18, 2024
Griffin doesn't believe AI can save the world. "But," he posted recently on LinkedIn, "it might just help your business save money, reduce waste, retain customers, educate your employees, and optimize operational performance." And a lot of what's driving these possibilities is happening right here in North Texas. Last month, the DRC published an in-depth report on the subject titled "The Business of Artificial Intelligence," which explores how Dallas-Fort Worth's diverse economy "is an incubator for applied AI."
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