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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 24, 2026
North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 19, 2026
The Dallas private equity firm, which invests in lower-middle-market manufacturers and service providers, exceeded its $350 million target and has now raised more than $730 million since 2022.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 6, 2026
Truist’s Renda Mathew is board chair-elect for the Dallas nonprofit. The foundation, which invests nearly $5 million a year in grants, research and leadership programs, also added executives from TI, Hunt Oil and WBR Partners to its board.
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Waymo has autonomously chauffeured some 150,000 customers in Dallas since starting its service in February. [Photo: Waymo]
The Waitlist Is Over: Waymo Offers Central Dallas Rides to Anyone on the App
by Sandra Engelland | Aug 5, 2026
Since rolling out the service in Dallas in February, Waymo has autonomously chauffeured some 150,000 customers. The company also is testing at Dallas Love Field and preparing to run its vehicles on area freeways.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 5, 2026
The company signed an engineering agreement with South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries. Each unit is designed to deliver 50 megawatts of capacity. They will be built in a shipyard and moored beside an existing power plant.
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by Sandra Engelland |
Aug 4, 2026
Hatem, who has led nearly every operating function at the Dallas-based company, succeeds Eric Schwartz, who steered CyrusOne through its $15 billion take-private and four years of expansion.
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by Quincy Preston |
Jun 24, 2026
The prospect of building a bank for the AI era from scratch was enough to pull Greg Quarles from the top job at another bank. Now the veteran regulator and three-time bank CEO explains why he joined the upstart reinventing how money moves—and the 25-year-old founder he calls “the brightest guy I’ve ever met.”
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Dallas holds 21 of the region's 49 Fortune 1000 headquarters, with the rest fanning out from Irving and Plano to Frisco and Fort Worth. "Growth is happening in every direction," Dallas Regional Chamber CEO Brad Cheves says.
Dallas Anchors DFW’s 49 Fortune 1000 Headquarters, Spread Across 11 Cities
by Quincy Preston | Jun 9, 2026
Dallas holds 21 of the region's 49 Fortune 1000 headquarters, with the rest fanning out from Irving and Plano to Frisco and Fort Worth. "Growth is happening in every direction," Dallas Regional Chamber CEO Brad Cheves says.
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by Lauren Lawley Head |
Apr 9, 2026
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation CEO Steve Miff shares approach to transparency in its prediction models.
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by Lauren Lawley Head |
Apr 8, 2026
Mark Cuban has a message for any CEO still treating artificial intelligence as something to dabble in: You’re going to be left behind.
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Left to right: Muhammad Rizwan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Ophthalmology at UT Southwestern; Madhukar Patel, M.D., M.B.A., Sc.M., Assistant Professor of Surgery and Surgical Director of the Liver Transplantation Program; and Samuel Achilefu, Ph.D., inaugural Chair of Biomedical Engineering and Professor in the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center and of Radiology at UT Southwestern [Photos: UTSW]
UT Southwestern Secures Up to $25M ARPA‑H Award to Bioengineer Artificial Livers
by Maddie Preston | Jan 13, 2026
The project, known as Vascularized Immunocompetent Tissue as an Alternative Liver, or VITAL, aims to "biofabricate" functioning livers using patients' own cells and advanced 3D printing techniques.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 22, 2025
The discovery of a protein tied to necroptosis—a type of cell death—could help fight severe infections and inflammation.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 10, 2025
After opening its Americas HQ in Plano earlier this year, Tech Mahindra is now launching its first U.S. Makers Lab at its Plano facility through a new applied AI partnership with UT Dallas.
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by Quincy Preston |
Dec 8, 2025
The federal ARPA-E award adds to the Dallas-based company’s momentum as it advances next-generation battery materials and builds out new power tech for AI data centers.
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