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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Jun 30, 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 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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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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Mark Cuban joins Alex Kantrowitz, host of the Big Technology Podcast, onstage at Convergence AI Dallas 2026 in Irving on March 31. [Photo: Sandra Louz/DRC]
Mark Cuban: CEOs Who Don’t Embrace AI Won’t Be CEOs for Long
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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by Quincy Preston |
Mar 5, 2026
The platform's 2026 Friendliest Neighborhoods rankings are out — and DFW's Addison ranks No. 4 in Texas. Check out your neighborhood.
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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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Tech Mahindra Expands North Texas Presence With UT Dallas AI Partnership and Makers Lab
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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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
Dec 5, 2025
The Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas offers funding opportunities for promising cancer research, product development, and prevention programs. The state-funded initiative stands as the second-largest public backer of cancer research in the U.S. after the National Cancer Institute.
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by Makayla Rosales | Coordinator, Opportunity and Impact at DRC |
Nov 18, 2025
Galvanize Sustainable Capital is fueling historic change with smart incentives—and growing its presence in North Texas. Partner Mandy Price is out front, drawing on her M&A and private equity experience and deep Dallas ties.
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Texas Stock Exchange Strategic Advisor Jeb Hensarling, shown here speaking in October at the 2025 Venture Dallas conference. [Photo: Grant Miller Photography/Venture Dallas]
TXSE’s Jeb Hensarling Says Battle for ETFs Will Be a Key Focus of New Stock Exchange
by Glenn Hunter | Nov 6, 2025
TXSE’s launch will spur needed competition and smooth the way for companies to go public, the strategic advisor said at the 2025 Venture Dallas conference. And, over time, he says it will help make Texas America’s ‘center for capital markets’ and become a defining chapter in the state’s economic history, alongside Spindletop and the integrated circuit.
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 6, 2025
CoSpero Consulting’s Harold Hogue issues a call to action as nonprofits “stand in the gap in ways most folks don’t see.”
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by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 5, 2025
From North Texas founders including John Carmack and Ben Lamm to investors like John Redgrave of DTX Ventures and Draper’s Andy Tang, the summit's speakers tackled hot topics from humanoid robots and tech transfer to AI, VC trends and Y’all Street. A call was also heard for more risk-taking by DFW’s innovation ecosystem: ‘We’ve got to be bravery hunters.’
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by Quincy Preston |
Nov 5, 2025
Cait Brumme says the event at Dallas' Pegasus Park on Nov. 6 will explore the technologies and economic forces defining the future for entrepreneurs and innovators.
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