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Dallas’ Parker University Is Building a ‘Digital Twin Metaversity’

by | Nov 29, 2023
The healthcare-focused private university is partnering with Austin's VictoryXR to re-create Parker’s campus grounds, building exteriors, and interior student spaces in a hyper-realistic 3D environment. Students will be able to take courses in virtual classrooms in the metaversity using virtual reality headsets or via desktop access.
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o9 Solutions Targets Supply Chain Disruptions With New Supply Sensing Platform
by | Oct 3, 2022
Dallas-based unicorn o9 Solutions is using its Digital Brain technology to predict weather patterns, transportation hiccups, and employment fluctuations months before problems occur. Then its digital twin technology can recommend solutions. CEO Chakri Gottemukkala says o9's new Supply Sensing tool applies longstanding methods to "predicting and steering clear of future supply disruptions."
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McKinney’s SRS Distribution Partners With HOVER to Streamline Contractor Orders with 3D Digital Twins
With supply chain issues causing construction delays—and a renewed focus on reducing materials waste—ordering the correct amount of roofing and siding may be more important than ever for contractors. Today, HOVER and SRS announced a renewed partnership that enables contractors to use HOVER's app-powered digital twins to order SRS materials from right in the app. "The adoption of digital technology within the building industry is accelerating rapidly," notes SRS' Kent Gardner, who says the partnership "ensures added value in the digital space" for both companies' customers.
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Chakri Gottemukkala, co-founder and CEO, o9 Solutions, Inc. [Photo: Business Wire]
Dallas Unicorn o9 Solutions Announces $296M in New Funding and a $2.7B Valuation
by | Jan 26, 2022
o9 Solutions, an enterprise AI software platform provider, today announced $296 million in equity investments from a group including General Atlantic and its climate investing venture BeyondNetZero; Generation Investment Management; and existing o9 investor KKR. The company—which had a 400% increase in annual recurring revenue in Q4 2021—is now valued at $2.7 billion. "We have an unprecedented opportunity in front of us," says Co-Founder and CEO Chakri Gottemukkala.
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Plano Siemens HQ Expands Hiring as it Widens Applications for Digital Twin Tech

by | Aug 21, 2021
Siemens Digital Industries Software headquarters is hiring like gangbusters. Siemens CFO Timo Nentwich, who moved to Dallas from Berlin last October, says the company has moved far beyond enabling the designs of airplanes and cars, into analyzing entire manufacturing processes.

“Few people know that we’re running a large operation like this out of the Plano office,” the CFO said.
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Million Dollar Milestones: Dallas-based Qentelli Keeps Growing
by | Jun 19, 2019
The continuous delivery software startup has bagged Southwest Airlines and YPO Dallas as clients, and now aims to move into "digital twin" in the next few months.
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Digitized Race Cars: Plano’s Siemens PLM Software Joins Team Penske
by | Feb 28, 2018
The company will create digital twins of Team Penske's race cars allowing engineers to try out design concepts virtually to streamline designs and speed results.
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