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‘Greener Pastures’: Coinbase Leaving Delaware to Reincorporate in Texas

by | Nov 12, 2025
The largest U.S.-based crypto exchange is following Tesla and SpaceX out of Delaware as Texas pitches its Business Court and stronger director protections as a business-friendly alternative. Interest in “DExit” has increased, according to a recent Harvard corporate governance analysis.
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Sen. John Cornyn on Defense Process: ‘Open Up More’ to Private Sector Risk and Innovation
by | Nov 12, 2024
While there's concern that government is "crowding out" innovation, it's the "smart minds and smart investors who discover the next best thing" that give the U.S. a comparative advantage over adversaries, Texas' senior senator said at the 2024 Venture Dallas summit.
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The Last Word: Governor Abbott on the Impact of the Dallas-Based Texas Stock Exchange
by | Oct 1, 2024
In June, TXSE Group announced plans to launch the Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE), focused on enabling U.S. and global companies to access U.S. equity capital markets via a “fully electronic, national securities exchange." In the months since, that's led to endless discussion of the impact of North Texas' "Y'All Street." It was capped by yesterday's announcement that the TXSE had raised over $135 million to date as it named members of TXSE's board—including former Texas Governor and former U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry; former SEC Commissioner Rick Roberts; and Alex Bussandri, the global head of strategy at Citadel Securities.
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Solving the Problem of ‘Life on Mute’: Glydsphere Provides Sounds To Sync With the Silent Engines of EVs
by | Sep 10, 2024
Houston-based Glydsphere, winner of the Most Engaged Founder Award in the Capital One Accelerator and one of 10 startups in the 2024 program, brings an engine roar of excitement to the slumping EV market.
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Elon Musk, Other Tech Leaders Call for 6-Month Pause on the ‘Dangerous Race’ to Giant AI Systems

by | Mar 29, 2023
The request was made in an open letter signed by major players including Elon Musk, co-founder of OpenAI, the lab that created ChatGPT and GPT-4; Emad Mostaque, founder of the London-based Stability AI; and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. More than 1,000 artificial intelligence experts, researchers, and backers signed the letter, including academics from UT Dallas.
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Elon Musk Teams Up With XPRIZE on $100M Carbon Removal Competition
by | May 3, 2021
XPRIZE, which is led by Anousheh Ansari, who is also the co-founder of Richardson-based Prodea Systems, is teaming up with Tesla CEO Elon Musk to combat climate change with a four-year competition. Here's how you can register—and potentially win the $50 million Grand Prize.
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Denton-Based Kubos Corp. Launches Software into Space for the First Time
by | Nov 20, 2018
The takeoff of Kubos' mission control software—dubbed "Major Tom"—will mark its first journey to outer space. Major Tom was scheduled to be on the postponed SpaceX launch, originally slated for Nov. 19. Rescheduled for Nov. 28 but also delayed, the next available launch window is Dec. 1, according to the company.
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A Look At Dallas’ Rise As a Neurostimulation Hub
by | Jan 22, 2018
DFW hasn't historically been a medical device or life sciences hub, but in the last 10 years the tide has turned. It has emerged as a center for innovation in bioelectronics devices, sprouting a significant number of companies and research centers specializing in neurostimulation.
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Hyperloop in Texas?
Dallas-led AECOM Group is Making the Case

by | Apr 5, 2017
The Hyperloop Texas team is one of 35 semifinalists proposing routes for the high-speed transportation system in a Hyperloop One contest.
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