2025 Innovation Award winners represent the cutting edge of North Texas innovation across industries. From left: Ben Lamm, Colossal Biosciences; Aurora; Bell; and Dave Copps, Worlds.
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.
The Innovation Awards 2025 recognizes 76 companies and trailblazers paving the way for the future of innovation in North Texas. Here's who made the finalists list.
In this weekly roundup of leadership and executive moves by companies in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Medecision, Magna5, the Panther Island project, Frost Bank, RAVE Restaurant Group, HollyFrontier, and Gateway First Bank.
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
More than two years since generative AI exploded onto the radar of business leaders, the technology continues to mature. In 2025, AI is capable of driving real results across the enterprise....
The Ignite Health Foundation recently hosted a Golden Ticket North Texas pitch competition at Pegasus Park in Dallas, where seven female-led healthcare startups pitched before a panel of judges from McKinsey, Accenture, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and more....
“I believe every pet deserves a happy, healthy life.”
Gigi Gartner
Fundholder
Communities Foundation of Texas
.…on the North Texas Gives to Animals fundraising campaign, running May 15-30 through the NorthTexasGivingDay.org...
History is full of examples of innovations springing from the minds of people with disabilities. Yet, the disability community is consistently overlooked and undervalued, as reflected in their collective higher cost of living, lower salaries, and fewer job opportunities. ...
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
More than two years since generative AI exploded onto the radar of business leaders, the technology continues to mature. In 2025, AI is capable of driving real results across the enterprise....
The Ignite Health Foundation recently hosted a Golden Ticket North Texas pitch competition at Pegasus Park in Dallas, where seven female-led healthcare startups pitched before a panel of judges from McKinsey, Accenture, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and more....
“I believe every pet deserves a happy, healthy life.”
Gigi Gartner
Fundholder
Communities Foundation of Texas
.…on the North Texas Gives to Animals fundraising campaign, running May 15-30 through the NorthTexasGivingDay.org...
History is full of examples of innovations springing from the minds of people with disabilities. Yet, the disability community is consistently overlooked and undervalued, as reflected in their collective higher cost of living, lower salaries, and fewer job opportunities. ...
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