Grapevine

BILT Inc. Taps New CTO to Accelerate AI and 3D Instruction Tech

by | Nov 16, 2025
The North Texas company is scaling its intelligent instruction platform across manufacturing, defense, and field service, backed by a new Air Force contract and rising enterprise adoption.
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Miami-Based Mod Op Acquires North Texas’ Ascend Marketing to Deepen B2B Capabilities
by | Oct 15, 2025
Mod Op—which has a Dallas office and locations across North America—said the deal completes its end-to-end B2B marketing framework. Ascend founder Rich Herbst is now EVP, Client Solutions at the Florida-based firm.
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Dude Perfect Joins ‘Shark Tank’-Featured Dig World for New Construction-Themed Adventure Park in North Texas
by | Jul 16, 2025
The hands-on adventure park debuted in a Houston suburb and gained national franchise buzz on “Shark Tank.” Its Grapevine Mills location—opening in early 2026—will feature trick-shot stations and interactive challenges designed with Dude Perfect.
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Gaylord Texan Partners With Warner Bros. for ‘DC Summer’ Superhero Experiences
by | Apr 29, 2025
Gaylord's Universe of Light Featuring DC will highlight multiple worlds and 40 iconic DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains May 23-Sept. 1 in Grapevine. An all-new Custom DC Comic—available only at the Gaylord Texan Resort—will be part of the mix.
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Lighthouse Announces $370M Growth Investment Led by KKR

by | Dec 10, 2024
London-based Lighthouse, a commercial intelligence platform for the $15 billion travel and hospitality technology market, said proceeds from the investment will help expand its "significant presence" in Grapevine, among other endeavors.
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Chicago-Based Supply Chain Platform ShipBob Opens New Innovation Center in Fort Worth
by | Sep 4, 2024
The Fort Worth facility, along with a new one ShipBob has opened in North Aurora, Illinois, will allow the company to better serve its e-commerce merchants "by tripling our operational space while combining our receiving, fulfillment innovation, and sortation centers into single facilities, paving the way for future growth and continued innovation," the company's supply chain officer said.
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Grapevine’s Crush It! Sports Lounge Adds Augmented-Reality ‘Social Darts’ & More To Its Sports Simulator Offerings
by | Jul 19, 2024
After launching in 2020 at the onset of the pandemic, Crush It! scored by offering multi-sport Full Swing Golf simulators, letting customers play football, baseball, soccer, hockey, and more. Now it's added nearly 4,000 SF, rolling out six lanes of Duckpin Social bowling along with new sports-themed arcade games and AR darts.
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Kubota Names New CEO for Kubota North America and Makes Other Leadership Changes

by | Nov 10, 2023

Nobuyuki Ishii has been appointed CEO of Grapevine-based Kubota North America and senior managing executive officer of Kubota Corp. (KBT), and Todd Stucke has been named president of Kubota Tractor Corp. and executive officer of KBT, effective Jan. 1.

The appointments were announced following the company’s board of directors meeting in Japan....

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Fire Meets Ice: Solo Stove Family of Brands Brings Portable Air Conditioning Into Its Outdoor Lineup
by | Aug 10, 2023

Solo Brands, with its hallmark commitment to consumer passion and community engagement, is adding IcyBreeze Cooling to its outdoor lifestyle product portfolio. The deal was finalized on July 1, as announced by Generational Equity, a Richardson-based mergers and acquisitions adviser for privately held businesses....

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Grapevine’s Sera Systems Reports ‘Eight-Figure’ Series B Funding Round
by | May 25, 2023
Sera—a SaaS service for small-to-large size HVAC, plumbing, and other field service businesses—said it closed the oversubscribed funding round with a market cap three times the value the company had at the close of its Series A round in November 2021.
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Omnicell Appoints New Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
by | May 19, 2023

Nchacha E. Etta has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of Fort Worth-based Omnicell Inc., a leader in transforming the pharmacy care delivery model, effective June 1....

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A Texas First: Meow Wolf’s Innovative Immersive Art Exhibition to Open in Grapevine This Summer

by | Jan 12, 2023
More than 30 local artists are teaming up to help bring a one-of-a-kind experience to Meow Wolf's first permanent installation in Texas this summer. The Sante Fe-based boundary-pushing interactive art company's debut in North Texas will have 30 rooms to feature their unique visions. Here's a sneak peek of the work in progress for the 29,000 square-foot immersive experience, set to transport visitors to a fantastical realm at Grapevine Mills.
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Grapevine Names Acting Director of Economic Development
by | Nov 12, 2022

Garin Giacomarro has been named acting director of economic development by the city of Grapevine, replacing Larry Holt who has left to take an economic development position in Los Angeles....

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Frisco-based Ever.Ag Adds Ex-General Mills Exec to Board of Directors 
by | Nov 9, 2022

Ever.Ag, a Frisco-based AgTech supply chain software and financial services company, announced that it has added former General Mills executive John Church as an independent member to its board of directors....

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AllOY Emerges from Stealth to Bring EV, Autonomous Technology to Boating
by | Jul 19, 2022
Sensors and autonomous tech have made cars and trucks safer for years. Now Grapevine-based AllOY aims to do that for boats—by building its own line of electric-powered, autonomously enhanced boats complete with sensors and backup cameras.

“Sitting on the back of the boat with a glass of wine, it just became clear that those same things were going to have a radical impact on marine,” CEO Brandon Cotter told Dallas Innovates.
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