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.
Now appearing on the websites of 13 JLL-managed shopping centers across the U.S., "Cindy" may seem like just another influencer peddling perfume and athleisure. But she's really a "complex mix of generative AI tools driven by a proprietary recipe of procedures, prompts, and modeling."
Matt Sommer has spent 25 years in key aspects of managing and growing organizations, including fostering innovation, pioneering and evangelizing product vision, and leveraging data and analytics. Sommer, an AI expert with 10 patents, believes that if technology is doing its job in marketing, "you shouldn't even know it's there."
In this week's roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you'll also find news from Ecobat, Wingstop, ActivePure Technologies, Communities Foundation of Texas, Texas Health Resources, and other area organizations.
Plus, meet the UT Arlington professor helping to lead a NASA mission.
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from NuZee, Imaginuity, HudsonLake, ALTO Real Estate Funds, AMN Healthcare, Caris Life Sciences, and more.
Leaders from AT&T, BBVA Compass, Frito-Lay, Imaginuity, rewardStyle, and Toyota North America gathered at the Dallas Regional Chamber to discuss how they’re applying design thinking to advance their companies’ missions.
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....
“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. ...
The city of Arlington is exploring innovative ways to get food to those in need—including the use of drone deliveries and autonomous vehicles. Today the city offered a “demo day” to show off its tech in the midst of a week-long pilot exercise....
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....
“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. ...
The city of Arlington is exploring innovative ways to get food to those in need—including the use of drone deliveries and autonomous vehicles. Today the city offered a “demo day” to show off its tech in the midst of a week-long pilot exercise....
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