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Builders FirstSource Teams Up With AI Startup Digs on ‘Digital Twin’ Platform for Homes

by | Aug 26, 2026
Irving-based Builders FirstSource led a $25.3 million Series A investment as part of a larger partnership with the Vancouver, Washington-based maker of AI software for residential construction.
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AI Cybersecurity Boom Pushes TrendAI Past $1B in Sales on AWS Marketplace
by | Aug 26, 2026
The cumulative milestone reached by TrendAI, whose U.S. headquarters is in Irving, underscores how quickly AI is reshaping cybersecurity spending — and how the AWS Marketplace captures that growth.
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Irving-Based Michaels Brings 3D, AR to Custom Framing
by | Aug 25, 2026
The arts and crafts retailer’s new online frame builder lets shoppers preview custom pieces on their own walls before ordering.
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Kimberly-Clark Looks Past Trees for Future Paper Products
by | Aug 20, 2026
The company’s research scientists screened more than 70 fiber candidates in a quest for an alternative to wood. A drought-tolerant desert plant won.
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Irving-Based Caterpillar Acquires Skycatch to Deploy AI Solutions That Transform the Mining Industry

by | Jul 9, 2026
Skycatch’s technology combines drone-generated high-frequency, precise, geospatial data with a suite of AI-powered solutions, opening up ‘a fundamentally different way of operating.’
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Caris Life Sciences Begins Commercial Launch of Multi-Cancer Early Detection Blood Test
by | Jul 6, 2026
“We are giving physicians and patients a powerful new tool to help identify cancer earlier and support more informed clinical decisions,” CEO David Dean Halbert says of Caris Detect.
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Irving-based Caterpillar Commits $5M to Texas Workforce Training
by | Jul 6, 2026
Gov. Greg Abbott joined company executives to announce the investment, which is part of Caterpillar’s 5-year, $100M effort to support manufacturing’s digital transformation.
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Dallas Anchors DFW’s 49 Fortune 1000 Headquarters, Spread Across 11 Cities
by | Jun 9, 2026
Dallas holds 21 of the region's 49 Fortune 1000 headquarters, with the rest fanning out from Irving and Plano to Frisco and Fort Worth. "Growth is happening in every direction," Dallas Regional Chamber CEO Brad Cheves says.
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Caterpillar Expands Its DFW Footprint With New Building Near Irving HQ

by | Dec 8, 2025
The company, which relocated from Illinois to Las Colinas in 2022, said its newly purchased building at 901 W. Walnut Hill Lane will expand its economic footprint and "positive impact" in North Texas.
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Dallas’ Smarter Technologies Acquires Irving-Based Pieces, Launches ‘SmarterNotes’ Clinical AI Solution
by | Sep 30, 2025
Formed earlier this year by the combination of Dallas' Access Healthcare with NYC-based SmarterDx and Austin-based Thoughtful.ai, Smarter Technologies said the new SmarterNotes solution combines SmarterDx’s proprietary clinical AI with Pieces’ industry-leading note automation workflows, "connecting the dots" from patient admission to final payment.
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Flowserve’s Merger with Chart Industries Is Off, Edged by Baker Hughes’ $13.6B Offer

by | Jul 29, 2025
Irving-based Flowserve's all-stock "merger of equals" with Atlanta-based Chart has been usurped by a better offer, after Houston- and London-based Baker Hughes swooped in with $13.6 billion in cash. But Flowserve won't walk away empty-handed—it's getting a $266 million "termination payment."
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FleetPride Names Former CEO of Frito‑Lay NA and Advance Auto Part as Its New Chief Executive
by | Jul 24, 2025
Most recently, Tom Greco was president and chief executive officer of Advance Auto Parts, where he led a comprehensive, multi-year transformation centered on operational discipline, supply chain optimization, and commercial execution.
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Builders FirstSource Names New President of Technology and Digital Solutions
by | Jul 2, 2025
The Dallas-based building materials giant says Gayatri Narayan's hire will help accelerate digital and technical innovation for long-term growth.
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106-Year Old North Texas Industrial Maintenance Co. NCH To Merge with Delaware’s Solenis
by | Jun 24, 2025
Originally founded in Dallas in 1919 by Milton P. Levy as National Disinfectant Company, NCH now has 6,000 employees with distribution centers in 48 countries. Under the terms of the merger, the Levy family will become the largest minority shareholder in Solenis.
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