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Apptronik founders Nicholas Paine, left, and Jeff Cardenas. [Photo: Apptronik]
AT&T Ventures Among New Backers as Humanoid Robotics Startup Apptronik Nears $1B in Total Funding
by Quincy Preston | Feb 11, 2026
The Austin-based maker of the Apollo humanoid robot closed a $520M Series A-X extension, bringing its total Series A to more than $935M and total capital raised to nearly $1B. Dallas-based AT&T Ventures joins Google, Mercedes-Benz, John Deere, and others in the round.
by David Seeley |
Apr 16, 2025
Germany-based Cognity's AI agents connect brands like Mercedes-Benz, Toyota, Nestlé, and DHL with customers worldwide. Now the company has departed the city by the bay to place its U.S. HQ in the Dallas suburb of Plano, lauding the region's "perfect mix of innovation, energy, and opportunity."
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by Capital One |
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.
sponsored by Capital One
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 10, 2024
IONNA is a joint venture founded by eight of the world's largest automakers, including BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and now Toyota as well. The company said that by 2030, it aims to offer 30 battery-electric EV models across its Toyota and Lexus brands.
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Former Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson has joined the Spacee Advisory Board. [Courtesy of Brad Anderson]
Exclusive: Spacee, the Dallas-Based Computer Vision and AR Startup, Adds Former Best Buy CEO to Its Advisory Board
by Quincy Preston and David Seeley | Oct 18, 2022
Bringing 36 years of experience from his Best Buy days, Brad Anderson isn't just joining Spacee's advisory board. He's also investing in the startup—which aims to transform retail businesses with its HoverTouch interactive experiences, while helping industries track inventories with its Deming shelf-mounted robots.
"I was attracted to the company’s learners and adapters," Anderson tells Dallas Innovates. "They're a team of people that when you have a problem, they are unencumbered in their ability to innovate to solve the problem."
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by Natalie Le |
Jul 2, 2019
DPC Healthcare—the first membership-based, direct primary care practice in Dallas-Fort Worth—aims to improve the health and wellness of the workforce by bringing the clinic to you.
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by Lauren Hawkins |
Apr 2, 2019
This 3,400-square-foot location is more than just your average home—it's outfitted with the latest in consumer technology, from digital lighting control to a golf simulator to a robotic lawnmower.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 31, 2018
The popularity of subscription technology is growing as dealers’ margins on used car sales tighten, and consumers see longer loan terms, rising interest rates, and bigger monthly payments for vehicles
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Addison spatial experience startup Spacee is helping companies such as Mercedes Benz, Wal-Mart, and Intel with immersive shopping displays. [Photo: Chase Mardis]
Meet the Addison Startup Helping Wal‑Mart, Mercedes Transform Shopping
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Jun 28, 2017
Spacee's technology is a deviceless mixed reality using projectors, motion sensing cameras, and cloud computing to digitally impose an experience on top of real world items.
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