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.
MeSpace—a new Dallas-based company that manufactures "neuroinclusive" workstations that allow users to create their ideal work environment through sensory customization—was launched recently by Founder and CEO Travis Hollman. Sargent, who's a neuroinclusive consultant, lauded MeSpace for designing "an innovative workstation that enables individuals to tailor their environment to fit their unique needs."
MeSpace allows users to create their ideal work environment through sensory customization—including "ghost mode" windows for visual privacy, tailored lighting color and brightness, "biophilic" textured surfaces, an adjustable height desk, and more.
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Dallas-Fort Worth is charting its own path in artificial intelligence. From applied AI to research and engineering advances, our region leads in advancing real-world solutions. Behind every breakthrough and solution are the people making it happen....
Dallas-based Braemont Capital has made its first partial exit with the sale of a majority stake in Loenbro, LLC, a technical services provider to the data center and critical infrastructure markets, to middle market private equity firm Kohlberg to expedite the company’s growth and expansion....
SenderraRx, a Dallas-based specialty pharmacy focused on patients with complex and chronic conditions, has received a growth investment from Nautic Partners.
SenderraRx’s management team will retain a significant ownership stake and continue to lead the company, the company said in an announcement....
TCU is making one of its largest research and technology investments to date with the launch of AI², a $10 million initiative designed to expand secure AI research computing, strengthen interdisciplinary research, and prepare students for a workforce increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence....
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....
Dallas-Fort Worth is charting its own path in artificial intelligence. From applied AI to research and engineering advances, our region leads in advancing real-world solutions. Behind every breakthrough and solution are the people making it happen....
Dallas-based Braemont Capital has made its first partial exit with the sale of a majority stake in Loenbro, LLC, a technical services provider to the data center and critical infrastructure markets, to middle market private equity firm Kohlberg to expedite the company’s growth and expansion....
SenderraRx, a Dallas-based specialty pharmacy focused on patients with complex and chronic conditions, has received a growth investment from Nautic Partners.
SenderraRx’s management team will retain a significant ownership stake and continue to lead the company, the company said in an announcement....
TCU is making one of its largest research and technology investments to date with the launch of AI², a $10 million initiative designed to expand secure AI research computing, strengthen interdisciplinary research, and prepare students for a workforce increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence....