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Mark Cuban [Photo: DRC Annual Meeting/2023]
Mark Cuban to Headline Convergence AI Dallas 2026
by Dallas Regional Chamber | Feb 19, 2026
Leaders from Microsoft, Khan Academy, AECOM, Palantir, and Google join the March 30–31 Irving Convention Center lineup focused on enterprise AI.
by Quincy Preston |
Dec 29, 2025
Plano’s KYRO AI is the only Texas technology company in EPRI’s Open Power AI Consortium, joining tech leaders and utilities working to develop open-source AI models for the power sector. The effort is backed by major energy companies, including Exelon, whose CEO recently warned the grid’s “check engine light is on” as electricity demand surges.
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by Maddie Preston |
Dec 13, 2025
AI² supports large-scale research and interdisciplinary work across the university as TCU pushes toward R1 status.
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by Lance Murray |
Oct 27, 2025
From DFW Airport to Darling Ingredients, North Texas leaders join other innovators statewide proving that conservation and business can thrive together.
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IKS Health Chief AI Officer Ajai Sehgal [Photo: LinkedIn]
IKS Health Appoints Former Mayo Clinic Exec as Its First Chief AI Officer
by David Seeley | Sep 3, 2025
Ajai Sehgal spent 16 years with the Royal Canadian Air Force before joining Microsoft, where he played a pivotal role in founding and scaling Expedia. Outside of work, he's also a licensed pilot, volunteer firefighter, and EMT, IKS said.
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 28, 2025
When electronic health record giant Epic unveiled sweeping AI plans last week, it triggered what Dallas’ Calvin Carter calls a “right now crisis” for the rest of the industry. But Carter—best known for founding Bottle Rocket and exiting to WPP—was already ahead of the curve. Four months ago, he acquired and relocated AI healthcare startup Scribematic. Now, the company has launched Matic Inside: embedded AI built to help smaller EHR vendors compete.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 17, 2025
The Henson Group began as a startup in a New York apartment in the wake of 9/11, and has since grown to a Dallas-based team of over 200 with offices in four countries. Now it's merged with Fort Lauderdale's myCloudDoor to form ALIANDO—aiming to "drive innovation as a force multiplier in the industry."
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by Glenn Hunter |
Apr 30, 2025
Dallas Innovates, in partnership with the Dallas Regional Chamber, once again is recognizing the most innovative leaders in AI in Dallas-Fort Worth. From visionaries and mavericks to transformers and academics, AI 75's class of 2025 are the AI pacesetters you need to know now.
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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.
Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Breakthroughs Mark 2025 Awards
by Quincy Preston and David Seeley | Jan 21, 2025
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.
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by Quincy Preston |
Oct 9, 2024
The Dallas firm's latest bets: Airspace security and multi-vendor IT support. Cypress Growth Capital adds AirSight and Xcelocloud to its roster, boosting local innovation.
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by Lance Murray |
May 14, 2024
Arhasi and Cloudbench, a Google partner and leading emerging technology consulting firm, have launched a joint AI and data foundry in Frisco, staffed with experts from top universities. The foundry aims to drive innovation in AI and Web3 technologies.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 16, 2024
As UAE-based G42 nears the launch of a game-changing AI supercomputer in Dallas, it's been doubling down on its long-standing collaboration with Microsoft. Now Microsoft is going in big with a 10-figure strategic investment in the Abu Dhabi technology holding group.
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L to R: Caterpillar's team at the Wyoming demonstration included Brian George, Product Manager; Matt Spitznagle, Director; Greg Hasler, Chief Engineer; Ram Manda, Team Lead; Kevin Sergott, Controls; and Paul Wang, Team Lead [Photo: Caterpillar Inc.]
Caterpillar Demos Use of Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Backup Power at Microsoft Data Center
by Lance Murray | Jan 22, 2024
The demonstration with Microsoft and Ballard Power Systems simulated a 48-hour backup power event at Microsoft's data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Caterpillar's Jaime Mineart said the collaboration shows "the potential of hydrogen fuel cells to help data centers address their critical power needs while reducing their emissions."
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by Lance Murray |
Dec 19, 2023
With the acquisition of Jeevan, SAP and cloud solutions provider Nobl Q says it's transforming into a "boutique global services firm with a strong emphasis on AI." Noble Q's new co-chairman is Jeevan Chairman and CEO Nepoleon Duraisamy—a former Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment of India who has been an actor in around 150 Indian movies.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 31, 2023
Voice plays an "increasingly vital role" in digital transformation, says John Cooper. The new managing director–voice transformation will help clients capitalize on the opportunities.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 27, 2023
The forum aims to ensure safe and responsible development of frontier AI models that could "exceed the capabilities currently present in the most advanced existing models." A core objective: Collaborating with policymakers, academics, civil society, and companies to share knowledge about trust and safety risks. "We're all going to need to work together to make sure AI benefits everyone," said Google and Alphabet's president of global affairs.
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