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7 DFW Companies Land on Fast Company’s 2026 Most Innovative List as Texas Scores 26 Honorees

by Quincy Preston | Mar 26, 2026

HKS made the top 50 from Dallas, while North Texas companies from Coppell to Frisco showed up across architecture, AI, healthcare, restaurants, media, and travel. Statewide, Austin led the way, with Houston, Midland, San Antonio, and others also earning spots.

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NiCE Closes Nearly $1B Acquisition of Cognigy, Whose U.S. HQ Recently Relocated to North Texas

by Lance Murray | Sep 8, 2025

The deal joins two industry leaders in AI-powered customer experience. Former Cognigy CEO Philipp Heltewig will now serve as general manager of NiCE Cognigy and chief AI officer.

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With Its U.S. HQ in North Texas, This German AI Company Is Being Acquired for Nearly $1 Billion

by Lance Murray | Jul 29, 2025

New Jersey-based NiCE’s $955 million acquisition comes just months after Cognigy, a leader in agentic AI, relocated from San Francisco to Plano.

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R&D: Novel Stroke Therapy Called Leap Forward, Scientists Will Tackle Aging at Conference

by Lance Murray | Sep 28, 2018

Every week, we pore through press releases and websites doing a little research of our own. We’re looking for scientists, professors, engineers, entrepreneurs—anybody, really—engaging in research and development across North Texas....

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