Patrick Brandt

‘The Rules Have Changed’: Dallas-Based Scribematic Launches Its Rx for the EHR AI Arms Race

by | 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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D CEO and Dallas Innovates revealed the winners of the 2024 Innovation Awards at an event on January 24, 2023 held at On the Levee in the Design District.
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D CEO, Dallas Innovates Honor Top Innovators at 2024 Awards
At the annual Innovation Awards event, Dallas Innovates and D CEO revealed the winners in 17 categories and recognized all 74 North Texas finalists.
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Meet the Finalists: The Innovation Awards 2024, Presented by Dallas Innovates and D CEO
by | Oct 13, 2023

Dallas Innovates and D CEO are proud to announce the finalists for its fifth annual Innovation Awards. The program honors companies, CEOs, CIOS, CTOs, entrepreneurs, and other leaders who are helping to make Dallas-Fort Worth an innovation hub....

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The Last Word: Grata’s Patrick Brandt on the Lure and Challenge of Running Startups
by | Mar 7, 2023
In December, we told you about a $6 million seed funding round at Grata, a Dallas-based online platform that enables customers to deliver gratitude and recognition to a brand’s frontline employees in real time. With Grata now operating in Texas, Oklahoma, and Florida at companies like Tex-Mex restaurant Mesero and First United Banks, Brandt aims to start raising up to $25 million in a Series A toward the end of this year, D CEO says.
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Dallas-Founded Shiftsmart Raises $95M Series B Round to Grow Its On‑Demand Labor Marketplace

by | Dec 2, 2021
On the tail-end of a landmark year—one that saw Shiftsmart double both staff and revenue—the labor platform has raised funding to fuel growth and continue empowering its 600,000 workers across 50 countries with flexible gigs.
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Flexible Labor Platform Ramps Up with Five Leadership Hires and Promotions
by | Mar 4, 2021
The online marketplace is moving fast to leverage its labor ecosystem that directly connects the right worker to the right job. The moves come on the heels of Shiftsmart co-launching Get Shift Done, a locally based initiative that helped hospitality and service employees displaced by COVID.
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Anurag Jain and Patrick Brandt Share How They Started Nonprofit Get Shift Done Amidst a Pandemic
by | Sep 2, 2020
What started as an idea with backing from community organizers and restaurant owners, Get Shift Done has rallied support to give meals and livelihoods to at-risk groups in 11 cities.
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