Ross Bates

Among the leaders of the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup of the Year winners are BILT Inc. President and COO Ahmed Qureshi and Chairman and CEO Nate Henderson; Worlds CEO Dave Copps; and StableCore CEO Alex Treece and COO Nick Elledge. [Composite image: DI Studio]

Three North Texas Companies Top the 2025 Venture Dallas Startup Awards

by | Nov 20, 2025
Breakout winners—and a $2B VC year—show how far the region’s ecosystem has come. Here are the 2025 winners and honorees, plus takeaways from a private dinner with Susser Bank and Nasdaq executives at the Petroleum Club.
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Who Made This Year’s AI 75 List? Meet the North Texans Leading the Pack in Artificial Intelligence
by | 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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Dallas-Based Worlds’ Pioneering ‘Large World Model’ Platform Could Be the Next Leap Forward in AI’s Evolution
by | Oct 16, 2024
CEO Dave Copps says Worlds is delivering AI for the real world, in real time. Spotlighted by Gartner, Worlds’ breakthrough tech for enterprise creates a dynamic “index of everything” from any camera or sensor. The goal? To radically transform how organizations monitor, measure, and automate their operations.
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