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The Last Word: North Texas Financial Exec Breaks Down the AI Track at DFW Startup Week
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | Aug 5, 2025
Everyone’s talking about AI. But what do companies actually need to hear? Here’s what one veteran exec thinks startups and leaders really need to focus on—straight from the front lines at DSW25.
by Glenn Hunter |
Nov 7, 2024
Behind the scenes at an exclusive VIP event at the Perot family's Circle T Ranch in Westlake, where Ross Perot Jr. and Anurag Jain held forth in an annual highlight of the Venture Dallas summit.
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by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report |
May 10, 2024
Dallas-based Spacee brings next-gen retail tech to life with virtual touchscreens and “invisible” inventory robots powered by AI. Its founder's insights lead him to believe knowledge work is being quickly replaced by generative AI.
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by Glenn Hunter |
May 2, 2024
Dallas Innovates, the Dallas Regional Chamber, and Dallas AI have teamed up to launch the inaugural AI 75 list. The 2024 program honors the most significant people in AI in DFW in seven categories—the visionaries, creators, and influencers you need to know.
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Skip Howard with his HoverTouch tech at Sam's Club [Photo: Spacee]
The Last Word: Spacee’s Skip Howard on His HoverTouch Tech in Action at Sam’s Club
by Quincy Preston | Sep 20, 2023
The company's original groundbreaking HoverTouch technology has found a new use case at Sam's Club. The giant touchscreen is replacing theft-prone iPads with HoverTouch tech that turns any surface into an interactive experience — walls, glass, tables, and more become engaging consumer touchpoints with no power to the surface.
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by Lance Murray |
Nov 29, 2022
Jack Selby was one of the original employees at PayPal. He later served as a corporate officer/SVP overseeing PayPal's international and corporate operations.
Selby says he'll work with Spacee's team to bring its computer vision tech "to more businesses who will be leveraging AI innovation to streamline efficiencies, draw more customers into stores, and ultimately improve their bottom line."
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by David Seeley |
Nov 1, 2022
Spacee's shelf-mounted "roaming robots" can now do more than just take unobtrusive inventory. A new version of the robots has live video feed capabilities, "allowing retail store managers to see shelves and get real-time inventory snapshots remotely."
Founder and CEO Skip Howard talks about the "huge gap" his robots can fill—and offers four predictions on major retail tech trends for 2023.
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by Quincy Preston and David Seeley |
Oct 18, 2022
Bringing 36 years of experience from his Best Buy days, Brad Anderson isn't just joining Spacee's advisory board. He's also investing in the startup—which aims to transform retail businesses with its HoverTouch interactive experiences, while helping industries track inventories with its Deming shelf-mounted robots.
"I was attracted to the company’s learners and adapters," Anderson tells Dallas Innovates. "They're a team of people that when you have a problem, they are unencumbered in their ability to innovate to solve the problem."
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Left to right: Brian Crutcher, Jeff Wellen, and Duncan MacFarlane
Retail, Tech, and Innovation Leaders Join North Texas AR Startup’s New Advisory Board
by Kevin Cummings | Apr 6, 2022
Spacee, a computer vision- and AI-powered augmented reality company, has unveiled a new three-person advisory board in a moment that founder and CEO Skip Howard calls “critical.”
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by Alex Edwards |
May 23, 2019
From a post-apocalyptic restaurant to a TARDIS to an actual car, step inside the Spacee offices to see where (and how) the team is making the retail industry interactive, customized, and in-motion.
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![Skip Howard, CEO and Founder of Spacee, was photographed at Tyler Station in Dallas’ Oak Cliff. [Image, Skyler Fike; Carniverous plant, Texas Triffid Ranch]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/enews_SkipHoward_970_IMG_4212-360x203.jpg)
by Alex Edwards |
Feb 22, 2019
Skip Howard loves technology that has the potential to change the world for the better. He's doing just that as the CEO and founder of Spacee, a post-mobile augmented reality startup that's revolutionizing the retail industry.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Aug 2, 2018
The rapid rise of new technology makes life easier, but there’s also concerns about disruption, security, obsolescence, and privacy. Tech experts argued their positions during Digital Dallas' annual event.
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Dallas Startup Week: DFW is ‘Nexus’ for Innovation in Virtual Reality
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Apr 14, 2016
The North Texas region is a “nexus” for innovation in the field of virtual reality, which could become a billion dollar industry in the next few years, said Edward Lopategui, an aerospace engineer with PLM Innovation Entrepreneur, during a Dallas Startup Week panel.
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![Erica Kosemund, Chief Brand Officer, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Gillian Breidenbach, Chief Partnership Officer, North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; Chief Gary Batton, Chief of Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Monica Paul, Executive Director of Dallas Sports Commission and President of North Texas FWC Organizing Committee; John Hobbs, Senior Executive Officer of Communications, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and Heidi Grant, Senior Executive Officer of Commerce Administration, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, celebrate Choctaw Casinos & Resorts becoming an Official Dallas World Cup 2026 Host City Supporter. [Photo: North Texas FWC Organizing Committee/Choctaw Casinos & Resorts]](https://s24806.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/FIFA-Choctaw-dec-2025.jpg)
