startup competition

Mark Cuban has a message for any CEO still treating artificial intelligence as something to dabble in: You’re going to be left behind.

“Over the next three years, there’s going to be two types of companies: those who are great at AI and those who went out of business,” the entrepreneur and investor said at Convergence AI Dallas, a Dallas Regional Chamber conference highlighting AI trends and innovation in North Texas....

Dallas–Fort Worth has become one of the fastest-growing business ecosystems in the United States. Major corporations continue relocating headquarters to North Texas, venture-backed startups are scaling, and entrepreneurs from across the country are increasingly choosing Dallas as the place to build....

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Coltala Aerospace, a Fort Worth-based aerospace platform backed by Coltala Holdings, has appointed Phil Bathurst as the company’s new president. Bathhurst brings more than three decades of leadership experience building and scaling aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) organizations across the global aerospace aftermarket, Coltala said....

TPG, a global alternative asset management firm based in Fort Worth and San Francisco, is acquiring Dallas-based Learfield, a media and tech company that serves as a “monetization engine” for collegiate sports intellectual property....

Dallas-based Somnigroup International (NYSE: SGI) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Leggett & Platt  (NYSE: LEG) in an all-stock deal valued at around $2.5 billion, based on Somnigroup’s closing share price on April 10, 2026....