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IntelliEPI IR Gets $100K RAMP Incentive to Advance Infrared Semiconductor Tech in Richardson

by | Sep 24, 2025
Fresh off a $2M Pentagon-backed grant and a $4.1M state award, this Richardson-based firm is carving out a high-tech niche in Texas' semiconductor corridor.
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UNT Cybersecurity Team Snags $3M to Use Advanced AI to Overhaul Defense Department Hiring Processes
by | Jan 27, 2025

Aiming to safeguard national security using advanced AI, cybersecurity experts at the University of North Texas have received $3 million from the Department of Defense to help the department overhaul its hiring processes....

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Shield AI Opens Office in Kyiv to Train Ukrainians on North Texas-Developed V‑BAT Drones
by | Jan 16, 2025
Three years after acquiring Plano-based Martin UAV and its innovative V-BAT drones, San Diego-based Shield AI is now on the ground in Kyiv. Its team is working with Ukrainian drone operators, delivering training that will prepare them for deploying V-BATs to the front lines of the country's war with Russia.
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Fort Worth-Based Bell Wins $455M Navy Contract for 12 Viper Helicopters for Nigeria
by | Mar 21, 2024
The Defense Post said the Vipers are expected to enhance Nigeria’s air defense capabilities and help uphold regional stability once delivered.
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Defense Tech Experts: The ‘Military-Industrial Complex’ is Ripe for Disruption

by | Nov 7, 2023
At Venture Dallas 2023, venture capitalists and defense department minds said evolving technologies are creating new opportunities in the defense tech sector for well-financed startups.
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Follow the Money: Dallas Unicorn Adds Cisco Investments as New Backer; Fort Worth Glove Maker Lands $58M for Facility, HQ Upgrades; and More
by | Jul 29, 2022
Plus: Southlake SPAC to take financial services firm public; real estate startup Nada Closes $8.1M seed round; Southlake PE firm is raising two biotech-focused funds; Jones family-backed investment firm acquires travel software company; and more North Texas deals.
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Follow the Money: Jacobs Lands Nearly $4B NASA Contract; Dallas’ ReCode Therapeutics Adds $120M to Series B Raise, and More
by | Jul 11, 2022
Plus, Enhabit Home Health Hits the NYSE, Irving Web3 Investor Raising Two New Funds, TPG leads $750M raise in clean energy firm; Coppell-based Neurolens raises $2.7M; Fort Worth's Jet Health raises $1M; Frisco edtech startup Meritize lands funding; Honeywell acquires Fort Worth nitrile glove maker Rhino Health USA; and more North Texas-related deals.
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Dallas Founder Raises $2.3M to Protect Companies From Their Biggest Cybersecurity Threat: Their Own Employees
by | Apr 20, 2022
Launched in 2019 by founder and CEO Tiffany Ricks, HacWare helps train employees to prevent themselves from being the target of an attack.

HacWare's technology integrates with a company's Google Workspace or Office 365 software, sending out simulated attacks to help the business understand the risks in its system—and which individual employees may be more likely to engage with a phishing attempt.
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Discovery: UTD Prof Proposes Solution to Martian Mystery, Insight on Cancer-Causing ‘Dimers,’ & Phone’s Impact on Work, Home Life

by | Jan 19, 2018
Research and scientific breakthroughs are happening every day in laboratories and universities across North Texas. Here are some of their stories.
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