2025 Innovation Award winners represent the cutting edge of North Texas innovation across industries. From left: Ben Lamm, Colossal Biosciences; Aurora; Bell; and Dave Copps, Worlds.
D CEO and Dallas Innovates' Innovation Award winners are working to resurrect extinct species, launching autonomous trucks, reinventing military aircraft, and bringing AI into the physical world—and that's just the beginning. The 2025 awards showcase game-changing achievements—including Texas' first newly minted decacorn—across 17 categories of innovation. Here’s a look at the innovators leading the way.
Dallas nonprofit Behind Every Door Ministries purchased a faded, 50-year-old community center from the Salvation Army in partnership with Veritex Community Bank, the Dallas Cowboys, the NFL Foundation, local pro golfers Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler, and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw. A $15 million capital campaign has led to a revitalized community hub for Southern Dallas.
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money.
The $20.5 million project, developed by the Resource Center of Dallas and Volunteers of America, will provide LGBTQ older adults (62+) with affordable rental housing. An artist's rendering by architecture firm Perkins & Will shows the current concept for the apartments that will be located near Maple Avenue and Mockingbird Lane in Dallas.
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
More than two years since generative AI exploded onto the radar of business leaders, the technology continues to mature. In 2025, AI is capable of driving real results across the enterprise....
Dallas-based VisionPoint Advisory Group and Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Navitas Wealth Advisors have merged to form Balefire, an SEC-registered investment adviser and wealth management firm “designed to meet the growing demand for integrated, high-capability financial and business advisory solutions for affluent individuals, families, and businesses.”...
Irving-based restaurant company On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina has been bought at auction by Houston-based Pappas Restaurants as the auction’s prevailing bidder.
The transaction, which is subject to court approval, is expected to be finalized and close in the coming weeks....
North Texas is a big place, with plenty to do, see, hear, and watch. We scour the internet every week to find events and activities for you. As always, things may change at any time, so be sure to check the official website or registration page for the latest details....
More than two years since generative AI exploded onto the radar of business leaders, the technology continues to mature. In 2025, AI is capable of driving real results across the enterprise....
Dallas-based VisionPoint Advisory Group and Ridgeland, Mississippi-based Navitas Wealth Advisors have merged to form Balefire, an SEC-registered investment adviser and wealth management firm “designed to meet the growing demand for integrated, high-capability financial and business advisory solutions for affluent individuals, families, and businesses.”...
Irving-based restaurant company On The Border Mexican Grill & Cantina has been bought at auction by Houston-based Pappas Restaurants as the auction’s prevailing bidder.
The transaction, which is subject to court approval, is expected to be finalized and close in the coming weeks....