The Cedars Union, a hub for emerging and mid-career artists in North Texas, is setting its sights on the next level of growth with the appointment of Emma Vernon as executive director. The North Texas nonprofit artist incubator’s upcoming cohort, launching this month, will be its largest ever, chosen from the most competitive applicant pool since its founding in 2015.| Dallas Innovates
Fort Worth-based buddi partnered with Bark TV to launch a 24/7 dog content network and expand its original shows to a national pet-loving audience.| Dallas Innovates
New York-based Local Projects said it will design immersive, interactive exhibitions for the museum featuring multimedia installations and historical artifacts, with an aim of "fostering a powerful connection between visitors and the story and impact of Juneteenth."| Dallas Innovates
Member of nonprofit, Society of Women Engineers, starts the local chapter of AI Tinkerers for community of builders.| Dallas Innovates
Dallas Children’s Theater appointed Michael Meadows as interim executive director, bringing decades of philanthropic and nonprofit leadership experience.| Dallas Innovates
ALTO Real Estate Funds will break ground Sept. 15 on the $40M Carter Park 35 industrial development in South Fort Worth.| Dallas Innovates
The new tenants include Engage Dallas, Housing Forward, PCCI, Teach for America, Texas Women’s Foundation, and The 2.0 Collaborative. The additions bring Water Cooler at Pegasus Park to a full capacity with a total of 32 tenants, ranking it among the largest nonprofit shared space communities in the country.| Dallas Innovates
Led by CEO Branden Williams, a former ninth-grade biology teacher, Seeds 2 STEM provides workshops and after-school programs in STEM education to underserved communities in Dallas-Fort Worth. "With the prize winnings, we're launching a workplace readiness app for high school kids," Williams told WFAA. "We want kids to have access to quality jobs and be prepared to take on livable wage jobs in the STEM space."| Dallas Innovates
The hubs will create more than 500 data and digital jobs over the next three years in each of the two cities. It's the beginning of a network of collaboration to accelerate the way critical digital capabilities—AI, machine learning, and more—are developed and deployed. The goal is innovation impact for how Pepsico's products are made, moved, sold, and delivered.| Dallas Innovates
JUNO wants to get ahead of the hybrid event trend by offering event planners an ebook on how to organize a virtual and in-person audience.| Dallas Innovates
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from the Arlington Convention & Visitors Bureau, Mohr Capital, OneDay, Darling Ingredients, Argano, Stream Realty Partners, Paladin Partners Commercial Real Estate Services, and Global Integrity Finance.| Dallas Innovates
Backed by Night Media's lineup of YouTube superstars, Night Ventures has a mission: taking concepts from the VC world and investing in individual creators and their businesses.| Dallas Innovates
DFW Airport moves six massive prefabricated modules for Terminal F, marking a milestone in the $4B expansion set to open in 2027.| Dallas Innovates
How a 16-year-old local inventor is leveraging personal experience and AI to build a mental health app for her peers.| Dallas Innovates
Palo Alto, California-based Fiddler AI said its $18.6 million Series B extension brings the round's total funding to $50 million. The company said the funds will help it "continue to build momentum in AI observability and AI safety."| Dallas Innovates
Dallas-based FieldPulse announced $50M Series C to expand AI-powered tools and customer success in the fast-growing field service management market.| Dallas Innovates
Fort Worth unanimously approves $15M incentives for Adom Industries' revolutionary cloud-connected electronics factory. CEO John Lauer commits to North Texas roots.| Dallas Innovates
The DFW Alliance of Technology and Women held its 19th annual Executive Forum last week, urging attendees to "crack the courage code" and empower women in business. Afterward, DFW*ATW's president, Shanthi Rajaram, spoke with Dallas Innovates about her takeaways from the event—and how being "comfortable with the unknown" helped her start her own entrepreneurship journey.| Dallas Innovates
The free, one-week trial of the company's PuduBot food delivery robot is open to Dallas restaurants, cafes, hotels, offices, hospitals, and other catering operators for a limited time. The robot navigates around tables with 3D obstacle avoidance technology and SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping). Oh, and it can sing "Happy Birthday," too.| Dallas Innovates
Collectively, the 100 privately held companies contributed $8.5 billion to the Dallas-Fort Worth economy over three years—and 10,000 jobs. Frisco-based MTX Group, whose founders were honored last week with EY's 2021 Entrepreneur Of The Year award, took the top spot in the annual rankings. Here's the complete list.| Dallas Innovates
Fort Worth unanimously approves $15M incentives for Adom Industries' revolutionary cloud-connected electronics factory. CEO John Lauer commits to North Texas roots.| Dallas Innovates
Cityfund lets people invest in real estate markets like stock, starting with launch cities Dallas, Austin, and Miami.| Dallas Innovates
In this weekly roundup of funding, merger, and acquisition activity, you’ll also find news from TestFit, Valify, Pharos Capital, EDSCO Fasteners, and Dottid.| Dallas Innovates
In February, the Dallas Museum of Art launched a “Reimagining the Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition" for a major expansion that will add flexible gallery spaces, reorganized entrances and circulation, and a reapportioned interior. The museum received 154 design submissions from all over the world. On Thursday, the DMA announced that it has selected six finalists.| Dallas Innovates
DFW International Airport is building on its commitment to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills, by tapping into employee innovation.| Dallas Innovates
Levy has been writing about technology for more than 30 years. A founding writer at Wired, he's widely considered to be the premier tech journalist in the U.S. He’s covered the digital revolution since the early 1980s, reporting every major trend and profiling its key figures. Today, as a keynote speaker on the closing day of Dallas Startup Week, he took stock of how we got here—and what's next.| Dallas Innovates
The eighth annual HackDFW, powered by Say Yes to Dallas and presented by Google, connected hundreds of aspiring technologists to several Fortune 100 companies. It was a unique 48-hour marathon that challenged more than 550 people from 80 universities. Tech teams created ways to innovatively tackle waste management, climate change, better understand decisions from the Supreme Court, and much more.| Dallas Innovates
Sunday was national AI Appreciation Day, so to mark it, the Dallas Regional Chamber did a Q&A with Charania and Babar Bhatti, co-founder and EVP of DallasAI, a nonprofit forum to accelerate learning and adoption of artificial intelligence.| Dallas Innovates
These standouts—startup founders, tech pioneers, educators, creators, social innovators, and business leaders—are transforming entire industries and making waves in their respective fields.| Dallas Innovates
The future is now, and these business disruptors are leading the way. The trailblazers are among the Future 50, our editors’ picks of forward-thinking innovators who are shaping their industries and communities with groundbreaking technologies and solutions. From chargeback management to urban planning, here are visionary leaders using cutting-edge technology and strategies to transform the […]| Dallas Innovates
These standouts—entrepreneurs, leaders, inventors, creatives, and educators—are disrupting industries, solving challenges, and making Dallas-Fort Worth (and beyond) a better place in a year like no other.| Dallas Innovates
Gannett, a former chief marketing officer for "American Idol" and "So You Think You Can Dance," launched Dallas-based Gannett.Partners to provide leadership coaching, operating advisory services, and strategic capital solutions. A native of Dallas who's lived in New York, he knows both cities well—and believes things are trending Dallas' way.| Dallas Innovates
Meet the most influential AI leaders in North Texas: Dallas Innovates unveils the 2025 AI 75 honorees across healthcare, business, academia, nonprofits, and startups. See who's shaping the future of artificial intelligence in Dallas-Fort Worth and driving the region's emergence as a leading tech hub. From Fortune 500 innovators to groundbreaking researchers, these 75 visionaries demonstrate why DFW is at the forefront of the AI revolution.| Dallas Innovates
CyrusOne, the worldwide data center developer and operator based in Dallas, is charging ahead with its growth goals by appointing Brent Behrman as its new Chief Sales Officer. Behrman has held various significant leadership positions at the company since 2016.| Dallas Innovates
The 27,500-square-foot new HQ—in partnership with UT Dallas—anchors Richardson's 1,200-acre Innovation Quarter. A masterwork of vision planning years in the making, it's a catalyst to spark innovation and nuture collaborations—and attract hundreds of entrepreneurial businesses. Six new UT Dallas research centers will initially launch at the IQ HQ, helping to build businesses and commercialize research coming from the nearby university. “We are a global presence," Richardson Mayor Paul...| Dallas Innovates
Andercheck is leading a charge to create a data culture in Dallas that empowers everyone to speak, understand, and access data. As the Dallas data chief, she was recently featured in Data-Smart City Solutions, a project by the Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University. In the feature, Anderchief discussed how CDOs use data on income and infrastructure to identify areas in need of additional assistance.| Dallas Innovates
The Dallas Regional Chamber's talent-attraction arm — Say Yes to Dallas — powers the event. A roster of company sponsors expands career opportunities for HackDFW participants, says DRC's Duane Dankesreiter. “Last year we gave over 600 resumes to participating companies."| Dallas Innovates
We're searching for the entrepreneurs, executives, and trailblazers driving meaningful change in North Texas. Submit your nominations for D CEO and Dallas Innovates' The Innovation Awards 2025 by Tuesday, September 24. Now in its sixth year, the awards recognize companies and individuals leading innovation across sectors like AI, cybersecurity, healthcare, consumer goods, real estate, and more.| Dallas Innovates
Scanning someone's brain with an MRI machine may not seem like child's play. But kids will have the opportunity to do that and much more—on mannequins, that is—at a new Children's Health Hospital experience at KidZania Dallas in Frisco.| Dallas Innovates
Discover how UTD’s Capstone programs, including UTDesign, UTDiscovery, and UTDsolv, connect businesses with cost-effective, real-world solutions. From engineering to data science and business innovation, North Texas companies like Texas Instruments and State Farm are tapping into top student talent to drive growth and stay competitive| Dallas Innovates
Northern Trust, a Chicago-based financial services company, has appointed Dotti Reeder as market president of Dallas-Fort Worth, where she will lead the wealth management business serving high-net-worth individuals and families. “Dotti’s lifelong commitment to Dallas, along with her deep expertise advising clients and leading people, further strengthens our commitment to the community,” Michele Havens, West […]| Dallas Innovates
Innovators across North Texas have come up with great ideas for panels at the 2024 SXSW Conference and SXSW Edu Conference. But with thousands of ideas being submitted, only the best will go live in Austin next March. Luckily, your "Panel Picker" vote could be just the thing to help a local panel snag a spot.| Dallas Innovates
The city’s inaugural Entrepreneur-in-Residence position was recommended by the Mayor’s Task Force on Innovation and Entrepreneurship to better foster the start-up environment in Dallas. "While Dallas is known as a great place for big business, now we need to show that we are a great place for scalable, sustainable, and high-growth startups as well," Vaca says.| Dallas Innovates
The southern half of Dallas County is home to just over 1.05 million residents. That’s about 40% of the total number of people who call Dallas County home—and roughly 200,000 more than the entire population of San Francisco. Coupled with the fact that Dallas-Fort Worth is emerging as a top life science market, as documented […]| Dallas Innovates
While drivers everywhere look for a place to park, Dallas-based ParkHub aims to help them out by pulling into a new brand identity of its own. It's now known as JustPark, sharing the same name as the U.K. company it merged with across the pond.| Dallas Innovates
UT Dallas researcher Dr. Walter Voit turned Minecraft into an innovative educational and AI training platform, drawing interest from DARPA and launching startup Pedegree Studios. Here's how this Dallas-Fort Worth team is reshaping workforce training—from chemistry labs to semiconductor facilities—in a virtual sandbox.| Dallas Innovates
The Women of Innovation Summit will take place on Aug. 4 at Southern Methodist University’s McFarlin Auditorium during Dallas Startup Week, powered by Capital One. Women are encouraged to bring their whole work teams and even friends to make the most of a day of growth and development.| Dallas Innovates
"It’s just cool that a Texas-based AI and robotics company can help a Texas-based burrito company expand in ways we could only imagine just a few years ago," says Alex Eagle, Chief Executive Officer for Freebirds World Burrito.| Dallas Innovates
Dallas-based JustPark has acquired Ohio startup Oobeo as part of its North American strategy for seamless parking and mobility tech growth.| Dallas Innovates
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from the Dallas Jackals, Akorbi Group, egage2learn, Trademark Property Co., Independent Bank Group, Avanci, Independent Bank Group, and more.| Dallas Innovates
With a five-year, $11.3 million grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, researchers at UT Dallas' new Human Nociceptor and Spinal Cord Molecular Signature Center are digging into the causes of chronic pain and new ways to treat it. The center's leader, Dr. Ted Price, says the data generated "will fundamentally change the way that we think about pain and how we develop therapeutics."| Dallas Innovates
Get ready for worlds to collide: With a plan 10 years in the making, Dallas' new International District will provide a unique home for international businesses of all sizes—along with a new 20-acre central park, international festivals, community gatherings, and a nearby PreK-12 STEAM International Academy being built by the Dallas ISD. Funded by a public-private partnership, the district is also a testing ground for innovation with a civic smart zone and automated people mover.| Dallas Innovates
Eight years after his first day at TestFit—a Dallas-based real estate development feasibility platform that's helped clients speed up site planning by as much as 10 times—Harness took to LinkedIn to share "8 things about founders." His insights include "We will work 80 hours a week for fun"; "We will not accept defeat, even at a 97% casualty rate"; and "Motivation is our own. No carrot. No stick. Just manic intent."| Dallas Innovates
The BMW Dallas Marathon is gearing up for its 2025 race weekend, to be held in a long, winding course around White Rock Lake December 12–14. One way it's doing that is by unveiling "a bold new logo" featuring a modern take on the Pegasus—Dallas' celebrated icon—stretching its neck out toward victory. Along with a refreshed merchandise collection, the updated visual identity "reflects the organization’s evolution as a premier running event and its deep connection to the Dallas communi...| Dallas Innovates
The $158 million Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenaeum at UT Dallas in Richardson has begun to take living shape with today's opening of the Crow Museum of Asian Art's second location and Tuesday's groundbreaking for a new 680-seat performance hall and music building. The project's goal: transforming UT Dallas into a cultural destination for North Texas.| Dallas Innovates
San Francisco-based Prologis—whose venture arm invested in a $20 million Series A round for TestFit along with Parkway Venture Capital and Perot Jain last year—has now deployed TestFit’s real-time AI platform to help the company "better judge the feasibility of new warehouse sites."| Dallas Innovates
Co-Founder Clifton Harness says TestFit is the first company to connect pro forma, construction cost, and asset design through building configurator software. The technology allows companies to "de-risk decisions" and log critical time savings when they develop new real estate. The funding will help the startup expand its R&D, quadruple its product and engineering teams, and build a new HQ. “With TestFit, we see a disruptor driving a paradigm shift in the real estate industry,” said Gregg...| Dallas Innovates
Dallas-based MyndVR, a leading provider of virtual reality solutions for seniors and “active agers,” has partnered with Healing HealthCare Systems to offer Continuous Ambient Relaxation Environment VRx (C.A.R.E.) to residents who use the MyndVR system at senior and memory care communities, assisted living centers, hospice care, and in the home. Using gaze-based navigation with VR headsets, users can interact with the immersive C.A.R.E. VRx app, which blends voice-based, guided ima...| Dallas Innovates
"Built by lenders for lenders," Gestalt Tech's industry veterans aim to give lenders an "out of the box" data solution built to deliver decision-ready information and insights.| Dallas Innovates
The University of North Texas at Dallas and the city of Dallas have announced a $10 million grant from the Communities Foundation of Texas toward the new law enforcement training center coming to the university's campus. Once built, it will become the new home of the Dallas Police Training Academy.| Dallas Innovates
"Together, we can build the workforce of the future—one that will attract and grow businesses, build equity, and sustain our city’s outstanding economic growth for years to come," Mayor Eric Johnson said on the report's release.| Dallas Innovates
Five local winners received up to $200,000 in funding to activate their solutions throughout North Texas.| Dallas Innovates
The hybrid event in August will take place in person at SMU and virtually. The seventh annual Dallas Startup Week powered by Capital One is Dallas-Fort Worth's largest event focused on driving entrepreneurial success, economic impact, and innovation in the region.| Dallas Innovates
Karen Ryder, a retail and digital veteran, has joined Dallas Market Center as chief operating officer, responsible for overseeing marketing, retail development, market services, IT, and digital. Ryder has been consulting for Dallas Market Center for several months and she brings experience in retail, brand development, and technology to her new role, the company said. […]| Dallas Innovates
While the museum searches for the perfect spot in southeast Dallas, it's making big plans for inspiring local kids. Through hands-on exhibits, creative programs, and deep community partnerships, it aims to spark something powerful through play—helping children discover how they can shape their world and make it better.| Dallas Innovates
TACA will recognize Gayle Halperin and Jim Nugent as the 2025 Silver Cup Award recipients at a luncheon on May 7. Here's how their individual contributions have left a lasting mark on Dallas’s arts scene, from dance leadership to arts advocacy.| Dallas Innovates
Now a quarter-century old, the Dallas-based cognitive neuroscience facility has grown from a "ragtag team" to a globally significant research institute dedicated uniquely to building better brain function. Here’s how it happened under chief director Sandra Bond Chapman, PhD.| Dallas Innovates
Discover how Dr. Shalini Prasad, a UT Dallas professor and recent Tech Titans award winner in invention, is revolutionizing public health with cutting-edge sensor technology. From wearable health monitors to rapid fentanyl detection and DIY food safety testing, her work with EnLiSense brings real-time health solutions to market| Dallas Innovates
Charisma, a social coaching program developed by the Center for BrainHealth, uses generative AI and gaming technology to create realistic virtual environments, helping individuals improve social skills with the guidance of a coach—and now it’s scaling up with AWS.| Dallas Innovates
Two nonprofits will each receive $250,000 in grant funding. The Capital One grants are part of a $3.5 million commitment to 12 nonprofit organizations.| Dallas Innovates
Entrepreneurs who want to take their small business to the next level can apply for Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. Free to participants, a 12-week program, facilitated in North Texas by Dallas College, focuses on business growth and provides education, a network of small business leaders and advisors, and access to capital. The deadline […]| Dallas Innovates
From leading Fortune 500 companies to co-founding a space-themed startup and authoring a book on the power of education, Jim Keyes' extraordinary journey from humble beginnings to visionary leader embodies the "American Dream." The multifaceted philanthropist, artist, and pilot is set to receive the 2024 Folsom Award from the Methodist Health System Foundation for his significant contributions to business, education, and the community.| Dallas Innovates
At a VIP event kicking off Venture Dallas 2024, Anurag Jain shared seven key trends driving innovation—from human longevity and workforce evolution to mobility and resilient supply chains—highlighting how Dallas-Fort Worth is a major hub for technology, investment, and adaptive growth.| Dallas Innovates
From an automated fish feeder to AI-driven construction to a therapeutic vest and more, the finalists will pitch their innovative concepts on May 19 at Blackstone Launchpad. The original date was rescheduled due to weather. They'll be competing for $170,000 in cash and scholarship prizes.| Dallas Innovates
With heavyweight backers like JPMorgan Chase and Perot Jain returning, the North Texas venture capital summit is gearing up for its fourth edition. Ahead of the event, the board offers insights on the region's tech boom and offers a glimpse of what’s to come.| Dallas Innovates
Premature babies diagnosed with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) face the risk of rehospitalization, delayed brain development, and respiratory problems throughout childhood. No FDA-approved therapies are available for BPD—which is why the new FDA designation for AyuVis's drug candidate, AVR-48, could lead to game-changing impact.| Dallas Innovates
UTDesign took home the Tech Titans of the Future – Community College/University award at the Tech Titans Gala 2024. The award, which included a cash prize, recognizes educational institutions that inspire and support students in choosing engineering and technology as their preferred career paths. Among a competitive field of finalists, UTDesign stood out for its […]| Dallas Innovates
Plano ISD partners with Capital One for the Savings Success program to take some of the myths out of money and turn them into financial facts.| Dallas Innovates
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Meet the forward-thinking creatives and visionaries who are pushing boundaries. These innovators are among the Future 50 in Dallas-Fort Worth, selected by our editors for their groundbreaking technologies and solutions that are disrupting the status quo. From the art sector to advertising and esports to restaurants, the 2023 Future 50 innovators are making waves in […]| Dallas Innovates
Meet the education innovators who are driving change in their communities and beyond. These forward-thinking individuals are among the Future 50 in Dallas-Fort Worth, our editors’ picks of trailblazers who are shaping the future in their industries. From improving the learning experience with gamification to addressing high rates of principal turnover, these education innovators are […]| Dallas Innovates
Meet the startup innovators who are driving change in their industries and beyond. These startups are among the Future 50 in Dallas-Fort Worth, our editors’ picks of forward-thinking innovators who are shaping their industries and communities. From the healthcare sector to the real estate industry, these trailblazers are disrupting the status quo with their groundbreaking […]| Dallas Innovates
He's been flown into space on his own Virgin Galactic space plane. He's crossed the Atlantic and Pacific in a hot air balloon, and set a speed record for crossing the Atlantic in a powerboat. But billionaire Richard Branson's biggest daredevil acts have arguably been founding businesses—from Virgin Records to Virgin Atlantic to Virgin Mobile to Virgin Hotels and many, many more.| Dallas Innovates
The Dallas Public Library's J. Erik Jonsson Central Library in downtown Dallas—one of America's largest—was built in 1982 across from Dallas City Hall, and many agree it could use an overhaul. That especially includes library officials and consultants they brought in for a report on the building's future, among other needed investments in the city's library system.| Dallas Innovates
The University of Texas at Dallas' largest startup pitch event, now in its 17th year, isn't sitting on its laurels. Here's what's new this year, and who made the finals. With dual events, a fireside chat, and judge-powered prize allocations, it's set to unfold on April 5 and 17.| Dallas Innovates