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2 days ago | 
dallasinnovates.com | David Seeley
A sprawling 270-acre development that could "rewrite perceptions" of Southern Dallas got a groundbreaking near the UNT Dallas campus Monday. Local investment group Hoque Global acquired the undeveloped land next to the University of North Texas at Dallas campus in 2022, saying it planned to create new housing, commercial buildings, and green space in the development, which it calls University Hills.
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2 days ago | 
dallasinnovates.com | David Seeley
This fall, the Dallas Cowboys will need lots of protection from New York Giant edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux, the 5th overall pick in the 2022 NFL draft. But Thibodeaux will have some protection of his own, thanks to an innovative, concussion-preventing balaclava from a North Texas startup.
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1 week ago | 
dallasinnovates.com | David Seeley
Last Thursday, SPARK! Dallas-a nonprofit that aims to ignite creativity in children through a fully immersive, hands-on learning environment-celebrated its 10th anniversary with a SPARKtacular fundraiser event. More than 160 guests attended, bid on silent auction items, and enjoyed appetizers and beverages at the home of Leigh and Bryce Williams. The goal: Raise funds to help children learn about creativity.
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1 week ago | 
dallasinnovates.com | David Seeley
EarthX honors Hunt Energy CEO Hunter Hunt with its inaugural Investment and Innovation Leadership Award for his impact on clean energy transition and sustainable investment.
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2 weeks ago | 
dallasinnovates.com | David Seeley
If you saw one on I-45 this week, your eyes weren't deceiving you. That big tractor-trailer roaring down the highway didn't have anyone at the wheel, in the cab, or in the truck at all. After years of testing its self-driving technology up and down I-45, Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation (Nasdaq: AUR) made history this week by launching America's first driverless class 8 commercial trucking delivery service between Dallas and Houston.
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2 weeks ago | 
dallasinnovates.com | David Seeley
Verily-a Dallas-based health data platform and AI company owned by Google parent Alphabet Inc.- has received a $14.7 million grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. The grant's goal is to generate a comprehensive molecular dataset to advance Parkinson's disease research. Last year, Verily relocated its headquarters from San Francisco to Dallas.
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2 weeks ago | 
s24806.pcdn.co | David Seeley
Dallas-based Spark Biomedical, an innovator in drug-free wearable neurostimulation technology, has closed its $15M Series A fundraising round. Led by Waco-based WAVE Ventures and supported by New York’s Pathway to Cures, the funding will accelerate Spark’s development of its bioelectronic treatments and support its core business focuses of neurological health, hemostasis, and women’s health, the company said.
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2 weeks ago | 
dallasinnovates.com | David Seeley
Southlake-based travel tech giant Sabre (Nasdaq: SABR) and TPG, a leading private equity firm headquartered in Fort Worth and San Francisco, have inked a 10-figure deal that will impact hotels around the globe. TPG (Nasdaq: TPG) is acquiring Sabre's Hospitality Solutions business for $1.1 billion in cash, funding the deal via TPG Capital, the firm's U.S. and European PE platform.
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2 weeks ago | 
dallasinnovates.com | David Seeley
Manthripragada is just one of countless leaders in business, investment, innovation, philanthropy, academia, environmental advocacy, and more who've been speaking and connecting at this weeks's EarthX2025 Congress of Congresses, which runs through Friday at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. During the event's E-Capital Summit, Manthripragada spoke with MassChallenge CEO Caitlin Reimers Brumme,
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4 weeks ago | 
dallasinnovates.com | David Seeley
Todd GarnerChief Product Officer Sam's Club....on the Grapevine Sam's Club store's use of computer vision, RFID, cashier-less Scan & Go tech, and more, via the Dallas Morning News. Since it reopened last October, the Sam's Club store in Grapevine has offered a peek into a whole new retail future. Instead of waiting at cash registers, customers use Scan & Go tech to pay for items with a phone app. AI and computer vision are used to keep store shelves stocked.
