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  • New CBRE research points to a maturing tech workforce in North Texas, fueled partly by the Y’all Street financial services boom.

  • Two new reports — one from Cushman & Wakefield, another from JLL — put North Texas and the Lone Star State at the center of the global data center boom.

  • The cumulative milestone reached by TrendAI, whose U.S. headquarters is in Irving, underscores how quickly AI is reshaping cybersecurity spending — and how the AWS Mark...

  • Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 among 250 U.S. metros in patent production for the week of Aug. 4, with 159 patents granted to inventors and companies across the region.

  • Ranchbot, a provider of real-time, satellite-based technology for water monitoring for livestock producers, plans to use some of the funding to grow its agtech portfolio.

Business
Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report
Riding a Wave of Deals, Taiwan Expo USA Returns to Dallas Next Month by Sandra Engelland
Mansfield’s Trinity Forge Celebrates Two 50-Year Employees by Sandra Engelland
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Opportunities for North Texas Innovators by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report
Dallas-Based Corgan Wins Sustainability Award for Wells Fargo’s Net-Positive Irving Campus by Hilary Weaver
AT&T Performing Arts Center, Dallas Theater Center to Combine Operations in Effort to Strengthen North Texas Arts by Sandra Engelland
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Education
SMU’s Maguire Ethics Center Lands Nearly $500K for Character Programs by Sandra Engelland
Mark Cuban Foundation Launches Its First AI Education Program for Adults at Dallas College by Sandra Engelland
UTA Lands DOE Genesis Mission Award to Keep AI Honest in Scientific Research by Kim Lyons
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Invention
Kimberly-Clark Looks Past Trees for Future Paper Products by Kim Lyons
Patented: Scottish Rite’s Magnetically Released Suture Anchor and 108 More Inventions Across North Texas by Dave Head
Shield AI Flies Taiwan Drone Swarm Without Human Pilots by Kim Lyons
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Startup
Astromech Raises $20M for Next Phase of Bringing AI to Evolutionary Biology by Lauren Lawley Head
Bestow Launches Lab Team as Carriers Push to Modernize by Lauren Lawley Head
CodeLaunch Debuts Reality-Style Show for Its U.S. Startup Competition by Kim Lyons
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Calendar: Not-to-Miss Events for Innovators in Dallas-Fort Worth

by | Aug 28, 2026
North Texas has plenty to see, hear, and watch. Here are our editors' picks. Plus, you'll find more selections to "save the date."
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Lyda Hill Philanthropies, TAMEST Award $1M More to Six Texas Researchers
by | Aug 27, 2026
Grants of $100,000 or $200,000 went to research projects not chosen for the 2026 Hill Prizes. Six Texas researchers, including three from Dallas’ UT Southwestern Medical Center, shared the $1 million.
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Riding a Wave of Deals, Taiwan Expo USA Returns to Dallas Next Month
by | Aug 27, 2026
As Taiwanese companies expand operations in North Texas, the three-day event aims to pair U.S. buyers with more than 100 suppliers.
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Don Moody, left, and Richard Hughes celebrated 50 years at the Mansfield-based forging and precision machining company Trinity Forge. [Photo: Trinity Forge]

Mansfield’s Trinity Forge Celebrates Two 50-Year Employees

by | Aug 27, 2026
As the U.S. grapples with a shortage of skilled trade workers, Richard Hughes and Don Moody represent “a combined century of experience, dedication and institutional knowledge,” the manufacturer said.
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Builders FirstSource Teams Up With AI Startup Digs on ‘Digital Twin’ Platform for Homes
by | Aug 26, 2026
Irving-based Builders FirstSource led a $25.3 million Series A investment as part of a larger partnership with the Vancouver, Washington-based maker of AI software for residential construction.
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Thrust Flight Takes Its Pilot Training East in Hampton University Partnership
by | Aug 26, 2026
The Addison-based company’s new aviation campus, near Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport, will provide flight training for students in the university’s aviation program. It also will be home to Thrust Flight’s airline pilot training and aircraft mechanic training programs, both open to the public.
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Student Team Engineers Improved Method to Transport Thoracic Donor Organs
by | Aug 25, 2026
When Dr. Irina Timofte wanted to find a way to give donor lungs more time in transit, she turned to a team of six engineering students at UT Dallas. It is the third time the UT Southwestern transplant pulmonologist has worked with a UTDesign Capstone project.
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