Houston Tech Rodeo

• Fostering Innovation and Technology: The Texas Legislature's Commitment with Rep. Giovanni Capriglione and Rep. John Bucy III - Link
  - Austin Next Podcast
   
• Sputnik ATX VC, Austin-Based Venture Capital Fund, Announces 11th Cohort - Link
   
• From a Shower Idea to a $2.7 Million Business: The Inspiring Story of The Brobe - Link
• SXSW’s 2023 Health & MedTech Track to feature programming on Human Brain Interfaces, TikTok for Docs, Nick Jonas on Diabetes, and More - Link
• Austin’s Harbor Health Aims to Disrupt Healthcare Delivery - Link
• Curative Launches the Netflix Model for Healthcare Insurance in Austin - Link
  - Silicon Hills News' Laura Lorek
   
• B2B Product Launch Best Practices for Startups | Launch Marketing - Link
  - Austin Startups
   
• What’s New at SXSW 2023: Industry Networking Events & More - Link
• 2023 Innovation Awards Finalists Announced - Link
• RSVP for Mentor Sessions and Workshops at SXSW 2023 - Link
  - SXSW
   
• Chamber partnership looks to strengthen connection to startup community - Link
  - Austin Monitor
   
• These Treasured Austin Businesses Deserve City Safeguarding - Link
• Austin Mayor Kirk Watson Reflects on Returning to Office After Two Decades - Link
• Is Austin Ready for a “Big Three” Sports Franchise? - Link
• The New Rules for Tipping - Link
• Aaron Franklin Prepares to Finally Unveil Uptown Sports Club - Link
• This $267 Million Movie and TV Studio Revitalizing the Texas Film Industry - Link
• How Spaceflight Records is Upending the Music Industry - Link
• Austin Slang: The Complete Guide - Link
• The 10 Most Provocative SXSW Panel Names - Link
• When Artists Don’t Quit Their Day Jobs, Amazing Things Can Happen - Link
  - Austin Monthly
   
• Texas’ New Motto Should Be ‘Don’t Mess With My Electricity’ - Link
• Anti-Dust Tech Paves Way for Self-Cleaning Surfaces - Link
• Salt Could Play Key Role in Energy Transition - Link
• UT Austin Mourns the Death of Red McCombs - Link
  - University of Texas
   
• Study: After a four-day work week, more companies aren’t going back - Link
• Why are Microsoft’s attempts at integrating AI always so terrible!? - Link
• If it seems too good to be true, it probably is: let’s talk Temu - Link
• Why Amazon reworks policies post layoffs - Link
• Meet Zoox, Amazon’s test foray into autonomous ridesharing - Link
• New LLCs rise in face of mass layoffs, but does that mean more jobs? - Link
• “Translate” your legal documents into plain language with this AI tool - Link
• Before you buy an electric vehicle, consider the slave labor used - Link
• Hit the brakes: Cruise driverless cars filmed violating traffic laws - Link
• Ford to move ahead with controversial EV battery plant - Link
• How Google’s employees are teaching their AI chatbot, Bard - Link
• Struggling to hire? In this labor shortage, you’re not alone - Link
• AI ethics: What we have to figure out, and soon - Link
  - The American Genius
   
• Cloud Cost Optimization Platform ProsperOps Raises $72M - Link
• DISCO Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 Financials - Link
• When Nurturing Client Relationships, These 3 Teams Rely On Good ... - Link
• Everyware® Honored to be Included in Built In 2023 Best Places To Work Awards - Link
• VUV Analytics Got $20M, Smarter Sorting Rebranded, and More ... - Link
• For This CPO, Leadership Means Setting Others Up for Success - Link
• Smarter Sorting Rebrands to SmarterX After a Steller 2022 - Link
  - Built in Austin
   
• H Mart to open second Austin grocery store - Link
• Why UT is taking back a semiconductor plant in South Austin - Link
• Journal Profile: How Jacqueline Samira learned to give herself credit and go for it - Link
• People's Community Clinic secures federal funds - Link
• Defense contractor to build rocket motors in little Luling at new $25M facility - Link
• Austin startup ProsperOps lands $72M investment to optimize cloud spending - Link
• Noveon aims to jumpstart rare-earth magnet production in US - Link
• Favor has new CEO, other C-suite changes - Link
• SXSW to offer free entry to Creative Industries Expo during first Austin Industry Day - Link
• Tesla to put global engineering HQ in HP's old Silicon Valley campus - Link
• Accounting firms stock up on CPAs in Austin - Link
• Website builder Wix.com cutting 100 jobs in Austin - Link
• M&A Wrap: Enspire acquired; Keller Williams sells mortgage division - Link
• Appliance distributor signs on as first tenant in Lockhart industrial park - Link
• Coming to Austin FC's Q2 Stadium this year: Kerbey Lane queso, Amazon's 'Just Walk Out' checkout tech - Link
• Steph Steele has big plans for Tiny Grocer - Link
• Metals co. in semiconductor supply chain plans big expansion in Hutto - Link
• Funding wrap: $231M raised for fungal 're-wilding,' fashion help, much more - Link
• Amegy Bank appoints first female president of Central Texas market - Link
• Texas business and sports icon Red McCombs has died - Link
• Founders may buy Texas pet stores out of bankruptcy, including Austin-area locations - Link
• Applied Materials expects $250M sales hit because of cyberattack at supplier - Link
  - Austin Business Journal & Austin Inno's Brent Wistrom
   
• Silicon Labs CEO: Focus on Internet of Things led to growth, revenue - Link
• Austin ranks among top metro areas for 'digitalization,' report finds - Link
• Website builder Wix.com to lay off 100 workers in Austin - Link
• Tesla opening engineering HQ in California. What does it mean for Austin? - Link
• Bernie Sanders, Casar back striking Austin YouTube Music contractors - Link
  - Austin American-Statesman

• VelocityTX signs UT Health San Antonio agreement to run TechNovum accelerator - Link
  - Startups San Antonio’s Iris Gonzalez
   
• Geekdom forges partnership with Brownsville and UTRGV to foster startups in South Texas - Link
  - San Antonio Express-News
   
• Cannabis Reform, Voting Rights: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week - Link
• Texas bill would allow cities and counties to make call on whether to legalize cannabis - Link
• Memorial service for San Antonio business magnate 'Red' McCombs set for Monday at the Tobin Center - Link
• San Antonio business tycoon Red McCombs dead at 95 - Link
  - San Antonio Current
   
• Jefferson Bank names new president, chairman as construction of new HQ building winds up - Link
• Wearable panic buttons coming to Alamo Heights classrooms - Link
• UT Health launches Latino-focused cancer research center - Link
• McCombs remembered by many for his ‘optimism and commitment’ to San Antonio - Link
• Southwest Research Institute wraps up its 75th year with record growth - Link
• Billionaire auto magnate, civic leader and former Spurs owner Red McCombs dies at 95 - Link
  - San Antonio Report
   
• 'You’re not going to see a big change in leadership,' says new Jefferson Bank chair - Link
• Jefferson Bank shakes up key leadership positions ahead of new HQ move - Link
• Favor has new CEO, other C-suite changes - Link
• Blueprint Hospitality's hotel project in former utility HQ to go before HDRC - Link
• Five restaurants, two law firms planned for The Creamery mixed-use building in Tobin Hill - Link
• Alamo Angels’ Garzon: SA startup capital on the rise - Link
• Two SA business leaders talk about challenges facing women in the workplace - Link
• San Antonio seeing layoffs as national economy slows - Link
• CEO of East SA economic development group resigns - Link
• TaskUs to lay off nearly 200 local employees - Link
• Veteran urban design firm making big leadership change - Link
• Texas bills aim to cease municipal involvement of labor regulations - Link
• San Antonio business and sports icon Red McCombs has died - Link
• Mentoring Monday: How to keep the momentum going after the coaching session - Link
  - San Antonio Business Journal

• #34: Sold his tech services company to invest in big vision for his BI analytics products – Gopal Krishnamurthy -
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  - Practical Founders Podcast's Greg Head
   
• As Tarrant County grows, transportation is crucial - Link
• Gov. Greg Abbott says Texas will revamp economic development program after property tax incentive expires - Link
• Stories with Soul features Joe T. Garcia’s - Link
• Gary Fickes: Transportation Summit showed Tarrant County is leading mobility innovation - Link
  - Fort Worth Business Press
   
• SMU’s Lyle School of Engineering Gets ‘Landmark’ $20M Gift from TI CEO and Former GE Analyst - Link
• Downtown Dallas Inc. Announces 2023 Chair of the Board, Hold Annual Meeting - Link
• Theme Park Giant Six Flags Entertainment Corp. Names New Chief Marketing Officer - Link
• Former Microsoft Environmental Strategist Robert Bernard Joins CBRE as Chief Sustainability Officer - Link
• Insurer Globe Life Adds 2 New Members to its Board of Directors - Link
• Dallas College Partners with U. of Arizona Global Campus on Allied Health Programs - Link
• Klyde Warren Park Once Again Voted One of Top 5 Best City Parks in U.S. - Link
• Famed ‘Ninja’ Joins Frisco’s GameSquare as CIO, Will Lead New Incubator - Link
• The Last Word: Texas Motor Speedway’s Mark Faber on Making Some Fast Company - Link
• Former Richards Group Building to Be Renovated, Rebranded as One West Village - Link
• The Last Word: Hotels.com’s Melanie Fish on the Rise of ‘Thirst Trips’ - Link
• Plano-Based Rent-A-Center Rebrands Its Corporate Entity as Upbound Group - Link
• A Robot Is Changing Tires at a Discount Tire Store in Arlington - Link
• Toyota Offers New Tool to Help Customers Find Electric Vehicle Incentives - Link
• Home Loan Servicer Mr. Cooper Appoints EVP/Chief Legal Officer - Link
• Trend Micro Acquires Security Operations Center Tech Provider Anlyz - Link
• Ranger Investment Management Promotes 2 Executives to New Roles - Link
• Los Angeles-based Real Estate Firm Opens Dallas Office, Names New Managing Principal - Link
• Gamification Startup CataBoom Hires Industry Veteran as Chief Client Officer - Link
• Dallas Regional Chamber Launches Life Science Recruitment Campaign - Link
• How Visit Fort Worth Got Jimmy Stewart, Who Passed Away in 1997, to Voice Its New Ad Campaign - Link
• Cedar Hill, Austin Join List of Cities with Bird City Texas Certification - Link
• SPCA of Texas Names Interim President/CEO After Current Leader Resigns - Link
• Dallas Startup Preciate Rebrands as Scoot, Lands $12M in Series A Funding - Link
• Vista Bank Adds Accomplished Attorney to its Board of Directors - Link
• UT Southwestern Names New Chair of President’s Advisory Board - Link
• Bell Achieves World’s First Flight Using 100% Sustainable Fuel in Single-Engine Helicopter - Link
• The Last Word: Swash Labs’ Josh Berthume After One Year of 4-Day Work Weeks at His Ad Agency - Link
• Dallas Invents: 142 Patents Granted for Week of February 14 - Link
• HireLogic Nabs $6M Series A Raise for Its Next Phase of Growth - Link
• Dallas Museum of Art Launches Design Competition for a Major $150M to $175M Expansion - Link
• Civitas Capital Group Adds New Head of Capital Markets - Link
• Quiltt Inc, Launches Fintech’s First “Easy Button” — The Quiltt Connector - Link
• UTSW Researchers Find Autoantibody Linked to Rare Disorder That Destroys Fat - Link
• The Last Word: VLK Architects’ Ori Matisse Evans on Why Dallas Inspires His Work - Link
• Dallas Nonprofit Beyond the Ball Snags a Community Grant from Michael Jordan and Jordan Brands - Link
• Data Center Giant CyrusOne Promotes Exec to EVP, Chief Customer Officer - Link
• The Concilio Announces New Board Members, Chairman of the Board - Link
• Dallas PR, Marketing Agency Idea Grove Announces 4 Promotions - Link
• Addison’s Gehan Homes Rebrands Its Business as Brightland Homes - Link
• READYTOWORK Launches Initiative to Meet Demand for Pharmacy Techs in Texas - Link
• UNT and COMSovereign to Collaborate on 5G Edge-Centric Research Platform for Advanced Air Mobility and More - Link
• Fort Worth’s Will Rogers Memorial Coliseum Will Receive $8.5M Facelift - Link
• Texas Woman’s University to Honor Lucy Billingsley with Dykes Leadership Award - Link
• Stack Sports to Acquire Video Streaming Platform Meridix - Link
• Grocery Giant H-E-B to Open Applications for 2023 ‘Quest for Texas Best’ - Link
  - Dallas Innovates
   
• Slync Raises $24 Million in Funding Following Fraud Charges Against Former CEO - Link
• The Bipartisan Push To Make a Dent in Daily Expenses Faced by Families - Link
• Meet the Dallas 500: Gennéa Squire de Torres - Link
• News Bites: Dallas All-Star Chefs Cook For Charity, Barbecue Family Feud, and a $95 Taco - Link
• DFW Healthcare Brief: Caris Life Sciences Tops $1.7 B in Funding and Children’s Health CEO Chris Durovich Recognized by THA - Link
• Three Healthcare Business Implications for the End of the Public Health Emergency - Link
• Learn About DFW’s Biotech Boom at D CEO’s Next Healthcare Breakfast Panel Event - Link
• Mary Kay Veteran Takes on New Role as Chief Experience Officer - Link
• Retail Roundup: Thrift Studio To Open Permanent Storefront - Link
• Dallas Etiquette 101: Don’t Go for Groceries in a Dually - Link
• Finalists Announced: D CEO’s Financial Executive Awards 2023 - Link
• Finalists Announced: 2023 Mergers & Acquisitions Awards - Link
  - D Magazine
   
• Q&A with David Aspinall, CEO of auticon US - Link
• CBRE advances sustainability efforts with new hire - Link
• How Forest Forward and CEO Elizabeth Wattley are working to create a 'better Dallas for all' - Link
• ‘Boomtown’: Sherman’s housing needs soar with semiconductor fabs on the way, Mayor David Plyler says - Link
• Chase Auto CEO: 'We think this year we're better than last' - Link
• Texas has had the second-most layoffs this year. Here's what that means for Dallas-Fort Worth - Link
• Behind the deal: Why this food and beverage firm chose to grow in Midlothian - Link
• Former Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price joins real estate private equity firm - Link
• Bell Textron project becomes first single-engine helicopter to fly using 100% sustainable aviation fuel - Link
• Trend Micro acquires firm focused on security operations center tech - Link
• Amazon employees push back on return-to-office plan - Link
• This firm is capitalizing on gold rush into industrial outdoor storage - Link
• Prairie View A&M University names acting president to succeed Ruth Simmons - Link
• Interstate Batteries names new CEO - Link
• CyrusOne appoints Andrea Munoz to chief customer officer - Link
• Bring on the biotech: There's a new economic development push for North Texas - Link
• Ryan Companies 'all-in' on expanding speculative industrial platform in Dallas, across Texas - Link
• As salary offers fall back to earth, here’s how wages are trending in DFW, Texas - Link
  - Dallas Business Journal & NXT Inno

• Here's how many Texas jobs are at risk of being replaced by AI — according to AI - Link
• 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week - Link
• UK personalized surgery startup rebrands, expands to US by way of Houston - Link
• Texas grocer seeks innovative foodies for 10th annual high-stakes competition - Link
• Houston expert: What I've learned about navigating the business world as a Black founder - Link
• Houston hospital snags $1M to advance Alzheimer’s research - Link
• How this Houston innovator is tapping into tech to make homeownership more accessible - Link
• Houston material science company strategically rolls out flagship product nationwide - Link
• Houston startup rebrands to provide AI chat tool focused on women’s health - Link
• ESG has moved from sidelines to strategy — here's what that means for Houston companies - Link
• 2 Houston startups tapped for inaugural BIPOC-focused accelerator cohort - Link
• UH enters into agreement to bring energy-focused data center to campus - Link
• Houston startup gears up to deliver geothermal energy - Link
• 3 Houston innovators to know this week - Link
  - Innovation Map Houston’s Natalie Harms
   
• Meet the candidates: Incumbent SGA President Joshua Martin reflects on 59th administration, looks ahead - Link
• Meet the candidates: SGA presidential nominee Benjamin Rizk shares platform, goals - Link
• Gas line break reported near Cougar Place, notice sent to avoid area - Link
• As March nears, UH has checklist of areas for improvement - Link
• How SGA President Joshua Martin quietly reshaped elections in his favor - Link
  - University of Houston
   
• MacArthur Fellow P. Gabrielle Foreman to give lecture at Rice March 7 - Link
• Rice senior Joseph Asfouri awarded prestigious Churchill Scholarship - Link
• Rice acquires rare replica of William Blake printing press - Link
• Hands-free tech adds realistic sense of touch in extended reality - Link
• Lauren Sadler has won an NSF CAREER Award - Link
• Rice team begins ambitious quantum entanglement research - Link
• Rice U.’s Taiyun Chi wins NSF CAREER Award - Link
  - Rice University
   
• Texas Southern University: A catalyst for research-based solutions in Houston and beyond - Link
• Hispanic Chamber of Commerce CEO Laura Murillo wins HBJ's Diversity in Business Lifetime Achievement award - Link
• $1.6B LBJ Hospital project to expand capacity, care options while driving economic impact - Link
• Kinder Foundation grants $2M to create Discovery Green endowment - Link
• Texas Children’s, Menninger Clinic form new mental health unit to address pandemic-driven surge in demand - Link
• Increased entrepreneurship forces a change in mentoring - Link
• Q&A: Lone Star College offers relevant, customized workforce training - Link
• Behind the List: Meet some of the Bayou City's top Black-owned business leaders - Link
• Biotech co. PackGene breaks ground on Houston expansion, plans to triple local workforce - Link
• Space Center Houston suits up to host annual Moon 2 Mars Business Conference - Link
• Vigilance against fraud on company bank accounts calls for teamwork - Link
• Restaurant Roundup: 1751 Sea and Bar to close; Mac Haik Restaurant Group invests in Dué Cucina - Link
• Hobby Airport could be saying goodbye to its Pappas restaurants, adding new concepts - Link
• Berg Hospitality Group to open new soda fountain concept with Carvel treats in M-K-T - Link
• University of Houston to open renovated, expanded hotel on campus - Link
• Bridge Business Credit expands into Houston, hires former PNC exec - Link
• Prairie View A&M University to receive $1.35M from BP's new HBCU Fellowship Program - Link
• Study: Texas leads nation for aerospace - Link
• Prairie View A&M University first HBCU to lead national-tier University Transportation Center - Link
• Prairie View A&M University names acting president to succeed Ruth Simmons - Link
• Harris County approves $9.1M to boost union apprenticeship programs - Link
• United Airlines launches $100M investment fund targeting sustainable fuels tech - Link
• Astros, Rockets other Texas teams throw support behind mobile sports betting bills - Link
• Verde Clean Fuels begins trading after completing SPAC merger - Link
• Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space's new accelerator program selects first cohort - Link
• Houston benefits platform Empyrean acquires Austin tech startup Enspire - Link
  - Houston Business Journal
   
• Houston company wins NASA grant for a pipeline on the moon - Link
  - Houston Chronicle
   
• McAllen Day in Austin - Link
  - McAllen Chamber of Commerce

• Time Is Running Out for In-Demand Metals: Manganese and 4 Other Shortages Coming Up Fast – Kirk Coburn - Link
• 79 Tasks for Virtual Assistants: My Real World Examples - Nick Gray - Link
• Atmosphere, valued at $1B, plans to corner the out-of-home streaming market - Fierce Video - Link
• Musk Moves Tesla Headquarters Back To California After Stint In Texas - Link
• I'm Dating an AI Chatbot. It's One of the Best Things to Happen to Me - Link
• How Millions of Jeans Get Recycled Into New Pairs in Pakistan - Link
• Hearts, Minds, Wallets: the simple structure for a successful startup pitch - Link
• State of Consumer Internet Report 2023 - Silicon Valley Bank - Link
• Nauticus Robotics to release second fleet of undersea robots - Link
• Enhancing Portfolios Through Direct Alternative Investments - Net Equity Capital - Link
• FundFire - Venture Market Braces for Fundraising, Deals Slowdown - Link
• Am I a Bad VC for Wanting Our Portfolio Companies To Make More Money for Public Investors Than They Did For Us? - by Hunter Walk - Feb, 2023 - Medium - Link
• Smartrr bags $10M for its customer experience approach to e-commerce subscriptions - TechCrunch - Link
• Reddit Co-Founder’s Quest For Unseizable Property - Link