| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.09.2024 | $50 Million SparkLabs AIM AI Fund Launches to Invest in Global AI Startups | SparkLabs AI logo
The fund will invest in AIM-X's startup accelerator companies along with other seed and Series A AI startups
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SparkLabs AIM AI Fund launches with $50 million that wi... |
| 08.04.2024 | Jay Tchakarov Joins Allganize Inc. as Chief Executive Officer | A SAAS growth veteran, Jay Tchakarov brings over 15 years of enterprise tech go-to-market and operations experience HOUSTON, TX, UNITED STATES, April 8, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Allganize Inc., a frontrunner in the field of secure AI and ... |
| 07.02.2024 | Houston Methodist signs on at new TMC Helix Park building | Texas medical giant Houston Methodist is the latest to join the Dynamic One building within TMC Helix Park.
The hospital announced that it has signed a 75,800-square-foot lease in the building and will take over two floors of biomedical res... |
| 06.02.2024 | Houston expert shares 3 business trend predictions for 2024 | Last year was a dynamic year for businesses across all sectors. Artificial intelligence went from a novel technology to a more widely utilized business productivity tool. Many companies invested additional resources in sustainable business ... |
| 23.01.2024 | How to navigate toxic lab workplaces, according to UH research | There are many types of toxic bosses. The Micromanager. The Narcissist. The Incompetent Boss. The list goes on. But labs led by toxic PIs not only make for an abysmal workplace they can actually encourage research misconduct.
According to C... |
| 19.01.2024 | Is Texas a top state for business? New reports find mixed results | Texas economic development boosters are crowing about a new top-in-the-nation ranking. But they’re probably frowning about a different business ranking that’s mediocre.
First, the good news.
Business Facilities magazine just named Texas the... |
| 18.01.2024 | Houston innovator's new book to help business leaders be 'authentically successful,' move past just inclusion | Denise Hamilton says she's been used to looking around and realizing she's the only woman or African American in the room, and for the past nine years, she's been providing resources and education to trailblazing women like her. Now, she wa... |
| 12.01.2024 | Freshly funded startups, NASA-backed engine testing top this week's top Houston innovation stories | Editor's note:Welcome back for another roundup of top Houston innovation news from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included recent startup funding rounds, two new hires, and more.
These 9 Houst... |
| 12.01.2024 | Houston innovation leader named to new role to drive strategy, programming | A longtime Houston innovation leader has added a new title to his role at Rice University.
Brad Burke, who has served as executive director of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship for 20 years, has been named associate vice... |
| 12.01.2024 | Driverless semi-truck tech to launch between Houston and Dallas later this year | Kodiak Robotics is scaling up its driverless semi truck, which will initially carry cargo on a Houston-to-Dallas route that’s set to formally launch this year.
The most recent version of Kodiak’s truck debuted in Las Vegas at the recent 202... |
| 09.01.2024 | Houston innovator: Why we need to protect the individual inventor | In 2011, Congress passed The America Invents Act, which created an administrative pathway for challenging the validity of patents. This allowed an opportunity to bypass our courts and get non-judges to determine whether an already issued pa... |
| 09.01.2024 | How this Houston innovator plans on revolutionizing AI on a global scale | It’s taken people some time, but most of society is finally doing a collective 180-degree flip on its once guarded view of artificial intelligence in favor of being open to the idea that it can help humankind in a myriad of positive ways.
T... |
| 09.01.2024 | Houston rocket tech company partners with NASA on critical testing | A Houston-headquartered space tech company that's working on technology to enable hypersonic travel has announced a partnership with NASA to test its tech.
Venus Aerospace has partnered with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville... |
| 04.01.2024 | Houston small biz organization expands strategic partnerships | In alliance with their mission of supporting Houston small businesses the Small Business Administration Houston District Office has expanded its partnerships.
The Houston SBA has joined forces with various organizations across a 32-county f... |
| 29.12.2023 | Raising the roof: These were the top 5 investment rounds raised by Houston startups in 2023 | Editor's note: As 2023 comes to a close, InnovationMap is looking back at the year's top stories in Houston innovation. When it came to the money raised in Houston, these five startups raised the most, according to reporting done by Innovat... |
| 29.12.2023 | Houston soars as a small biz hub, innovators to know, and more trending news | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included a roundups of 2023's top stories, Houston recognized as a... |
| 21.12.2023 | City approves $5.5M investment for Houston flight school | Houston City Council approved Houston Airports to use $5.5 million from its Airport Improvement Fund to build the Texas Southern University Flight Academy at Ellington Airport.
The new facility will add to student learning with TSU’s aviati... |
| 20.12.2023 | Houston SPAC deal closes, high-tech monitoring device co. IPOs | A sports tech-focused special purpose acquisition company has sealed the deal on its acquisition of a company with thermal imaging and sensing platform technology.
SportsMap Tech Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: SMAP) announced the close of its a... |
| 13.12.2023 | How this Houston SaaS startup plans to scale with future of energy in mind | As much as she loves a good Excel spreadsheet, Samra Nawaz had just about had it with the convoluted — and not always completely accurate — process of building financial models within upstream oil and gas.
"Excel is generally a good to... |
| 12.12.2023 | Proposed Texas high-speed Houston-Dallas rail lands $500K in federal funds | Amtrak and its partners will receive more than $2.1 billion in a federal program to improve existing routes and expand Amtrak service across the U.S.
That includes $500,000 from the Federal Railroad Administration awarded to the long-in-the... |
| 11.12.2023 | Houston AI company raises $35M, plans for Japanese IPO | A Houston tech startup with an artificial intelligence technology has announced it's raised two rounds of funding as it plans to continue developing its product and IPO in Japan.
Allganize recently closed a $20 million series B round of fun... |
| 11.12.2023 | Customizable commercial condo concept expands to The Woodlands | An Austin-based company that provides ownable multi-use space is expanding in the Houston area.
XSpace has announced that it will break ground next year in The Woodlands and open near the intersection of Six Pines Drive and Lake Woodlands D... |
| 16.11.2023 | Allganize、AIチャットボット「Alli」のオンプレミス版をJ-POWERグループに提供し、バックオフィス業務の効率化に貢献 | AIで企業の生産性を革新するオールインワンLLMソリューションを提供するAllganzie Japan株式会社（本社：東京都渋谷区、代表取締役：佐藤 康雄、以下「Allganize」）は、電源開発株式会社（本社：東京都中央区、代表取締役社長 社長執行役員：菅野 等、以下「J-POWER」）が社内問い合わせ対応業務のAIチャットボットとしてAllganizeの「Alli」（以下「Alli」）のオンプレミス版を採用し、業務効率化を実現されましたことをお知らせいたします。
All... |
| 01.11.2023 | AllganizeのAIチャットボット「Alli」、大和証券グループのバックオフィス業務の効率化に貢献 | AIで企業の生産性を革新するオールインワンLLMソリューションを提供するAllganize Japan株式会社（本社：東京都渋谷区、代表取締役：佐藤 康雄、以下「Allganize」）は、株式会社大和証券グループ本社（執行役社長 中田 誠司、以下「大和証券グループ本社」）が社内問い合わせ対応業務のAIチャットボットとしてAllganizeの「Alli」（以下「Alli」）を採用し、営業支援業務の効率化を実現されましたことをお知らせいたします。
Alli 採用の背景
大和証... |
| 24.10.2023 | Houston expert: How early tech exposure can prepare the future workforce | In our ever-evolving digital landscape, there's no better time to embrace technology than now. This is evident by a fascinating prediction from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: a whopping 100,000 tech-related jobs are projected in the n... |
| 23.10.2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from space tech to robotics — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Tim Crain, co-founder and ... |
| 20.10.2023 | 6 energy tech startups named to corporate-backed manufacturing accelerator | Greentown Labs has named the six participating climatetech startups for an accelerator for a global energy leader.
Shell and Greentown Labs announced the cohort for Greentown Go Make 2023 — a program designed to accelerate partnerships betw... |
| 19.10.2023 | Houston research addresses persistent wage gap, potential solutions | Gender wage discrimination remains a stubborn problem in the United States. On average, women are paid only 80 cents for every dollar paid to non-Hispanic white men, and far greater gaps persist for Latina, Black, and Native American women.... |
| 10.10.2023 | Allganize、『第1回 バックオフィスDXPO福岡’23』に出展。社内対応を自動化するAIチャットボット、社内・特定情報をもとにした生成AI、請求書情報抽出など、先端AIソリューションを展示... | AIで企業の生産性を革新するオールインワンLLMソリューションを提供するAllganize Japan株式会社（代表取締役：佐藤 康雄 、以下：「Allganize」）は、2023年10月10日（火）～ 10月11日（水）にマリンメッセ福岡で開催される「第1回 バックオフィスDXPO福岡’23」に出展いたします。
展示ブースでは、社内お問い合わせ対応のご活用実績が豊富な AIチャットボット「Alli（アリィ）」、社内・特定情報をもとに質問への回答自動生成やFAQ自動生成、文... |
| 03.10.2023 | Google program plants software expert at Houston-area university | Computer science students at Prairie View A&M University are gaining firsthand knowledge this semester from a Google software engineer.
As an instructor in the Google in Residence program, Donnell Debnam Jr. is helping train future soft... |
| 12.09.2023 | Californians moving to Houston can save up to $646,000, study finds | Does it seem that Californians really are everywhere here in Houston? Here's why: A report by online storage finding platform StorageCafe has revealed just how much money the average Californian saves by taking on the title of transplant an... |
| 29.08.2023 | Houston researchers build life-saving decision making mathematical model with big potential | To wait, or not to wait? That is the question — or at least it might be, if you need a kidney transplant.
Nearly 89,000 Americans with chronic kidney disease are on a waitlist for a new organ, and an estimated 13 people die each day while a... |
| 27.06.2023 | Allganize to Provide 'Alli GPT' Enterprise AI Solution to OP.GG for Enhanced Game Information Delivery | Allganize and OP.GG Collaborate to Revolutionize Game Information Delivery with 'Alli GPT' Enterprise AI Solution
By leveraging Alli GPT with Google search, our users will be able to find answers more quickly and accurately, from targeting ... |
| 22.09.2022 | Nomura Securities' "OneStock" App adopted Allganize’s AI Chatbot “Alli” | "In the future, we would like to create new service technology by linking Allganize's natural language processing AI with each service of Nomura Securities." - Hajime Ikeda, Managing Director of Nomura Securities
HOUSTON (PRWEB) S... |
| 08.03.2021 | Allganize Raises $10M in Funding | Allganize, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of NLP technology that allows enterprises to automate answering questions from a myriad of unstructured text documents, raised $10m in funding.
The round, which brought total funds raised to $15... |
| 08.03.2021 | Allganize raises $10 million round led by Atinum Investment | SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) March 08, 2021
Allganize announces that it has completed a $10 million financing led by Atinum Investment, with participation from Stonebridge Ventures, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and existing investors. This ... |
| 18.02.2021 | SMBC Group Transforms its Customer Experience with Allganize’s Artificial Intelligence | SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) February 18, 2021
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (SMBC Group), announced today that it will adopt Allganize’s AI technology to improve operational efficiency and bring greater value to their customers.
SMBC Group... |
| 09.02.2021 | Houston software startup closes $7.5M series A led by two Houston-area VC firms | A Houston B2B software startup has closed a new round of funding led by two Houston venture capital firms.
WizeHire, a tech-enabled hiring solution for small businesses, closed a $7.5 million series A funding round that was led by Houston-b... |
| 09.02.2021 | Allganize, Inc. announced that it has received $10 million in funding from Atinum Investment Co., Ltd, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., Global Brain Co., Ltd. and other investors | On February 9, 2021, Allganize, Inc. closed the transaction. The company raised $10 million in funding. The transaction was led by Atinum Investment Co., Ltd, including Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (TSE:8316), Stonebridge Ventures ... |
| 04.02.2021 | Houston expert: Is virtual reality just trendy tech or a viable business solution? | Due to the pandemic, various technologies have accelerated into the spotlight – one of which being virtual reality. As many begin to decipher the unique ways to connect with audiences, the question becomes: is virtual reality just a shiny t... |
| 28.01.2021 | Houston entrepreneur encourages improvement during a difficult time | Flexibility has always been a core component of Valens Project Consulting, but the unpredictable last year — as COVID-19 has ravaged the economy and oil industry, especially — has strengthened that vital skill even more.
"As the lockdo... |
| 15.01.2021 | Texas named a top state for women-led startups | Who runs the world? According to Merchant Maverick's inaugural Best States for "Women-Led Startups'' study, Texas is a great place for women to be in charge.
The Lone Star state cracked the top 10 on the list, earning a No. 6 spot acco... |
| 08.01.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included top interviews from 2020, innovators to know, and a guest col... |
| 04.01.2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In the first weekly roundup of Houston innovators of 2021, I'm introducing you to three innovators across the city — one of the richest people in Houston, a venture capital expert, and a female founder with big plans for 2021... |
| 29.12.2020 | These 4 Houstonians cash in on Forbes' list of richest American families | While 2020 has been a nightmare financially for many, some locals have cashed in. One example is Houston's Duncan family, with a net worth of $22 billion, who once again appear on the annual Forbes ranking of America's richest families. (Th... |
| 21.12.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three innovators across the city — each in their own ways financially support the region's top innovators.
Heath Butler and Samantha Lewis of Mercury... |
| 21.12.2020 | Hitachi Solutions and Allganize Join Forces to Transform Enterprise Automation with AI | Past News ReleasesRSS
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Hitachi Solutions, Ltd. announced the release of "Business Efficiency Solution by Natural Language Processing (NLP) AI." It combines Hitachi and Allganize’s expertise i... |
| 04.12.2020 | The new service every Houston shopper and small business needs to know about | Holiday shopping is in full swing, and the bane of everyone's existence — especially during a pandemic — is shipping.
For smaller and mid-sized local businesses, that means paying big-business prices to a national shipping company. And for ... |
| 25.11.2020 | Houston startup is fostering the future of chronic disease prevention and treatment | A family illness got Jani Tuomi thinking — why does treatment of chronic conditions seem like too little, too late? When his brother fell ill, he wondered if more could have been done preemptively.
"The doctors were really good at trea... |
| 25.11.2020 | Chevron to launch makerspace at The Cannon, Houston a top city for STEM, and more innovation news | Houston's innovation ecosystem has been booming with news, and it's likely some might have fallen through the cracks.
For this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, a startup snags a win at a pitch competition, Chevron announc... |
| 11.11.2020 | Deloitte explores the brave new world of virtual communication | Picture this: A corporate executive spends the morning exploring a trade show floor, viewing videos and presentations on new products and networking with companies, vendors, and other attendees from around the world.
In the afternoon, they ... |
| 03.11.2020 | Houston hospital uses AI to create new breast cancer risk calculator | In the medical field, billions of dollars are wasted each year — about $935 billion, but who's counting? According to a paper published by the JAMA Network, an estimated $75.7 billion to $101.2 billion is wasted through overtreatment. Of th... |
| 28.10.2020 | University of Houston upgrades to contactless market technology | A convenience store on campus at the University of Houston just got a little more, well, convenient — and a whole lot safer.
UH and its dining services partner, Chartwells HigherEducation, have partnered with tech company Standard to upgrad... |
| 27.10.2020 | Houston ranks No. 3 on list of cities with the most people in financial distress amid COVID-19 | During the pandemic-produced recession, debt and loans are weighing heavily on the hearts and minds of Houstonians.
A study released this week by personal finance website WalletHub found Houston ranks first among the country's 100 largest U... |
| 22.10.2020 | Houston entrepreneur's mobile platform brings gains to small restaurant chains | Food is the way to a Houstonian's heart. With critically-acclaimed cuisine and an abundance of diversity, Houston is the South's culinary pride. COVID-19 has now stirred uncertainty in a once definitive piece of the city's culture, and rest... |
| 08.10.2020 | 3 ways artificial intelligence is changing Houston's future | Artificial intelligence is the buzzword of the decade. From grocery shopping assistance to personal therapy apps, AI has sunk its teeth into every single industry. Houston is no exception to the AI boom. Enterprise-level companies and start... |
| 08.10.2020 | 3 Houston research groups dive into game changing COVID-19 projects | Researchers across Houston are working on COVID-19 innovations every day, and scientists are constantly finding new ways this disease is affecting humankind.
Wastewater detection, mental illness effects, a software solution to testing — her... |
| 07.10.2020 | Houston to be home to the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country | Film and TV portrayals of psychiatric hospitals have driven a narrative based in cold, clinical rooms and unwelcoming corridors. That picture couldn't be more inaccurate when it comes to Houston's first public mental health hospital in more... |
| 01.10.2020 | What Houston startups need to know about PPP loans | Unless you've been vacationing on Mars for the past six months, you know that a $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was recently approved by Congress. Business owners are sifting through the fine print... |
| 21.09.2020 | Trusted Houston bank identifies 4 coronavirus-related scams you need to know | As the COVID-19 pandemic has grown, so has the confidence of fraudsters who are hoping to scam people out of money. A large portion of our everyday lives have moved online and onto our phones, so it's more important than ever that you know ... |
| 17.09.2020 | Rice University research finds that investors might have a bias towards the number zero | When the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 18,000 a few years back, the nicely rounded number dominated the news. When teens take the SAT, those who just miss scoring a round number are more likely to seek a do-over. And, research shows, maj... |
| 15.09.2020 | Here's what the new SEC accredited investor definition means for potential Houston VCs | This month. the Security and Exchange Commission, or SEC, modified the definition of "accredited investor," with the effect of dramatically increasing the number of people eligible to participate in non-publicly traded investments... |
| 11.09.2020 | Texas punches in as one of the hardest-working states in U.S., says study | Hey, Texas. Kick up your feet and give yourselves a pat on the back. You deserve it. The Lone Star State has been named one of the hardest-working states in the country.
In a study released August 31 just ahead of Labor Day, personal financ... |
| 03.09.2020 | Houston named top city for female entrepreneurs, 2 local startups collaborate, and more innovation news | Houston's innovation ecosystem has been booming with news, and it's likely some might have fallen through the cracks.
For this roundup of short stories within Houston innovation, Houston is recognized for its female-friendly business commun... |
| 02.09.2020 | Houston-based foundation commits $100M to Rice University to create new institute | A private foundation that funds chemical research within the state of Texas is dedicating funds to a new venture — an institute focused on advanced materials at Rice University.
The Welch Foundation announced today a $100 million gift to Ri... |
| 28.08.2020 | Texas startup dials up plans to reboot once-popular BlackBerry phone | A Texas company is dialing up a comeback for the once pervasive BlackBerry.
OnwardMobility, an Austin startup that produces mobile devices, said August 19 that it had sealed a deal with BlackBerry and FIH Mobile to resurrect the device. In ... |
| 26.08.2020 | City of Houston works to map heat across town for larger climate resiliency plans | On August 7, when the thermometer reached a high of 93 degrees, a squad of 85 temperature detectives fanned out across Houston and Harris County. Their objective: Map the area's urban heat.
Organizers of the one-day endeavor pinpointed 320 ... |
| 18.08.2020 | New leadership assessment platform developed in Houston helps nurture top talent | What if executive training and professional development didn't just reach the C-suite? A business management company is tapping into tech to bring quality leadership assessments and coaching to all levels with its latest product.
CDR Assess... |
| 18.08.2020 | New startup accelerator emerges in Houston to promote collaboration between Black and Hispanic communities | Two local business leaders have teamed up to create a Houston-based accelerator focused on Black and Hispanic entrepreneurs.
BH Ventures has applications open for its inaugural cohort until August 21, and co-founders Sharita M. Humphrey and... |
| 13.08.2020 | UH: How biotech companies are withstanding the pandemic | At a time when the business world is reeling, biotech companies are still hanging on. Many biotech startups have successfully pivoted their entire platforms to focus on coronavirus-related work.
Of course, these companies aren't without the... |
| 12.08.2020 | Innovation leader shares more on what Houstonians can expect from the HTX TechList | When Serafina Lalany first visited Houston, she didn't want to leave. So, she didn't.
Lalany first came to Houston 2017 by way of Austin for SXSW — at the time she was living in Boston working in the biotech space. She kept meeting interest... |
| 12.08.2020 | These are the latest COVID-19-focused research projects happening at Houston institutions | As Houston heads toward the end of summer with no major vaccine or treatment confirmed for COVID-19, local research institutions are still hard at work on various coronavirus-focused innovations.
Free mental health care, local COVID-19 test... |
| 07.08.2020 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor'snote: From a new energy tech incubator and innovators to know to the golden age of software startups and virtual events not to miss, check out the top stories in Houston innovation from this week.
3 Houston innovators to know this w... |
| 07.08.2020 | Nonprofit arts event in Houston pivots to virtual experience | As summer rolls on and Houston adapts to the new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic, myriad arts organizations are pivoting, morphing their in-person events into virtual experiences.
One such event is the 49-year-old, annual Bayou City Arts Fe... |
| 06.08.2020 | Rice University research: Collaboration with the community can be key to success | In Pittsburgh, a coalition of 100 community groups brokered a deal with developers of the Pittsburgh Penguins ice hockey team for $8.3 million in neighborhood improvements. In Oakland, California, developers of an $800 million high-tech com... |
| 04.08.2020 | Houston investor: Is this the golden age for B2B software? | B2B software as a service, or SaaS, founders entered 2020 riding a wave of the longest economic expansion in United States history. Valuations increased to new highs, funding rounds continued getting larger at each stage, and forecasts went... |
| 30.07.2020 | New next-gen technology in Houston is enhancing vehicle navigation | The dawn of smart cities is upon us, using the internet of things to solve both big and little problems. In Georgia, Texas, and Hawaii, a new technology is being used that will ease traffic woes for public safety vehicles.
The technology us... |
| 29.07.2020 | Tech startup lands in Houston to help space support services take off | A Virginia-based space company startup focusing on developing small and inexpensive satellites is making an out-of-this-world entrance in the Houston commercial innovation space.
SCOUT has been selected as part of the 2020 MassChallange's T... |
| 21.07.2020 | Houston researcher looks into why some companies thrive in volatile markets | Volatile markets look a lot like high-stakes poker games. Wild swings make it hard to chart a course to profitability, inevitably forcing some firms to fold. At the same time, there are always investors and firms that come out as big winner... |
| 16.07.2020 | Houston expert: How COVID-19 fast-tracked real estate technology | COVID-19 has impacted every facet of our lives, and the housing market is no exception. The majority of real estate, for better or worse, relies on in-person interactions.
Things like wet signatures, home tours, inspections, and appraisals ... |
| 15.07.2020 | New product sold in Houston gets EPA approval as eco-friendly, coronavirus-killing car cleaner | With the onset of COVID-19, the public is more aware than ever of cross-contamination, which extends from your home to your business to your car, and beyond.
NuVinAir announced that its latest product, ReKlenz-X, has gotten approval from th... |
| 14.07.2020 | Now is the time to expand machine learning, says Houston researcher | One might not expect the game of checkers to have anything to do with artificial intelligence, but the game really marked the beginning of machine learning in 1959. Pioneered by an MIT professor named Arthur Lee Samuel, it was discovered th... |
| 06.07.2020 | Houston researchers find new eco-friendly way to preserve produce | Hunger impacts over 800 million people worldwide, leaving nearly 10 percent of the population suffering from chronic undernourishment. The distressing reality of food shortages co-exists in a world where 1.3 billion tons of food — nearly a ... |
| 15.06.2020 | NASA names new leader to Houston-based human space flight arm | NASA has named its new head of human space flight — a department based out of Houston's Johnson Space Center.
Kathy Lueders, formerly the commercial crew program manager, has been named associate administrator of the Human Exploration and O... |
| 11.06.2020 | Houston named a best place to work in tech, Capital Factory opens $100,000 contest, and more innovation news | Just like Houston's temperatures, the Bayou City's innovation news is heating up for the summer. From a new startup competition and a big donation from Amazon to Texas cities dominating a list of best places to work in technology, here's a ... |
| 01.06.2020 | Houston earns mediocre grade in ranking of best metros for college grads | This year's college graduates are entering a real world that's more unreal than any we've seen in our lifetimes. And they're facing a world with uncertain prospects.
Against that jarring backdrop, the Apartment List website developed a rank... |
| 27.05.2020 | Personalized service made all the difference when obtaining PPP loans | It's there in their name, but how often does a human resources company actually put emphasis on the "human" part? If it's HR&P, the answer is "especially when it matters most."
Following the COVID-19 pandemic announc... |
| 26.05.2020 | Houston expert shares tip for developing a circular economy within your company's tech | Many organizations are interested in building a circular economy into their business model but aren't sure what steps to take to achieve this goal. I've worked in the technology industry for over 20 years, helping customers across all indus... |
| 30.04.2020 | Houston banking exec shares tips for keeping online information secure amid coronavirus threats | While Houston residents are aware of the health and financial impacts of COVID-19, the threat to individual security due to the rise in online scams has only just begun.
Scammers have already started to prey on the unsuspecting victims who ... |
| 27.04.2020 | This Houston tech startup is helping businesses find the funds during COVID-19 crisis and beyond | Since 2015, Grant Source has perfected the art of helping businesses, foundations, and organizations find and secure grant funding — and now their expertise has become vital to COVID-19 response initiatives.
With the devastation caused by t... |
| 21.04.2020 | University of Houston looks at how to navigate which ongoing research is considered essential | Many researchers have begun to work from home due to the novel COVID-19 pandemic, and only essential personnel are allowed to work on university campuses. For a researcher, what is considered "essential personnel"? Isn't all resea... |
| 20.04.2020 | Houston entrepreneur turns focus to digital connections during COVID-19 outbreak | It's no secret that the events and conferences of the world have been hit hard by the coronavirus as everyone focuses on staying home and socially distant. But for a Houston entrepreneur who's worked for over a decade in event production, s... |
| 01.04.2020 | 10+ can't-miss virtual business and innovation events in Houston for April | Going into April, the city of Houston has another month at least of working from home, hopping on calls, and setting up video chats — but you don't have to go through this all alone.
Here are over 10 Houston innovation events you can attend... |
| 16.03.2020 | Houston design build firm breaks down why value engineering is a smart move | The method of value engineering, where less expensive materials and methods are used without sacrificing functionality, certainly has its benefits.
While you must weigh the pros and cons of using it in each unique situation, the experts at ... |
| 11.03.2020 | Report: Houston ranked No. 2 in the country for corporate relocation, expansion projects landed in 2019 | In Texas, Houston rules the corporate relocation and expansion kingdom.
Site Selection magazine ranks Houston second among large U.S. metro areas for the number of corporate relocation and expansion projects landed in 2019. That's up two sp... |
| 03.03.2020 | The Ion announces partnership with nonprofit to serve Houston's diverse entrepreneurs | Houston is ranked the No. 1 diverse city in the nation, and a local organization has forged a new partnership to make sure that diversity is represented within the city's innovation ecosystem.
The Ion, an innovation hub currently rising in ... |
| 03.03.2020 | Houston needs to overcome its lack of density to continue to develop as an innovation ecosystem, says expert | From the front porch of Houston, Texas, we solve some of humanity's hardest challenges. We're the ones who put humans on the Moon and rovers on Mars, go subsea in search of hydrocarbons, and are discovering a cure for cancer. We solve compl... |
| 20.02.2020 | Houston rodeo prepares for 2020 season with new technology on the grounds | When the 2018 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo opened the gates to its first show of the season with headliner Garth Brooks, the nearly 90-year-old organization had just switched to digital ticketing. Around the time to enter the stadium, t... |
| 11.02.2020 | Houston-based Chevron Technology Ventures makes investments in carbon capture and spatial artificial intelligence | Chevron's Houston-based investment and innovation arm has made moves within the carbon capture and spatial artificial intelligence spaces.
Chevron Technology Ventures has commissioned a carbon capture study with Vancouver-based Svante Inc.,... |
| 13.01.2020 | AI-backed retail energy startup based in Houston prepares to grow its technology | A wholesale retail energy startup based in Houston is preparing to scale its artificial intelligence-backed business based on its positive customer feedback
Evolve Energy uses AI and machine learning to optimize energy usage, providing cust... |
