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In Austin, female founders get only one percent of all venture capital allocated annually. The lack of funds to fuel female-founded ventures is a major problem in Austin, holding back the creation of new jobs and the further development of new and existing businesses. And it’s not just VC dollars; it’s Small Business Administration loans ..read more
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2w ago
The Innovating for Health Institute launched at the University of Texas at Austin last week. The institute shifts the focus of the former Drug Dynamics Institute within the College of Pharmacy. Its focus is on solving health problems and collaborating with innovators. The program is being called i4Health and is led by Janet C. Walkow ..read more
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3w ago
Microsoft has shut down Arkane Studios in Austin, which made games for the Xbox gaming console. Arkane Studios laid off 96 people, according to a WARN notice filed with the state on May 7th. The studio created Prey, Deathloop, and Redfall, a first-person shooter video game released for the Xbox on May 2, 2023. Arkane ..read more
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3w ago
Ernst & Young LLP has announced the finalists for the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2024 Gulf South Award featuring 21 Austin entrepreneurs and 3 San Antonio entrepreneurs. The Gulf South program honors 48 entrepreneurs from Central and South Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. An independent panel of judges selected the finalists based on “their demonstration of building ..read more
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3w ago
Austin’s iconic music, film, and tech festival, South by Southwest, is going across the pond to launch SXSW London in June 2025. It’s SXSW’s first European conference. But SXSW did launch SXSW in Sydney, Australia, last year. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring the SXSW experience to London,” Jann Baskett, Co-President and Chief Brand ..read more
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This week, Michael Dell posted a few pictures and statements on X celebrating the founding of his company forty years ago on May 3, 1984. At the time, he was a pre-med student at the University of Texas at Austin. He launched the company, originally called PC’s Limited, in his dorm room, offering customized PC ..read more
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Austin’s coworking industry has always been turbulent, with new sites opening and closing. In recent times, WeWork announced that it had exited its lease at the SXSW Center on Lavaca Street last October, according to an article in The Real Deal. It stopped operations at that site in January, although WeWork is still operating in ..read more
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Sponsored post in the ever-evolving software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry landscape, one event stands out as a beacon of innovation, collaboration, and growth: SaaStock USA. Hosted in the vibrant city of Austin, this annual gathering has become a mecca for SaaS leaders, entrepreneurs, and visionaries from around the globe. SaaStock USA is more than a conference—it’s a ..read more
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Silicon Hills News hosted an event on Wednesday in the Crenshaw Room of the Umlauf Garden in downtown Austin to discuss tools and tips for using generative AI in the workplace. It also included some of the potential pitfalls of using the technology. The speakers included Tabrez Syed, founder of Boxcar.ai in Austin. Syed explained ..read more
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This election year, generative AI poses new challenges, as cybercriminals can use it to create misleading content, such as deep fakes or fake images, videos, or audio. Michael Kaiser, CEO of Defending Digital Campaigns, had a fireside chat with David Graff, Google Trust and Safety’s VP of Global Policy and Standards. The talk occurred Thursday ..read more