Innovation

Just a Spruce

Austin-based apartment startup cleans up with $8 million in funding Austin-based apartment startup cleans up with $8 million in funding By Natalie Harms, InnovationMap

11.13.20  |  3:57 pm

An Austin-based startup that designed an app-based service for apartment dwellers has closed an $8 million series A led by ...

Driving Forward

Austin drivers can now weigh in on $4.9 billion plan to overhaul I-35 Austin drivers can now weigh in on $4.9 billion plan to overhaul I-35 By Bryce Newberry, KVUE News

11.12.20  |  3:39 pm

KVUE — If you’re someone who likes to complain about Interstate 35, now is your chance to make those complaints ...

‘Favorable alternative’

Austin again outranks Silicon Valley in new best tech cities report Austin again outranks Silicon Valley in new best tech cities report By John Egan

11.12.20  |  9:47 am

Austin continues to outshine the San Francisco Bay Area. For the second year in a row, Austin tops a list ...

for your health

Texas hospital creates new breakthrough breast cancer risk tool Texas hospital creates new breakthrough breast cancer risk tool By Jillian Goltzman, InnovationMap

11.11.20  |  3:31 pm

In the medical field, billions of dollars are wasted each year — about $935 billion, but who's counting? According to ...

SXSW 2021

SXSW celebrates 2021 Austin festival with special $149 passes SXSW celebrates 2021 Austin festival with special $149 passes By Katie Friel

11.10.20  |  1:49 pm

SXSW was arguably the first Austin company to fall victim to the pandemic. On March 6, just days before the ...

Economic distress

Austin tech company unplugs 650 jobs in response to COVID-19 pandemic Austin tech company unplugs 650 jobs in response to COVID-19 pandemic By John Egan

11.4.20  |  10:32 am

Austin-based hardware and software company NI (formerly National Instruments), one of the largest tech employers in Central Texas, is notifying ...

Hot bots

Austin coffee startup scooped up by Coca-Cola for undisclosed amount Austin coffee startup scooped up by Coca-Cola for undisclosed amount By John Egan

10.30.20  |  10:33 am

Briggo, a startup that specializes in robotic coffee-dispensing machines, has rebranded as Costa Coffee BaristaBot after being quietly scooped up ...

What Starts Here

Austin joins 18 international cities on project to save local culture Austin joins 18 international cities on project to save local culture By Katie Friel

10.29.20  |  12:30 pm

Austin is part of a new global initiative to find ways to support the creative class. On October 29, Austin ...

Finding the Cure

UT Austin and MD Anderson join forces on new initiative to end cancer UT Austin and MD Anderson join forces on new initiative to end cancer By Natalie Harms, InnovationMap

10.26.20  |  4:47 pm

In a renewed effort to move the needle on finding a cure for cancer, the University of Texas system has ...

destiny's dad will school you

Texas music mogul schools lucky students with celeb-packed masterclass Texas music mogul schools lucky students with celeb-packed masterclass By Steven Devadanam

10.19.20  |  4:37 pm

Ever notice how Beyoncé’s hair magically flows as if a fan follows her around everywhere she goes? That’s ...

A-list achievers

4 Austin entrepreneurs rank among Forbes' richest self-made women 4 Austin entrepreneurs rank among Forbes' richest self-made women By John Egan

10.15.20  |  2:15 pm

She may not be a household name, but Austin billionaire tech entrepreneur Thai Lee is wealthier than Oprah Winfrey, earning ...

REDESIGNING MENTAL HEALTH

Texas to be home to largest academic psychiatric hospital in U.S. Texas to be home to largest academic psychiatric hospital in U.S. By Jillian Goltzman, InnovationMap

10.14.20  |  3:20 pm

Film and TV portrayals of psychiatric hospitals have driven a narrative based in cold, clinical rooms and unwelcoming corridors. That ...

Money and momentum

3 Austin Black-owned startups secure $200Kin funding from tech giant 3 Austin Black-owned startups secure $200Kin funding from tech giant By John Egan

10.9.20  |  1:26 pm

Three Austin tech startups have picked up some big bucks from the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund.  The companies ...

Next Generation

Influential Austin entrepreneur youngest member of AdAge's 40 Under 40 Influential Austin entrepreneur youngest member of AdAge's 40 Under 40 By John Egan

10.7.20  |  1:13 pm

At age 19, Austin entrepreneur Ava McDonald has definitely broadened her sphere of influence. On October 5, AdAge named McDonald ...

Family legacies

New Texas startup lets you record a final goodbye for loved ones New Texas startup lets you record a final goodbye for loved ones By Brett Weiss

10.7.20  |  8:54 am

A new Texas startup helps soothe the sting of losing loved ones by allowing them to leave behind an entirely ...

Social media news

Facebook taps 2 Texas universities for new college-only network Facebook taps 2 Texas universities for new college-only network By John Egan

9.15.20  |  1:11 pm

Facebook launched as a social media platform solely for college students back in 2004. Since then, college students have gradually ...

Ranking It

Austin crowned among world's top cities of the future in new report Austin crowned among world's top cities of the future in new report By Natalie Harms, InnovationMap

8.28.20  |  8:58 am

When it comes to cities on track for continued global business success, Austin is at the head of the class ...

Sweet development

Austin startup dials up plans to reboot once-popular BlackBerry phone Austin startup dials up plans to reboot once-popular BlackBerry phone By John Egan

8.21.20  |  8:51 am

An Austin company is dialing up a comeback for the once pervasive BlackBerry. OnwardMobility, a startup that produces mobile devices ...

Work It Out

New pods let Austin gym-goers work out in sanitized isolation New pods let Austin gym-goers work out in sanitized isolation

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8.13.20  |  12:00 pm

A local gym has reinvented how Austinites work out in the COVID-19 era: with individual "pods" that gym-goers can reserve ...