fresh funding

Houston foundation grants $27M to support Texas chemistry research

New Houston biotech co. developing capsules for hard-to-treat tumors

How Houston's innovation sector fared in 2025 Texas legislative session

Microsoft partners with Rice University's OpenStax on AI teaching tool

Houston ranks among the 15 best cities in America for 2025

Houston Innovation Awards

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2024 Houston Innovation Awards winners named at annual event

These are 6 of the organizations best supporting Houston's innovation community

Meet 5 of the fastest-growing scaleup companies in Houston

Overheard: 2024 Houston Innovation Awards finalists share top advice for fellow founders

Overheard: Houston's top energy transition founders explain their biggest challenges

Top innovation leaders talk Houston's strengths, weaknesses

People's Choice: Pick your startup of the year for the 2024 Houston Innovation Awards

Trending News

New Houston biotech co. developing capsules for hard-to-treat tumors

How Houston's innovation sector fared in 2025 Texas legislative session

Houston ranks among the 15 best cities in America for 2025

2 Houston universities declared among world’s best in 2026 rankings

Startups

where to be

7 can't miss Houston business and innovation events for July

summer session

Houston universities launch summer 2025 accelerators for student ventures

growth report

Houston falls in new ranking of world's best startup ecosystems

report card

3 Houston startups named most innovative in Texas by LexisNexis

where to be

9 can't-miss Houston business and innovation events for June

Trending News

Pharmaceutical giant plans $5.9B Houston facility and more news to know

Trending News

Houston space tech co. lands millions and more innovation news to know

Business News

Houston improves ranking among best U.S. cities to start a business

Featured Innovators

5 Houston innovators who made headlines in June 2025

3 Houston innovators who made headlines in May 2025

4 trailblazing Houston innovators to know right now

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4 Houston innovators to know for February 2025

Play it back: Houston home tech startup begins 2025 with fresh funding

Josh Teekell

Play it back: Why this Houston geothermal innovator's company is set for a hot year of growth

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Houston investor on why 2025 will be the year of exits

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Tech

bioscience breakthroughs

Houston biosciences company opens new sequencing center for drug development

job search

Texas cybersecurity co. expands unique train-to-hire model to Houston

Trending News

Houston ranks No. 4 for HQ relocations and more innovation news to know

Peak Prize

Screen-free hiking app developed in Houston earns 'Best of the Best' award

World's Biggest Companies

Houston company ranks No. 13 worldwide on Forbes Global 2000 list

cooler computing

Rice University spinout lands $500K NSF grant to boost chip sustainability

taking off

California company to launch Walmart drone delivery in Houston

Trending Topics

Houston's 11 best places to work and more innovation news to know

Health

fresh funding

CPRIT grants $22M to bring top cancer researchers to Houston

health tech

Houston team develops innovative soft skeleton for kids with cerebral palsy

up-and-comer

UH student earns prestigious award for cancer vaccine research

fresh funding

TMC med-tech company closes $2.5M series A, plans expansion

event recap

Texas leaders position state to become next global hub for brain health

new digs

Houston regenerative medicine company expands lab for future trials

making waves

Houston healthtech leader launches clinical trial for innovative anxiety-treating device

fighting cancer

Houston cell therapy company launches second-phase clinical trial

Energy

to market

Chevron enters the lithium market with major Texas land acquisition

coming soon

Houston cleantech co. plans first-of-its-kind sustainable aviation fuel facility

hot, hot, hot

Texas plugs in among states at highest risk for summer power outages in 2025

Energy Solutions

Houston researchers make headway on affordable, sustainable sodium-ion battery

power breakfast

Ultra-fast EV charging bays coming to Waffle House locations in Texas and beyond

Big Deal

Houston climatech co. to lead one of world's largest carbon capture projects

xprize winners

Houston clean energy co. wins $50 million at Elon Musk-backed competition

In Partnership

ExxonMobil and Rice team up to develop sustainable energy solutions

Impact

h-town HQ

Houston ranks among top 5 cities for corporate HQ relocations in new report

top of class

Houston universities earn top marks for research and student opportunity

Best in the U.S.

11 Houston companies named best places to work by U.S. News

BS in AI

Houston university to launch artificial intelligence major, one of first in nation

Building Up

$44 million mass timber project at UH slashed energy use in first year

in the works

Pharmaceutical giant looks to bring $5.9 billion facility to Houston

Quantum Breakthrough

Houston research breakthrough could pave way for next-gen superconductors

by the numbers

Texas tops ranking of best states for investors in new report

Money

fresh funding

Houston VC firm closes $21M fund for underrepresented founders

fresh funding

Houston e-commerce unicorn reaches $1.6B valuation with $50M fundraising round

moving forward

Houston-founded startup raises $1.2M and moves headquarters to Detroit

Fresh Funds

Houston startup Collide secures $5M to grow energy-focused AI platform

by the numbers

Houston VC funding surged in Q1 2025 to highest level in years, report says

The Millionaires Club

Texas is home to second largest population of millionaires in the U.S.

World's Richest

18 Houstonians land on Forbes world's billionaires list for 2025

by the numbers

Texas female-founded companies raised more than $1 billion in 2024, VC data shows

Sports Tech

Houston sportstech startup shoots, scores in Pharrell Williams competition

on the rebound

Houston sportstech startup shoots, scores in Pharrell Williams competition

Houston sports tech startup aims to optimize unsold resale ticket market with new platform

game on

Houston sports tech startup aims to optimize unsold resale ticket market with new platform

High-tech virtual racing experience to rev up in Houston

vroom, vroom

High-tech virtual racing experience to rev up in Houston

Rice University announces partnership with Houston sports tech startup to enhance student athletics

dream team

Rice University announces partnership with Houston sports tech startup to enhance student athletics

Diversity-focused sports tech accelerator opens applications to Houston innovators for the first time

apply now

Diversity-focused sports tech accelerator opens applications to Houston innovators for the first time

Houston university awards grant to Texas accelerator to support sports tech

game on

Houston university awards grant to Texas accelerator to support sports tech

10 sports tech startups named to Houston-based hybrid accelerator

game on

10 sports tech startups named to Houston-based hybrid accelerator

Lifestyle

Return to Office

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Houston Highways

New report deems Houston's I-45 expansion a "freeway without a future"

Stay Connected

How to prep your home's tech as Houston hurricane season intensifies

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Where to Live

2 Houston suburbs named among 10 best places to live by U.S. News & World Report

Boomtown

Houston boasts No. 2 biggest population gain in U.S., Census data shows

Taking Off

Houston airports poised for 1.3 million travelers on Memorial Day weekend

Travel Time

Texas luxury bus service adds route connecting The Woodlands and Dallas

Starbase, Texas

Elon Musk's SpaceX site officially becomes the city of Starbase, Texas

Space

mission critical

Axiom Space-tested cancer drug advances to clinical trials

Out In Space

International Space Station welcomes astronauts from successful Axiom Mission 4

space hub

NASA signs on latest tenant for new Exploration Park campus, now underway

SpaceX Update

SpaceX test rocket explodes in Texas, but no injuries reported

On A Mission

Texas Space Commission doles out $5.8 million to Houston companies

Out of this world

FAA demands investigation into SpaceX's out-of-control Starship flight

taking off

Houston aerospace co. soars with first U.S. test flight of hypersonic engine

space city

Texas Republicans are pushing to move NASA headquarters to Houston

Guest Columns

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5 ways technology is transforming the workplace for people with disabilities

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Houston founder on shaping the future of medicine through biotechnology and resilience

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Expert: Texas is building a cybersecurity wall — but it needs more bricklayers

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A Houstonian's Guide to SXSW

9 innovation & networking events for Houstonians to attend at SXSW 2025

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Houston experts: Can AI bridge the gap between tech ambitions and market realities?

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Being Prepared

Being prepared: Has the Texas grid been adequately winterized?

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Houston expert on what AI is changing in the workplace — and why employers need to recognize the 'human edge'

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year in review

From hiring tips to AI's impact on the workforce, here's what guest columns were the most read in 2024

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