taking off

California company to launch Walmart drone delivery in Houston

Houston team develops innovative soft skeleton for kids with cerebral palsy

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Houston universities launch summer 2025 accelerators for student ventures

Tesla's robotaxi service 'tentatively' to launch in Austin in June, Musk says

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

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

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Top innovation leaders talk Houston's strengths, weaknesses

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Trending News

Houston team develops innovative soft skeleton for kids with cerebral palsy

Houston universities launch summer 2025 accelerators for student ventures

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

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

Startups

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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

where to be

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

winner, winner

Student-led startup runs away with prestigious prize at Rice competition

Featured Innovators

3 Houston innovators who made headlines in May 2025

4 trailblazing Houston innovators to know right now

Here are 3 Houston innovators to know right now

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

Tim Latimer

Houston investor on why 2025 will be the year of exits

Samantha Lewis

Houston innovator's new platform empowers wealth building for underserved communities

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Tech

new digs

Houston biomanufacturing accelerator adds pilot plant to support scale-ups

taking flight

Texas university to lead new FAA tech center focused on drones

big deal

Houston humanoid robotics startup inks new deal to deploy its rugged robots

up and running

Autonomous truck company rolls out driverless Houston-Dallas route

winner, winner

Here's what's next for Houston’s Tempest Droneworx after SXSW Pitch win

Trending Topics

Houston doctor aims to revolutionize hearing aids and more news to know

strategic partnership

VC firm partners with Rice Nexus to open first global office

Manufacturing News

Nvidia announces plans to produce AI supercomputers at new Texas plants

Health

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

palliative care partnership

Houston palliative care startup partners with new platform to expand reach

work perks

Houston femtech co. debuts first holistic wellness suite following rebrand

Energy

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

Fresh Funds

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

clean energy

Dow aims to power Texas manufacturing complex with next-gen nuclear reactors

Tesla Talk

Tesla poised to bring ‘megafactory’ to Houston area with 1,500 jobs

Impact

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

moving in

New energy innovation and coworking spaces open at the Ion

Top of the class

9 Houston universities make U.S. News' list of best grad schools 2025

by the numbers

Remote workers in Houston earn far more than commuters, data shows

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

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

Cashing In

$100,000 salary goes further in Houston than most cities, study 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

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

No Scrubs

Texas-based 'DoorDash for laundry' startup tumbles into Houston market

Booming Burb

This Houston neighbor was the fastest growing U.S. city in last decade

Space

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

space funding

Houston space tech leader lands up to $10 million for Earth re-entry vehicle and lab

space update

Houston space tech startups share latest updates on lunar missions and more

testing 1, 2, 3

Houston space tech company develops new hypersonic engine features with NASA funding

Innovator Interview

Intuitive Machines engineer talks STEM, innovation, and second chances

To The Moon

Tom Hanks touches down at Space Center Houston for lunar film premiere

Guest Columns

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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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10 years in: Houston entrepreneur reflects on lessons learned

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