Andy Tryba

Being the Center of Gravity for entrepreneurs in Texas is a mission Capital Factory is committed and we're willing to align our business to provide the ongoing support our ecosystem & Founder's need. So excited to share more about what this means for the support of the Texas startup ecosystem and how we will all benefit from it in the coming months with Riffat Manasia leading the way alongside Joshua Baer. "STATION TEXAS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit accelerating statewide entrepreneurship and innovation across Texas. Powered by Capital Factory, STATION TEXAS is designed to unify and scale the state’s innovation infrastructure by connecting founders, funders, universities, and government by providing education, training, and support. Its mission is to make Texas the premier destination for innovation and serve as a launchpad for the future." See the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/dNKNkzYR #innovation #nonprofit #Texas #leadership #education #dualuse #launchpad #startups #stationtexas #capitalfactory #funding #founders

53

4 Comments

Chatting with ZEDEDA CEO, Said Ouissal, and he has an elegant way of explaining the evolution of industrial Edge. Zededa provides OS for orchestrating Edge AI. 2010s were about IoT/Edge Connectivity. 2020s were about Edge computing/processing. 2030s will be all about Edge AI.

36

4 Comments

KDAN (TPEx: 7737), a leading global Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider, today announced a transformative upgrade to its flagship PDF Software Development Kit (SDK), ComPDF, bringing enterprise-grade AI capabilities to document management workflows across all major platforms!

33

2 Comments

Austin Tech in 3 headlines from the last week: 1. Circuit closed a $30M angel round to scale its purpose built AI for manufacturing and service operations, turning institutional knowledge into guided workflows teams can rely on across quoting, service, and support. One of the biggest storylines here is the practical problem it tackles, products are getting more complex while experienced workers retire. 2. Saronic is exploring a $3.2B shipyard project in South Texas as it pushes toward manufacturing autonomous vessels at scale. If this moves forward, it is a signal that Austin’s defense tech momentum is not just R&D anymore, it is heading into serious production and industrial footprint. 3. Breaker, a defense drone and robotics startup with a U.S. HQ in Austin, raised a $6M seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. It is another datapoint that Austin continues to attract early capital in defense adjacent innovation, not just software, but hardware and field deployment too. These stories together show the full picture: Austin is building applied AI that fixes real world operational pain, scaling defense tech into manufacturing, and still pulling in fresh early stage capital for new bets. If you’re hiring, growing, or trying to stay connected to the community, we cheer for you. ATC is here to keep the ecosystem informed and connected. Sources: PR Newswire, MySA, Yahoo Finance #austintech

11

Boosting Sales Productivity with Agentforce-powered Voice-to-Text Innovation at IFP Motion Solutions 🚀 Proud to share how IFP Motion Solutions Inc. — a full-service motion control and automation provider — empowered its field sales teams to focus more on customers and less on data entry. By deploying an Internal Employee Agent leveraging Agentic AI powered by Agentforce, IFP introduced voice-to-text data entry, conversational updates, and quick creation and updation of Opportunities, Contacts, and Tasks — all from a single interface. The result: higher Salesforce adoption, faster updates, and significantly improved sales productivity in the field. Grateful to the IFP team and Salesforce for the collaboration and shared commitment to innovation in manufacturing. Greg Ervin | Jake Shifrin | Kelly Gallagher | Kyle Flaherty | Sarah Paulsen | Andrew Clemens #Agentforce #AgenticAI #Salesforce #SaasWorx #Manufacturing #VoiceToText #SalesProductivity #AI #CustomerSuccess

26

2 Comments

Texas is rapidly becoming the epicenter of the AI economy. New data shows the state is on track to capture nearly 30% of U.S. data center capacity by 2028 — outpacing legacy hubs with abundant land, competitive energy, and a pro-innovation regulatory environment. The deeper story is how structure is shaping scale. As AI factories collide with grid constraints, infrastructure is being rethought from the ground up. Projects like Google’s $40B expansion in West Texas and Vantage’s $25B AI-focused campus aren’t waiting on transmission upgrades — they’re co-locating compute directly with power generation and natural gas pipelines. The result is a new model: compute that brings its own energy, scales faster, and reduces grid stress instead of adding to it. Texas isn’t just hosting the AI boom — it’s redefining how it gets powered. https://lnkd.in/gf2-2Eqp #TexasTech #DataCenters #EnergyInnovation #Infrastructure The Texas Tribune

57