London-based Synthesia is opening a downtown Austin office and expects dozens of hires by year end as it scales U.S. operations. The move follows a major funding round.

A private, invite-only Endless Frontiers retreat in Austin brought Trump and Biden-era officials, top CEOs and backers together to map U.S. tech and national-security strategy.

PitchBook/NVCA tallies show Texas startups raised $5.8B in Q1 versus Massachusetts’ $5.3B, driven by several massive defense and robotics rounds in Austin. The reversal highlights how a few big deals can flip statewide VC rankings quickly.

Local pad activity, Booster 19 testing and a Starbase closure have pushed SpaceX’s next Starship flight into an early‑to‑mid‑May window. Here’s what to watch.

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has started training deputies on Axon’s AI Translation Assistant, which transcribes and translates body‑cam audio in near real time. The feature is being added to existing Axon cameras and evidence software.

Dell Children’s is expanding its fetal surgery team and launching a fellowship, bringing more prenatal surgical care and training to Austin. The move aims to keep complex deliveries local.

Snorkeling in a Comal County water cave, UT researchers recovered fossils from giant tortoises, pampatheres and ground sloths that suggest a warmer, wetter Ice Age Texas.

UT Austin’s FORTE system combines 3D‑printed soft fingers and air‑channel tactile sensors to pick up fragile items like potato chips in lab tests.

UT Austin will add digital university IDs to Apple and Android wallets in the 2027 6 28 academic year, eliminating replacement fees and modernizing campus access. Physical cards will remain during the phased rollout.

A 20i survey finds Texas web designers report more pay satisfaction than peers on the coasts, even with lower average salaries. Cost of living and career stage appear to matter more than raw dollars.

SXSW's Emerging Tech Expo opens a free public day Wednesday at Fairmont Austin with demos from AI to XR.

Texas Tech researchers used ATR‑FTIR and Raman spectroscopy with machine learning to identify fentanyl exposure in fingernail clippings, a noninvasive method presented at Pittcon.

SXSW panels, a $50M Texas fund and Compass Pathways' Phase 3 results are converging to push psychedelic therapies toward clinical reality. The debate ties downtown Austin to the state Capitol and clinics abroad.