by - November 2, 2021 12:43 pm
Walmart is upping the ante on its voice commerce capabilities by acquiring select assets of voice technology startup Botmock for an undisclosed amount. Cheryl Ainoia, senior vice president of retail services/emerging…
by - October 28, 2021 4:26 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $2.5 million grant to engage in targeted outreach to small…
by - October 26, 2021 3:04 pm
A new report released Tuesday (Oct. 26) by Bentonville think tank Heartland Forward analyzes the entrepreneurial ecosystems of each state. It is not surprising that the coastal states win while…
by - October 26, 2021 9:39 am
Little Rock-based Circumference Group, led by former Alltel and AIS executive Jeff Fox, has named Kurt Silverman, Luca Sechi and Virgil Prewitt to newly created leadership positions focused on growing…
by - October 26, 2021 9:33 am
Winrock International, the Arkansas-based national and international economic development organization, announced Tuesday (Oct. 26) it will relocate its headquarters to the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub, located in North Little Rock’s…
by - October 20, 2021 7:53 pm
Privately held Zayo Group is in talks to acquire Little Rock-based Windstream and Uniti, a former Windstream company, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. The deal could…
by - October 19, 2021 7:37 pm
The Arkansas Research Alliance (ARA) announced Tuesday (Oct. 19) the addition of six new members to its board of trustees. They include: Chris Barber, President and CEO, St. Bernards Healthcare;…
by - October 19, 2021 3:41 pm
64.6 Downtown will partner with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Fort Smith Public School’s PEAK Innovation Center and the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) to…
by - October 18, 2021 7:03 pm
Walmart is piloting a shop-to-text technology in select areas including Northwest Arkansas. The retailer said it is learning about when and how customers prefer to use a conversational shopping experience….
by - October 18, 2021 5:58 pm
Startup incubator and new business accelerator HealthTech Arkansas has selected five new companies to participate in its next cohort that launches on Nov. 2. For the 2021 program, the HealthTech…
by - October 17, 2021 10:55 am
What happens in Las Vegas, as the old saying goes, is supposed to stay there. But we’re happy to share this news. Judges selected Bentonville tech startup Ox as the…
by - October 12, 2021 1:32 pm
Fayetteville-based biotech company Namida Lab Inc. recently announced a tear donation campaign and clinical trial recruitment site as it develops a tear-based breast cancer screening test. Namida Lab’s first product,…
by - October 5, 2021 7:17 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved an ordinance Tuesday night (Oct. 5) for a planned zoning district (PZD) Along Rogers Avenue, South 74th Street and Dallas Street that will…
by - October 4, 2021 10:01 am
The Conductor has named Grace Rains as its new executive director. She has served as director of operations since joining the organization in August 2019. The Conductor is an entrepreneurial…
by - September 29, 2021 9:50 pm
Mainstream Technologies will present cybersecurity insights at a Lunch ‘N Learn event to a group of Venture Center entrepreneurs and others interested in B2B cybersecurity on Friday, Oct. 8 at…
by - September 29, 2021 11:58 am
Heartland Forward announced Wednesday (Sept. 29) that it is raising $4 million to support the expansion of a new idea accelerator program to 1,000 entrepreneurs by 2023. Heartland Forward’s new…
by - September 19, 2021 5:12 pm
As America slowly emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, small businesses deserve special attention – because they have been hit especially hard and because they are vital to job growth. Local…
by - September 16, 2021 1:02 pm
Arvest Bank took a big stride forward in its digital transformation initiatives on Thursday (Sept. 16). The Fayetteville-based bank has selected London-based fintech firm Thought Machine to implement a next-generation…
by - September 15, 2021 4:42 pm
Walmart is expanding its use of autonomous vehicles for customer deliveries in a partnership with Ford and technology platform Argo AI in Austin, Texas, Miami and Washington, D.C. This is…
by - September 9, 2021 3:38 pm
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr visited OzarksGo’s Fayetteville headquarters Thursday (Sept. 9) to discuss fiber broadband projects being spearheaded by the state’s electric cooperatives. “These projects have demonstrated…
