Hello everyone! AITX Team here with more updates this week.
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The State of AI in Texas Report is Coming Soon!
AITX Community and the University of Texas School of Law are putting together the first-of-its-kind, in-depth AI report to help AI businesses grow and thrive in Texas!
By mapping the AI landscape and understanding stakeholder interactions, we hope to identify key businesses involved with AI development in Texas. And by learning about AI product usage and how to support needs of new AI developers, we aim to provide a report that will both inform smart AI policy and serve as a guide for businesses on AI development.
THE WHO – We Want to Hear From You:
• Startups
• Scaleups
• Enterprises
THE HOW:
• WE NEED YOU! to participate in our survey
• We gather the quantitative data
• We follow up with You! in one-on-one interviews
• We collaborate—AITX and the UT School of Law team—sharing authorship while ensuring expertise informs the full report
• We release the report via PR outreach to local media, AITX newsletters, and social media channels from both AITX and UT
The Timeline:
• By End of October 2025 – We Draft survey and Launch
• By End of December 2025 – We Review Data and Draft
• By End of January 2026 – We Launch Report – Early access for participants!
In this week’s edition you’re getting:
5 Upcoming Events
3 AI Community Stories
1 Community Highlight
So let’s jump in!
UPCOMING EVENTS
💻 Hack AI
When: Monday, November 17 | 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM CST
Where: Capital Factory Austin, Texas
What: A monthly session for builders all over the Austin area to learn about and build the latest AI technology.
When: Thursday, December 4th | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST
Where: 801 Travis St, Downtown Houston
What: Will feature 3 presentations on practical AI applications as well as networking opportunities with fellow AI enthusiasts.
When: Wednesday, November 19 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CST
What: We’re inviting members of the Austin Robotics & AI community to give short, 5–10 minute lightning talks. Whether you’ve been building something cool, researching a new idea, or just want to share lessons learned, this is your chance to showcase it.
When: Thursday, November 20 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST
Where: Capital Factory 701 Brazos St · Austin, TX
What: Deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agents, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow developers.
When: Wednesday, December 3 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST
What:
COMMUNITY STORIES
Texas A&M researchers used AI to map an X-chromosome region that resists gene mixing across species, helping explain how mammals keep distinct identities despite hybridization. The team dubs it an X-linked recombination desert and reports the work in Nature.
Why it matters: It spotlights Texas leadership in AI-powered genomics with implications for speciation science and reproductive health research.
Need-to-know:
Nearly 30% of the X chromosome shows suppressed recombination
AI compared recombination across 22 placental mammals
Region is rich in fertility genes tied to reproductive disorders
Learn more here.
Anthropic will invest $50 billion to build custom data centers with Fluidstack in Texas and New York starting in 2026, aimed at scaling Claude for hundreds of thousands of business customers and frontier research.
Why it matters: Texas lands a major slice of next-gen AI infrastructure, bringing jobs, power demand, and a magnet for startups and enterprise AI projects.
Need-to-know:
800 permanent jobs and 2,400 construction roles
Sites designed for efficient frontier training and inference
Partnering with Fluidstack to deliver gigawatts of capacity
Learn more here.
Chevron will build a 2.5 GW natural gas plant in West Texas to power data centers, targeting a 2027 start and room to double capacity. The site will be in the Permian Basin, with the client undisclosed.
Why it matters: Another Fortune 50 player is anchoring AI-grade power in Texas, tightening the loop between energy producers and compute builders.
Need-to-know:
2.5 GW planned, expandable to 5 GW
Operations targeted for 2027
Data center customer not disclosed
Learn more here.
Community Highlight
This week we’re highlighting Eddy Hernandez & Damián Longoria, co-founders of Hubble, an AI-powered aggregator of tech events in Austin, TX.
AI-powered aggregator of tech events in Austin, TX.
Their ask from the community:
Join our new Slack to request features
That’s all for now, folks!
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