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Texas AI Infrastructure Booms: Stargate, Smart Highways, and Innovation
Join the Antler & AITX Mini-Hackathon on March 24-25!
AITX Team
March 21, 2025
Hello everyone! AITX Team here with more updates this week.
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Antler & AITX Mini-Hackathon
Antler's Spring Founder Residency recently kicked off, which means for the next 6 weeks, 80+ early-stage founders will be building their companies here in Austin! As part of their welcome to the city, AITX is helping organize a mini 1-day Hackathon.
Local engineers can apply to attend, then team up with Antler founders to compete and win. If you're interested in cofounding or joining a startup, this event is a great chance to explore teaming up and show us what you've got.
When: Monday, March 24 5:30 PM - Mar 25, 5:00 PM CST
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
When: Wednesday, April 2 | 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM CDT
Where: Capital Factory 701 Brazos St · Austin, TX
What: Managing complex workflows in autonomous systems poses significant challenges as they scale. This talk explores strategies for optimizing agent-based architectures, where multiple agents interact and adapt in dynamic environments.
When: Wednesday, April 2 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM CST
Where: Capital Factory 701 Brazos St · Austin, TX
What: Tony Guarnaccia, Founder of Guestify.AI, equips entrepreneurs, coaches, and business leaders to seize attention, sharpen messaging, and own their niche through top podcast appearances.
When: Wednesday, March 26 | 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM CDT
Where: Microsoft Corp Office, Quarry Oaks II, Bldg B 10900B Stonelake Blvd, #225 · Austin, TX
What: Details coming soon
When: Monday, March 24 5:30 PM - Mar 25, 5:00 PM CST
What: Antler's Spring Founder Residency recently kicked off, which means for the next 6 weeks, 80+ early-stage founders will be building their companies here in Austin! As part of their welcome to the city, AITX is helping organize a mini 1-day Hackathon
When: Wednesday, April 2 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM CDT
Where: ACC - RGC 3000 1218 West Avenue · Austin, TX
What: An evening of innovation, inspiration, and connection! Don't miss out on the latest in AI and LangChain Ecosystem technology.
COMMUNITY STORIES
A new artificial intelligence-powered insurance company, Mythen, has launched operations in Bermuda and Texas, offering parametric coverage for natural disasters typically considered difficult to insure.
Why it matters: This represents a significant shift in how catastrophic risks are being underwritten and managed, with AI and machine learning potentially making coverage more accessible for previously uninsurable or expensive risks.
Need-to-know:
Founded by insurance technology veteran Sandra DeSilva, Mythen uses AI, machine learning, and remote sensing to provide quick liquidity for hard-to-insure risks
The company's WindSpeed™ product offers up to $500,000 in coverage for named storms and hurricanes, triggered by specific events rather than actual losses
Parametric insurance is gaining traction globally as an alternative to traditional policies, potentially representing a more efficient model for certain types of risk transfer
Learn more here.
Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA) has implemented an artificial intelligence system from Vinci Highways' subsidiary ViaPlus to handle image review for its extensive toll road network.
Why it matters: The integration of AI in Houston's toll operations demonstrates how transportation infrastructure is evolving to handle massive traffic volumes more efficiently, with HCTRA managing over 600 million vehicles annually across 128 miles of highways.
Need-to-know:
The new "Sightline" AI solution will automatically process license plate images from video tolling operations
For images that can't be automatically processed, a team of human reviewers familiar with regional license plate designs will provide validation
The hybrid AI-human approach aims to ensure reliable tolling operations across one of the nation's busiest toll road networks
Learn more here.
The first Stargate Project site in Abilene, Texas, will house approximately 400,000 of Nvidia's GB200 superchips, making it one of the largest AI computing clusters in the world.
Why it matters: This massive deployment represents a significant milestone in U.S. AI infrastructure development, with Texas establishing itself as the epicenter of large-scale AI computing capacity.
Need-to-know:
The $100 billion project is backed by OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, highlighting unprecedented investment in AI computing infrastructure
Construction is already underway with the first phase expected to be operational in early 2025 and full completion targeted for mid-2026
The facility is designed to support both AI training and inference at exceptional speed and scale, potentially accelerating AI development significantly
Learn more here.
COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHT
This week, we’re highlighting Georges Colbert from Albatroz.AI.
He was one of our amazing demos that came for the AI House @ SxSW.
His AI platform triages communications over phone and email, engages with leasing prospects after-hours or during busy periods, and books a tour if there is availability that matches their apartment search.
They help multifamily properties accelerate the lead-to-lease conversion.
That’s all for now, folks!
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