IntoTexas AI Podcast

Your deep dive into AI news and trends reshaping Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas—including the impact of artificial intelligence. Hosted by Shannon Belew, IntoTexas AI brings you the most important AI stories impacting Texas—from data centers and enterprise adoption to startups, policy, and the shifting balance of power in work. Each episode delivers: The biggest AI news stories connected to Texas What it means for business leaders, innovators and investors Fast insights you can actually use It's a front-row seat to how AI is transforming one of the most important economic regions.

IntoTexas AI Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Shannon Belew, with 38 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Shannon Belew hosts IntoTexas AI Podcast, a business show with 38 episodes published.

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  Choosing Texas — Why AI Companies are Making the Move and It's Beyond Data Centers

  Aug 14, 202622 min

  Texas has become one of the most important places in the country for AI infrastructure. But a new wave of company moves suggests the state may have a much bigger opportunity ahead: becoming a place where AI businesses themselves are built. In this episode of IntoTexas AI, Shannon Belew looks at Auger’s decision to move its headquarters from the Seattle area to North Dallas. Founded by former Amazon executive Dave Clark, the supply-chain AI company has already raised $150 million—and Clark’s explanation for choosing Dallas goes well beyond the familiar Texas story about taxes. He points to customers, industry expertise and access to supply-chain talent. Auger isn’t alone. Partly, Future Secure AI and NextWork are among the companies choosing Austin, while Pudu Robotics moved its U.S. headquarters to Richardson. International companies including Q.ANT are also selecting Texas as the place to establish their U.S. presence. Similar moves by Cognigy and Matic began appearing in 2025. The bigger question is what comes next. Can Texas turn its enormous investments in data centers, semiconductors and energy into a broader AI ecosystem built around companies, talent, customers and capital? And rather than becoming “the next Silicon Valley,” could Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston each develop their own distinct role in the AI economy? That’s the opportunity we’re watching. #TexasAI #ArtificialIntelligence #AITexas #AIStartups #TechTexas #DallasTech #AustinTech #AIInfrastructure #AITech #IntoTexasAI

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  DOE’s Genesis Mission: How Texas Is Using AI to Accelerate Scientific Discovery

  Aug 7, 202620 min

  What happens when AI stops being the thing we’re trying to build—and becomes the tool we use to discover what comes next? The U.S. Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission is putting that idea to the test. The initiative selected 278 Phase I projects with researchers using AI to tackle challenges across energy, physics, advanced manufacturing, biology, quantum computing and more. Texas is playing a significant role. Twelve of the selected projects are led by Texas-based organizations, including teams at Texas A&M, UT Austin, Rice University, UT Arlington, Texas State University, the University of Houston and Halliburton. In this episode of IntoTexas AI, Shannon Belew looks beyond the individual university announcements to explore the bigger story: how AI is moving inside the scientific discovery process itself, why Texas has the research depth to participate across so many different fields, and what business leaders can learn from the way these scientists are approaching AI. The lesson may be surprisingly practical. These researchers didn’t begin by asking, “Where can we use AI?” They began with problems they already understood—and then asked whether AI could help solve them better. We also look at the money behind the Genesis Mission, the role of private-sector partners, and why accelerating scientific discovery may ultimately be one of the most consequential investments being made in AI today. Subscribe to IntoTexas AI for more reporting and analysis on how artificial intelligence is reshaping business, technology and innovation across Texas. #ArtificialIntelligence #TexasAI #GenesisMission #ScientificDiscovery #AIInnovation #TexasTechnology #AIResearch #IntoTexasAI

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  Texas AI Beyond Data Centers: Industrial AI, Drones, Driverless Trucks & Rice Research

  Jul 31, 202612 min

  Texas lawmakers are taking a harder look at the rapid growth of data centers—but that is only one part of the state’s expanding AI economy. In this episode of IntoTexas AI, Shannon Belew looks beyond the biggest headlines to examine several developments showing where artificial intelligence is being put to work across Texas. Houston is attracting specialized industrial AI investment as Applied Computing opens its first U.S. office and partners with KBR. Applied Optoelectronics is expanding manufacturing in Pearland to produce critical infrastructure for AI systems. In North Texas, Flytrex and Nash are combining drone delivery with ground couriers, while Aurora prepares to deploy autonomous trucks along major Texas freight corridors. We also visit Rice University, where researchers are developing AI-powered “self-driving laboratories”—and exploring why the next generation of intelligent systems may need to learn how to forget. Together, these stories reveal an increasingly interconnected Texas AI economy shaped by energy, manufacturing, transportation, research and the demands of operating in the real world. Subscribe to IntoTexas AI for news and analysis about how artificial intelligence is changing business, industries and communities across Texas. #TexasAI #ArtificialIntelligence #IntoTexasAI #IndustrialAI #DataCenters #AutonomousVehicles #DroneDelivery #Rice #AITexas

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  The Hidden Reason AI Projects Stall Inside Organizations

  Jul 24, 202622 min

  Most companies aren't struggling to adopt AI. They're struggling to adapt their organizations around it. In this episode of the IntoTexas AI Podcast, Shannon Belew explores one of the biggest leadership challenges facing businesses today: the gap between AI adoption and organizational adaptation. Employees are using AI. Productivity is improving. But many organizations still don't feel fundamentally different. Why? Because AI is often being inserted into workflows, reporting structures, and decision-making processes that were designed long before AI existed. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why AI adoption and organizational adaptation are two very different things • The four organizational levers leaders should evaluate • What Texas organizations like TxDOT, Foxlink, and USAA can teach us about AI transformation • Why organizational design—not technology—may become the biggest competitive advantage of the AI era If you're a CEO, executive, manager, or business leader trying to move beyond AI pilots and toward real transformation, this episode is for you. The technology may be new. The organization may still be yesterday's organization. IntoTexas AI explores how artificial intelligence is reshaping business, leadership, and innovation across Texas. Subscribe for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday. #ArtificialIntelligence #Leadership #BusinessTransformation #DigitalTransformation #TexasBusiness #FutureOfWork #AILeadership #Innovation #ExecutiveLeadership #IntoTexasAI

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  Texas Is Building AI Infrastructure. But Is It Building AI Leaders?

  Jul 23, 202624 min

  Who will actually turn a company’s AI strategy into everyday work? In this episode of IntoTexas AI, Shannon Belew examines why middle managers may determine whether AI adoption succeeds or fails. While executives set ambitious goals and employees are encouraged to use new tools, managers are often left to redesign workflows, evaluate AI-generated work, manage changing roles and explain what adoption means for their teams—without a new management model or additional support. The episode explores the growing pressure on middle managers, the consequences of top-down AI mandates and why awareness training alone is not enough. Shannon also looks at how the manager’s role is changing as leaders learn to divide work between people and AI, establish accountability, rethink performance and guide employees through uncertainty. Texas is building the infrastructure, talent programs and investment ecosystem needed to compete in AI. But the state’s long-term advantage may depend on whether its companies also prepare the leaders who can turn AI tools into productive, responsible and measurable business value. Subscribe to IntoTexas AI for practical analysis of how artificial intelligence is reshaping business, leadership and work across Texas. #ArtificialIntelligence #AILeadership #MiddleManagement #FutureOfWork #AIAdoption #TexasBusiness #LeadershipDevelopment #IntoTexasAI

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