Startups

Packet Kansas City

Cloud platform Packet opens KC office after $25M funding round in New York

By Tommy Felts / March 14, 2019

New York-based Packet’s newly established Kansas City office is expected to take full advantage of the area’s wealth of tech talent, said Ihab Tarazi. “There is actually a very good technical base in Kansas City — so here’s validation of that,” said Tarazi, chief technology officer at the cloud infrastructure firm committed to “building a…

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Skip by Digital Baron

Skip restaurant lines (and downloading another app) with text-based ordering

By Tommy Felts / March 13, 2019

In an increasingly automated world, American consumers are experiencing app exhaustion while continuing to need innovative solutions to address daily pain points like waiting in lines at their favorite restaurants, said Eric Tucker. “People are tired of downloading apps,” said Tucker, founder of KC-based Digital Baron, which  delivers Skip, an app-less mobile and pay platform.…

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Andre Davis, Built Interior Construction

Cleaner, more durable design: Future of construction is already Built, says Andrè Davis

By Tommy Felts / March 12, 2019

Built Interior Construction is “precision-cutting” cities of the future by injecting innovation into the slow-moving construction industry, said Andrè Davis. “The challenges in our industry is that construction methods are so archaic,” said Davis, business development executive at the Kansas City interior construction firm, founded in 2016 by Russ Branden, David Anderson, and Mark Brandmeyer.…

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Brendan Reilly, Dan Scott and Richard Neal, Lelex Prime

Lelex Prime: ‘Decoding human thought’ could give ultimate competitive edge

By Tommy Felts / March 12, 2019

You won’t find tumbleweeds blowing down Main Street, but if you look hard enough you’ll start to see Kansas City taking the shape of a new Wild West; one where tech startups like Lelex Prime have staked their claim, Brendan Reilly said. “Have you seen ‘Westworld?’” Reilly, the company’s CRO, asked as he sat at a…

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