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InnovationMap Daily Digest
Texas ranks as the No. 13 most innovative state in 2026 study (https://hou=
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BY John Egan
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During a SXSW reception March 12 at the Governor=E2=80=99s Mansion in Aust=
in=2C Gov. Greg Abbott hailed Texas as the No. 1 state for innovation. Per=
sonal finance website WalletHub doesn=E2=80=99t see it that way=2C though.=
 (https://houston.innovationmap.com/wallethub-2026-innovative-states-texas=
-2676367155.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&u=
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Uber rolls out women-only ride preferences to Houston users (https://houst=
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y-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&utm_campaign=3D5ea01db=
ef0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_20_11_45&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_term=3D0_4377ba=
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By Brandon Watson=2C CultureMap
Houston women riders and drivers can now be matched to other women on the=
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tionmap.com/how-to-request-woman-uber-driver-2676017442.html?daily-digest&=
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050.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&utm_campa=
ign=3D5ea01dbef0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_20_11_45&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_te=
rm=3D0_4377ba3638-5ea01dbef0-483895624
6 Houston entrepreneurs land on coveted Inc. Female Founders 500 list (htt=
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=2Ehtml?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&utm_campaign=
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By Laura Furr Mericas
Six Houston female entrepreneurs and innovators were named to the 2026 Fem=
ale Founders 500 list. (https://houston.innovationmap.com/houston-inc-fema=
le-founders-2026-2676267050.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-=
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76269101.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&utm_=
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NASA clears Artemis moon rocket for April launch with 4 astronauts (https:=
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01.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&utm_campai=
gn=3D5ea01dbef0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_20_11_45&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_ter=
m=3D0_4377ba3638-5ea01dbef0-483895624)
By Associated Press
NASA has cleared its moon rocket on for an April launch with four astronau=
ts after completing the latest round of repair (https://houston.innovation=
map.com/nasa-artemis-moon-rocket-april-launch-2676269101.html?daily-digest=
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ans-2676212536.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digest=
s&utm_campaign=3D5ea01dbef0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_20_11_45&utm_medium=3De=
mail&utm_term=3D0_4377ba3638-5ea01dbef0-483895624
Kinder leads 19 Houstonians on Forbes' World's Billionaires List 2026 (htt=
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-2676212536.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&u=
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l&utm_term=3D0_4377ba3638-5ea01dbef0-483895624)
By Amber Heckler=2C CultureMap
According to Forbes=2C there has =E2=80=9Cnever been a better time to be a=
 billionaire=E2=80=9D than in 2026=2C and the publication's newest ... (ht=
tps://houston.innovationmap.com/forbes-worlds-billionaires-list-houstonian=
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er-driven-scale-support-2676083399.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovati=
onMap+-+Daily+Digests&utm_campaign=3D5ea01dbef0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_20_=
11_45&utm_medium=3Demail&utm_term=3D0_4377ba3638-5ea01dbef0-483895624
Where founders go to grow: the rise of peer-driven scale support (https://=
houston.innovationmap.com/where-founders-go-to-grow-the-rise-of-peer-drive=
n-scale-support-2676083399.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+=
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m_medium=3Demail&utm_term=3D0_4377ba3638-5ea01dbef0-483895624)
By IM Create
Entrepreneurship can be exhilarating =E2=80=94 but it can also be isolatin=
g. Founders often carry the weight of leadership=2C stra ... (https://hous=
ton.innovationmap.com/where-founders-go-to-grow-the-rise-of-peer-driven-sc=
ale-support-2676083399.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Dail=
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Austin company to bring AI-powered school to The Woodlands (https://housto=
n.innovationmap.com/alpha-ai-school-the-woodlands-2676184076.html?daily-di=
gest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&utm_campaign=3D5ea01dbef0-=
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By John Egan
Austin-based Alpha School=2C which operates AI-powered private schools=2C=
 is opening its first Houston-area location in The ... (https://houston.in=
novationmap.com/alpha-ai-school-the-woodlands-2676184076.html?daily-digest=
&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&utm_campaign=3D5ea01dbef0-EMAI=
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nding-2676088617.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Dige=
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Houston space tech co. lands $175M and more innovation news to know (https=
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l&utm_term=3D0_4377ba3638-5ea01dbef0-483895624)
By InnovationMap Editor
Editor's note: The top Houston innovation news for the month includes majo=
r fundraising rounds for two Houston scaleups ... (https://houston.innovat=
ionmap.com/trending-news-intuitive-machines-cart-funding-2676088617.html?d=
aily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily+Digests&utm_campaign=3D5ea0=
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Houston researcher secures $1.7M to develop drug for aggressive form of br=
east cancer (https://houston.innovationmap.com/uh-triple-negative-breast-c=
ancer-drug-2676090303.html?daily-digest&utm_source=3DInnovationMap+-+Daily=
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ium=3Demail&utm_term=3D0_4377ba3638-5ea01dbef0-483895624)
By Mike Damante
A University of Houston researcher has joined a $3.2 million effort to dev=
elop a new drug designed to attack a cancer-dr ... (https://houston.innova=
tionmap.com/uh-triple-negative-breast-cancer-drug-2676090303.html?daily-di=
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