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A state semiconductor grant will support a roughly $700 million capacity expansion at the chipmaker's Richardson fab, the latest award from a fund Austin-area firms dominate.
The automaker will add a second assembly line and 2,000 jobs at its Central Texas truck plant, deepening the region's manufacturing base south of Austin.
Central Texas companies account for the large majority of grants handed out so far by the state's semiconductor fund, according to an Austin Business Journal analysis.
The footwear startup, which prints shoes without traditional factories, added Series A capital as it deployed its faster next-generation printer locally.
The Central Texas plant is gearing up to make Tesla's next-generation AI chips under a $16.5 billion deal.
Silicon Labs veterans bet that AI can capture the institutional know-how walking out the door as experienced workers retire.
