Ready to dig into South Texas tech startup X Factor
News Highlights: Ready to dig into South Texas tech startup X Factor
New Year. New president. New perspective. New SA Inc. column!
Welcome to Accelerator, a weekly riff about San Antonio’s vibrant tech and startup scene.
We are excited to step up the accelerator on this project, which will rise in stories about the people, companies, institutions, politics, money and trends behind the news.
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When I joined the Express-News last summer, the bosses assigned me to the business desk and editor Greg Jefferson gave me the technology and economics beat.
Accelerator: Ready to dig into South Texas tech, startup X-factor
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New year. New president. New perspective. New SA Inc. column!
Welcome to Accelerator, a weekly riff on San Antonio’s vibrant tech and startup scene.
We’re excited to push the throttle up on this project, which will soar into stories about the people, companies, institutions, politics, money and trends behind the news.
When I joined the Express-News last summer, the bosses assigned me to the business desk and Business Editor Greg Jefferson gave me the tech and economy beat.
I warned him that I didn’t have a wealth of tech or economics knowledge and was a terrible math and engineering student. Plus, I don’t have a STEM or business degree, and I came to journalism late after a 24-year Air Force career.
Germ-zapping robot maker gets new digs as business grows
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Lead Mechanical Engineer Deepak Jayaraj, left, and Xenex CEO Morris Miller, right,pose with one of the company s product, LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots, at their new offices north of the San Antonio International Airport, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. The company has sold the robots, that use UV rays to kill germs, to the San Antonio Spurs, hospitals throughout the country and the Texas State Capitol.Jerry Lara / Staff photographer
San Antonio’s disinfecting robot manufacturer, Xenex, kicked off 2021 by expanding both its facilities and its business.
With sales soaring 600 percent in 2020, due largely to the COVID-19 pandemic, the privately held firm outgrew its old space. But it found a new home in a business park two miles away, near Wurzbach Parkway and San Antonio International Airport.
In what some termed a political decision, President Trump chose Huntsville, Alabama, as the permanent home for Space Command on Jan. 13, triggering efforts by officials in Colorado to persuade