Houston’s tech scene has made many strides in recent years to set a foundation for startups to thrive, 从创立到后期, 各个行业. With a wealth of incubators coming online and a sharp uptick in venture capital funding, startups now have more landing spots and opportunity for growth in Houston than ever before.  

We spoke to three tech startups about their experiences in Houston, including two that launched last year and one that recently relocated to Houston.  

Envana软件解决方案

Envana, a software-as-a-service company built to organize, 模拟和预测石油和天然气行业的排放, has experienced tremendous growth since its launch in January 2023. The startup is a joint venture by Halliburton and Siguler Guff. 

Envana's growth is marked by clients including the world’s second-largest oilfield services provider, 在亚太地区和欧洲的国家石油公司, 并领导U.S. 服务提供商. 随着公司为未来的目标做准备, Envana says it is looking not only to respond to demands within oil and gas, but to other energy sectors to help corporations manage their emissions. 

“There’s no better place in the world for an oil and gas SaaS company to be based than Houston, 德州.  Houston is the ideal birth city for an energy startup.  For Envana –a Halliburton JV with private equity firm Siguler Guff– the city’s features, 包括获得投资资本, 行业专家, and thought leadership in the evolving energy space, 让它成为黄金地段. The number of energy companies based in Houston looking for innovative industry solutions is unparalleled elsewhere in the world.——莎莉·莱钦，Envana全球营销 

Allthenticate 

Allthenticate describes itself as a cybersecurity startup on a mission to create seamless and efficient security solutions for companies via a smartphone application. The company is primarily focused on security at tech companies, though they intend to expand more of their presence to medtech and energy.  

Allthenticate’s story began in 2012 as co-founder Dr. 查德·斯宾斯基攻读博士学位, eventually earning a job as a security researcher at MIT working to find gaps in security. Spensky and co-founder Rita Mounir teamed up at a startup competition at UC-Santa Barbara, taking first place and getting traction with early investors. The company was headquartered in Santa Barbara until 2022, 当斯宾斯基和他的妻子搬到休斯顿时. Allthenticate officially relocated to downtown later that year following a short stint in The Ion and learning of the many advantages the region offers as a hub for headquarters. 

Allthenticate is going through another fundraising round following a $3.2022年将达到900万. The team says it remains focused on perfecting the hardware, software and application amid a rapidly changing list of security challenges, 包括deepfakes. 

“As we’re pushing so many world’s firsts in our industry, I think our goal is to become the premier identity and access management company in the world. 许多巨头都在努力迎头赶上, but I think we have an advantage here in what we’re doing and what we’ve built so far. In five years, I believe we will be THE identity management solution.——Rita Mounir, Allthenticate的联合创始人 

认为扩散 

In 2023, three-time startup founder Phu Ngo produced 认为扩散, 先进的人工智能视频制作平台. 认为扩散 has already established itself with noteworthy names, 为丰田制作动画内容, McDonald’s and even a music video for Toni Braxton. 认为扩散 leverages cutting-edge open-source AI technologies to offer a comprehensive and integrated platform for AI art and video generation. Its commitment to open-source has led three universities - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, PVCC-Melbourne, and the National University of Singapore - to adopt 认为扩散 for their innovation labs. 

认为扩散是由Ngo发起的, a 越南-born Houstonian whose family found opportunity in the Lone Star State as he was growing up. Following an education at UT-Austin and UC-Santa Barbara, Ngo成为了一名软件开发人员, 最终成立了三家创业公司. 认为扩散 spun out of Kinetic Chain Labs following a special request for animated video content, which resulted in an ultra-sophisticated art generator. For Ngo, Houston serves as an ideal place to start a business and call home. 

“Houston is home for me, it has great tax advantages and there’s a lot to like. I’m excited by the growing tech hub forming here – I think the startup community at the Ion is a great example of that. 最重要的是, 这里的食物太棒了, 天气很好, and you get a great ROI on your money – it’s amazing here in terms of quality of life.——认为扩散首席执行官Phu Ngo 

目前, 认为扩散 states that it is working on launching new experimental open-source products, 扩展到人工智能生成的文本和音乐, and increasing its focus on the education industry. 展望未来, the team is ready to embrace the challenges and advantages that the future of AI could bring. 

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