Texas AI Beyond Data Centers: Industrial AI, Drones, Driverless Trucks & Rice Research

Texas lawmakers are taking a harder look at the rapid growth of data centers—but that is only one part of the state’s expanding AI economy.In this episode of IntoTexas AI, Shannon Belew looks beyond the biggest headlines to examine several developments showing where artificial intelligence is being put to work across Texas.Houston is attracting specialized industrial AI investment as Applied Computing opens its first U.S. office and partners with KBR. Applied Optoelectronics is expanding manufacturing in Pearland to produce critical infrastructure for AI systems. In North Texas, Flytrex and Nash are combining drone delivery with ground couriers, while Aurora prepares to deploy autonomous trucks along major Texas freight corridors.We also visit Rice University, where researchers are developing AI-powered “self-driving laboratories”—and exploring why the next generation of intelligent systems may need to learn how to forget.Together, these stories reveal an increasingly interconnected Texas AI economy shaped by energy, manufacturing, transportation, research and the demands of operating in the real world.Subscribe to IntoTexas AI for news and analysis about how artificial intelligence is changing business, industries and communities across Texas.#TexasAI #ArtificialIntelligence #IntoTexasAI #IndustrialAI #DataCenters #AutonomousVehicles #DroneDelivery #Rice #AITexas