{"id":212444,"date":"2026-03-20T04:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/212444\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T04:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T04:02:08","slug":"royalty-tours-austin-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/212444\/","title":{"rendered":"Royalty tours Austin innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A visit from Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, turned heads in Austin on Wednesday, but this wasn\u2019t just a ceremonial stop. It was a deep dive into the city\u2019s growing influence as a global hub for innovation.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown Princess toured Capital Factory alongside a delegation of Swedish business leaders, all looking to tap into the ideas and momentum driving Texas\u2019 tech ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re honored to have the Crown Princess of Sweden here,\u201d said Gordon Daugherty of Capital Factory. \u201cShe\u2019s bringing a delegation of about 30 amazing business leaders from Sweden to learn what\u2019s going on here in Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Capital Factory leaders say Austin has become a destination for global players eager to see what\u2019s next in technology, especially in sectors like defense, space, and advanced manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p><p>KEYE DVR_WINDOW<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbsaustin.com\/news\/local\/building-ai-you-can-trust-inside-uts-push-for-verification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ALSO| Building AI You Can Trust: Inside UT\u2019s Push for Verification<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the companies in the spotlight: Firefly Aerospace. The Cedar Park-based firm is already collaborating with a Swedish partner on rocket launches, highlighting the growing international partnerships fueled by shared innovation goals.<\/p>\n<p>Inside Capital Factory, that collaboration is the point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have startups that are working on game-changing innovations that are going to change the world, help humanity,\u201d Daugherty said. \u201cHer delegation wants to learn a lot about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The visit underscored a broader theme: global connection through innovation and Texas\u2019 expanding role in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a Capital Factory story. It\u2019s a Texas story,\u201d Daugherty added. \u201cTexas has gone global. The world now knows that Texas is the place for deep tech, hard tech, and amazing innovations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Swedish leaders, the Austin stop offered a front-row seat to that momentum and a chance to build relationships that could shape future innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 A visit from Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, turned heads in Austin on Wednesday, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133],"class_list":{"0":"post-212444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-austin","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-austin-headlines","10":"tag-austin-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}