Written by Laura Lorek 

MassChallenge Texas kicked off Monday evening with a big crowd at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in downtown Austin.

I want Texas to be the place where startups come to innovate, said Mike Millard, managing director for MassChallenge Texas.

The global accelerator is now accepting applications for its 2018 Texas cohort that will be hosted at WeWork coworking spaces. The Austin-based nonprofit accelerator will work with up to 100 startups that will compete for up to $500,000 in equity-free cash awards.

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