New ventures in Ireland are facing a continuing challenge in raising funds, despite continued growth and job creation. Is the State’s investment strategy to blame?
Large energy users are frozen out of new power connections, leading to frustration across all industries connected to the national grid. Market participants are offering solutions to ease the many bottlenecks while achieving climate targets.
Investment in Irish start-ups plummeted by 48 per cent last year, but other metrics tell a different story of venture capital activity here and across Europe.
Sam Altman and much of the OpenAI team are decamping to Microsoft, where they'll pursue their goal of Artificial General Intelligence. Should we be worried?
It is only a matter of time until the energy supply constraint is fixed through investment but a significant question remains: Is it strategic for Ireland to be home to so many data centres?
What are Elon Musk’s plans for X, formerly known as Twitter? Nobody is sure. But the Holy Grail is an "everything app" used for, well, everything, from ordering food to organising your life to following the news.
It feels like the state is placing the bulk of its bets way too early. Rebalancing towards later-stage supports could also encourage more angel investors to step in to support start-ups.
With so many software companies being forced to raise new investment at a fraction of their previous valuation, it would seem remiss not to try and attract some of that sweet, sweet AI premium.
The Vision Pro may never become a mainstream household device, but with Apple’s dollars and innovation behind it, the Vision OS and its paradigm of spatial computing look set for success.
Don’t be in any doubt, the stakes are massive here. Whoever wins in AI is winning for the next generation and can be elevated to the top tier of tech companies.
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