Dublin start-up EclimAI uses AI and computer vision to reduce energy waste, lower costs and cut carbon emissions in buildings. Having proven the concept at home, they are now raising funds to take the business into the US and Europe.
Tapestry VC, an investor in Irish unicorn Fin, has launched its third, $80m fund to back repeat founders. Co-founder Patrick Murphy explains why opportunities in Europe have “never been clearer” and when progress needs the state to step in.
As forensic testing of the purported will begins, the fight for the future of tech executive’s legacy harks back to a contested will for billionaire Howard Hughes, writes Angel Au-Yeung, The Wall Street Journal.
Eight months into his role at the helm of Research Ireland O'Brien speaks about why he left University of Cambridge, the role research will play in driving Ireland's economy, and why Ireland should have its own Station F.
The industry that spawned Kerrygold and Kerry Group projects a cutting-edge image, from R&D to marketing. Yet it has fallen one-third short of a modest innovation spending target.
Intercom’s $3.6 billion sale to Salesforce is not just a huge sum of money. It is also an incredible story of restarting a start-up that had plateaued by reinventing it for the AI-age.
Manna Air Delivery has ended its Irish delivery business, saying the lack of a national policy framework makes it impossible to trade. It will continue investing in R&D in Ireland but its drones will now fly elsewhere.
Eoghan McCabe bet his plateauing Intercom business on creating a groundbreaking AI agent called Fin. In March, Fin hit $100 million in sales, causing Salesforce to swoop in. Now those who built it stand to reap big rewards from the deal.
Startups and tech giants alike are mixing and matching AI models to avoid the premium prices charged by industry leaders, write Bradley Olson and Tina Li, The Wall Street Journal.
The Dublin office of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter has lost revenue, haemorrhaged staff and accumulated legal disputes under Elon Musk’s ownership. Meanwhile, its competitors thrived.
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