Electric cars are old school. China’s investors are betting on the next technology trends, with live-in robots among the hottest tickets, writes Ian Lahiffe in Beijing.
Bubbles create winners and losers, and artificial intelligence has yet to reveal who they will be. This means it is risky to be involved – but also risky not to be.
The deal, pending due diligence, will see Fund’s IoT and telecoms tech company combine with London-listed Anemoi and move to The City’s main stock market.
Private equity-backed Presidio, which has revenues of $5.8 billion, is acquiring Irish IT services company Ergo. Co-founder John Purdy built the business from two to over 500 people.
Only a few months ago, Bronto, co-led by Noel Ruane and Trevor Parsons, came out of stealth mode. Now it has closed a seed round backed by Cercano, an investment firm with $10bn in assets under management, and others.
The founders of food packaging technology start-up Senoptica hoped to bring in new capital from a climate-focused VC firm. Its loan-note holders were unhappy with the terms of the deal and blocked it.
The founders of Senoptica have hit back in the Circuit Court against a move by loan-note holders to appoint an examiner to the business. They now want a joint examiner appointed.
Recently named CEO of the Year at the IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards, Carolan Lennon discusses how Salesforce Ireland is preparing for a new world of human-AI collaboration — and why values, not velocity, will shape the future of work.
A scientist, entrepreneur, and investor, Scott is sanguine about the positive potential of artificial intelligence but lucid about the disruption under way, including in consumer behaviour.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer's successful courting of the American president amid a plethora of landmines will go down as a win. He desperately needed it as he contends with high-profile exits, looming tax hikes, and the rise of Nigel Farage's Reform.
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