Artificial intelligence is lowering barriers to entry for entrepreneurs, especially in software start-ups. It is also making the field more competitive, pushing founders to try more business ideas and build their own distribution channels.
Rippling's fresh accusations over the use of a Dublin-based employee as an alleged "spy" target top executives at Deel.
After more than three decades at the helm of Softco, Susan Spence and her brother Jim Coffey sold their software firm for over €100 million. Spence reflects on the strategy, succession planning, and timing that made the deal possible.
Generating EU demand for the products of the bloc’s start-ups may be a good place to start, but a lot more is needed to make the European ecosystem less dependent on US venture capital.
The electronics firm spent a year chasing Dermot Keogh through the courts, claiming he violated his contract and misused company data. A judge found in the Irishman’s favour.
Wisconsin-based Realta Fusion is led by Wexford's Kieran Furlong. The nuclear-energy start-up has now raised $50m from the private and public sector.
The cloud technology firm, now part of the Broadcom group, has moved intellectual property rights – and taxable income – from Ireland to the US.
We will all interact with conversational AI sooner rather than later on both sides of the recruitment process, but bots still miss context and the ability to assess soft skills.
European policy on artificial intelligence is preemptive, limiting entrepreneurs’ access to the latest technology. Sometimes it’s best to wait just a little and see how society responds to innovation.
The US-based IT giant is realising the second half of the value onshored to Ireland in 2020 – without rowing back on its profitable Dublin-based green jersey structure.
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