Ann O’Dea

2 days ago | siliconrepublic.com | Ann O’Dea

Episode two of The Leaders’ Room season three features Edel Collins, general manager at Thermo Fischer Scientific in Cork. This series is created in partnership with IDA Ireland. In season three of The Leaders’ Room podcast, we once again get the back stories of the leaders of some of Ireland’s most influential multinationals in tech, life sciences and innovation, as well as insights into their leadership styles and industry trends they see coming down the line.

3 days ago | siliconrepublic.com | Ann O’Dea

Dublin based AI start-up Talio has now secured some $1m in funding with backers that include Fulfil’s Barry Connolly and former Red Bull executive Karen Reilly. Talio, a Dublin-based AI startup founded by Oran O’Flynn and Ciaran O’Connor, has raised a total of $1 million in funding to date for its platform which gathers data from menus, retail, and social media, to identify trends, and to guide users all the way through to concept creation, according to O’Flynn.

3 days ago | siliconrepublic.com | Ann O’Dea

Ireland has officially joined the European Space Agency’s Phi-Lab NET as funding call opens today for Irish innovators looking to the space sector. Phi-Lab Ireland is the newest addition to a growing pan-European network of locally hosted and administered Phi-Labs (Phi-Lab NET ), each addressing a regionally important thematic area.

4 days ago | siliconrepublic.com | Ann O’Dea

D4H, the Howth-based emergency and incident management software company founded by Robin Blandford has been acquired by the UK’s EcoOnline for an undisclosed sum. A background as a volunteer in the Irish Coast Guard, and a computer engineering degree from DCU led Robin Blandford to found a company in 2008 that creates vital data management for first responders and the ability to record real time data. D4H is still, rather fittingly, based out of a lighthouse on Howth head, overlooking Dublin Bay.

5 days ago | siliconrepublic.com | Ann O’Dea

Elon Musk’s Tesla began quietly taking passengers in a very low-key launch of its robotaxi service in Austin Texas, complete with remote monitoring and safety driver in passenger seat. Despite an opportunity to pause when Austin lawmakers penned a letter requesting the pilot be delayed, Tesla proceeded with its long-anticipated robotaxi pilot on Sunday, albeit with invite-only rides for influencers, remote monitoring and safety drivers in the passenger seat.