The Irish Tech News Podcast

Ronan caught up with Sean and Daniel 2 of the co-founders of Micron Agritech, who are the first undergrads in TUI to get funding from Hothouse. They talk about what they do, their plans to go to this years ploughing championships, their funding aspirations, AI, and their long-term vision. They also talk about how they can save farmers money, new areas of opportunity, and Michael O’Leary.

Ronan talks to Binny Gill the CTO of cloud services at Nutanix. Binny talks about his background, what he does at Nutanix, how serious they take security, their AI and machine learning usage. Binny also talks about how Nutanix can be scaled, how Nutanix can adapt to different hardware and software, and what their end goal is.

Ronan talks to Rob Solomon the CEO of GoFundMe. Rob explains what Gofundme does, gives an example of an Irish GoFundMe campaign that tugs at your heartstrings, and how they are used by big and small charities and NGO’s. Rob also talks about their trust and safety process, how easy it is to share campaigns, their new enterprise level software, how sports fan are using it in a unique, and how the Irish are the most generous people on Gofundme campaigns.

Ronan is at the Dublin Tech Summit and this is the second of his two Dublin Tech Summit Podcasts. He caught up with Claudia Reuter and Max Kelly from Techstars who tell him a bit more about Techstars and what they do. They also talk about what they look for in startups that want to take part in their various programs.

Ronan is at the Dublin Tech Summit and he met up with Sarah Welch the CMO of CarGurus. Sarah tells Ronan how CarGurus started, what they do, why their European HQ in Dublin is so important to them, and that they are looking to recruit more people.

Ronan talks to Paul Healy the CEO of Skillnet Ireland. Paul talks about his background, what Skillnet does, and reskilling and upskilling. Paul also talks about what ICT skills employers are looking for, and Skillnet’s core focus.

The Philadelphia Molecular Science Laboratory has recently discovered the Irish Gene and Ronan spoke to Professor John Weinberger one of the members of the team who discovered this gene. Professor Weinberger talks about his background, how the Irish Gene was discovered and what it is. Professor Weinberger also talks about the benefits of having this gene and the new smartphone app that they have developed.

Ronan talks to Leo Cullen the Co-founder of Will Vault. Leo talks about his background, his time down in the NDRC Portershed in Galway, and what Will Vault does. Leo also talks about why Ireland needs a wills register and the survey that Royal London did last year.

On International Woman’s Day Ronan talks to Tracy O’Rourke the CEO and co-founder of Vivid Edge. Tracy talks about her background, what Vivid Edge does and why sustainability has become big. Tracy also gives some simple tips that businesses can use to become more energy efficient and talks about the 2019 Cartier Woman's Initiative Award that she is nominated for.

Ronan talks to David Russell the Chief Executive of Host Ireland Business Broadband. David talks about his background, how Host Ireland Business Broadband has grown. David also talks about Ireland’s National Broadband Plan, and how could it have been handled better.