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The Connected AI Podcast: AI and robotics

The Connected AI Podcast

Release Date: 02/26/2025

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The Connected AI Podcast

Welcome to the Connected AI Podcast, a fortnightly podcast presented by Charlie Taylor, the Business Post’s technology editor, and Elaine Burke, one of our leading contributors.   In the latest episode we’re talking to Conor Sheridan, founder and CEO of Nory, an AI-powered restaurant platform that last year raised $37 million from investors. Conor talks us through Nory’s origin story, who the company is targeting, and the opportunities he sees for the business.   In addition, Charlie and Elaine discuss widespread excitement over Claude code, and by extension, Anthropic, weigh...

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In the latest Connected news podcast, Business Post tech editor Charlie Taylor talks to Business Post reporter Vish Gain on the introduction (or lack of as it turns out) of age verification systems by tech companies.    In addition, he also chats with Emma Hanrahan about opposition to Manna’s drone delivery service, and on Microsoft’s warning after its servers were hacked.   Finally, Charlie chats with Liam Fuller, a recent school leaver who has just raised $1.4 million from backers that include Stripe alumni for his startup, which automates stock purchasing for retailers...

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In the latest Connected news podcast, Business Post tech editor Charlie talks to banking and fintech correspondent about Donal MacNamee about AIB taking on Revolut with a new investing offering, and rolling out Microsoft’s Copilot company-wide.   He also talks with newsroom reporter Vish Gain on AI spending covering Meta, Anthropic, Google and Elon Musk’s xAI.   Finally, Charlie chats with another Business Post journalist, Alice O’Leary, on Bitcoin, which soared past the $120,000 mark for the first time earlier this week.   Available to download wherever you listen to...

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In the latest Connected news podcast, Business Post tech editor Charlie talks to newsroom reporter Vish Gain about data centre builder Winthrop Technologies' financial performance, and on Ronan Group’s hope to develop a national tech hub in Dublin.   Another Business Post reporter, Eoin O’Hare, also chats with Charlie on a move by Revolut rival Monzo, to beef up its presence in Ireland ahead of a likely launch sometime soon.   It’s been a good week for Irish companies securing investment. Among the startups raising is MoveTru, a sports tech firm led by Naomi McGregor, who...

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In the latest Connected news podcast, Business Post tech editor Charlie talks to newsroom reporter Megan Brien about job losses at Intel Ireland, and new roles at IBM. They also discuss a warning from a senior Microsoft executive on data centre providers here and how they are falling behind.    Talking of Microsoft, Charlie also chats with newsroom reporter Eoin O’Hare on a new court case involving the company ’s use of data bidding systems, and with Alan Browne. chief executive of Soarvo on how the company is develping digital twins for the likes of Formula One.    As...

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Want to know what is happening in tech? You need the Connected News Podcast. This weekly series gives you the lowdown on what’s happening in tech, all from an Irish perspective. Each week we’ll be bringing you the stories that matter in bitesize chunks to keep you in the know.   In the latest episode, the Business Post's tech editor  Charlie Taylor talks to political correspondent Cónal Thomas on Ireland's semiconductor strategy, and about a warning from the state's AI advisory council that the country needs to move fast to stay ahead.   In addition, Charlie chats with...

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The Connected AI Podcast

Want to know what is happening in tech? You need the Connected News Podcast.   This weekly series gives you the lowdown on what’s happening in tech, all from an Irish perspective. Each week we’ll be bringing you the stories that matter in bitesize chunks to keep you in the know.   In our first episode, Business Post tech editor Charlie talks to Megan Brien on Meta’s attempt to monetise WhatsApp with the introduction of ads, the latest on the NDRC saga, and a new report on how Irish people consume news online.    In addition, he also chats withLaura Roddy on some big...

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Connected AI Podcast, a fortnightly podcast presented by Charlie Taylor, the Business Post’s technology editor, and Elaine Burke, one of our leading contributors.   The Connected AI Podcast, which is brought to you in association with Expleo, aims to cut through the hype and get to the heart of AI for business, with expert guests offering their advice, and the hosts giving their take on big developments in the space.   In the latest episode we’re talking to Mike McGrath, co-founder and CEO of Kwayga. Mike talks to us about how the startup's AI...

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Intercom's Karen Church on how AI is a game-changer for customer support   In the latest episode we’re talking to Karen Church, vice president for research and data science at Intercom. Karen talks to us about the tech unicorn’s early embrace of Gen AI and how its agent Fin is radically changing customer support for the better   In addition, Charlie and Elaine discuss Open AI’s latest travails, new funding for Perplexity, Klarna’s roll-back on hiring humans, and trouble for Google’s ‘cash cow’ as AI operators take on search.   The Connected AI Podcast. You won’t...

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Welcome to the latest episode of the Connected AI Podcast, a fortnightly podcast presented by Charlie Taylor, the Business Post’s technology editor, and Elaine Burke, one of our leading contributors.   The Connected AI Podcast, which is brought to you in association with Expleo, aims to cut through the hype and get to the heart of AI for business, with expert guests offering their advice, and the hosts giving their take on big developments in the space.   In the latest episode we’re talking to Donal O’Shea, founder and chief executive of Deciphex. Donal talks to us about the...

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Welcome to the seventh episode of the Connected AI Podcast, a fortnightly podcast presented by Charlie Taylor, the Business Post’s technology editor, and Elaine Burke, one of our leading contributors.

The Connected AI Podcast, which is brought to you in association with Expleo, aims to cut through the hype and get to the heart of AI for business, with expert guests offering their advice, and the hosts giving their take on big developments in the space.

In the latest episode we’re talking to Niamh Donnelly, co-founder of Irish start-up Akara Robotics, which is developing robotics and AI technologies for use in hospitals around the world. Niamh joins us with an update on Akara's move into the US and explains how they co-design their technologies by working closely with hospital staff, ensuring their tech is fit for purpose.

In addition, Charlie and Elaine discuss how educators are responding to AI, the advice from Ireland's AI Advisory Council, which LLMs are safest and much more.

The Connected AI Podcast. You won’t want to miss it.

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