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As more users use their AI chatbots to source purchases, PayPal has struck a deal with OpenAI to enable instant payment within ChatGPT. Read more: PayPal to be first payment wallet in ChatGPT in agentic commerce boost
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The partnership ‘marks the beginning of the AI-native wireless era’, the companies said. Read more: Nvidia bets on AI-native 5G, 6G with $1bn stake in Nokia
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In deep tech, the important breakthroughs don’t happen over night, says founder Chelsea Williams. Read more: The deep-tech founder growing the thermoelectric materials sector

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Robin AI has been listed for a distressed sale just nine months after it achieved 10th place in The Sunday Times 100 Tech 2025 list. The sale was first reported by financial publication City AM, and its listing on an insolvency marketplace has been seen first hand by Legal IT Insider. The company, which…
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One size does not fit all. That was just one of the truths discussed by founders at the second in a new series of start-up events in Galway on Friday. Read more: Realities of start-up world aired at Founders’ Exchange in Galway’s PorterShed
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Murugan Anandarajan at Drexel University discusses the skills professionals need to take a closer look at as artificial intelligence impacts the future of working life. Read more: If AI is changing who gets hired, what skills should you prioritise?
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OpenAI’s nonprofit side now holds a 26pc stake in the public benefit corporation. Read more: Microsoft gets 27pc stake in OpenAI after recapitalisation
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LirOptic is currently raising €1.5m in a seed funding round to scale its operations. Read more: NovaUCD’s LirOptic bags audience choice win at Luminate accelerator

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Aderant today (28 October) announced the acquisition of SaaS legal pricing solution Virtual Pricing Director (VPD), which leverages AI and adaptive workflows to help law firms accurately price their matters and shape their pricing strategy. Founded in 2017 through the collaboration of UK costs consultancy Burcher Jennings and legal pricing consultancy Validatum, VPD is…
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Keeper of the Natural History Museum of Ireland, Paolo Viscardi talks weird collections, ‘sexy’ science and the role of museums in a biodiversity crisis. Read more: Why Ireland’s Dead Zoo is as much about the living