Tech

At a time when Ireland is striving to increase home building, Platmech will bring TCL’s award-winning heat pump tech to the country, as it secures €2m cash injection. Read more: Climate-tech Platmech secures €2m and exclusive partnership with TCL

Calling this the ‘age of AI’, Nvidia’s CEO said he plans to invest in companies including Revolut and Wayve. Read more: Nvidia to invest £2bn into UK’s AI start-up ecosystem

As the climate crisis increases extreme weather in Ireland, UCD aims to use the latest AI tech to better predict what’s to come. Read more: Aimsir mhaith: UCD and Met Éireann launch AI weather research centre

Nvidia and Intel will also be collaborating to develop custom data centres and personal computer products. Read more: Nvidia invests $5bn in rival chipmaker Intel

Merck says the new Blarney site is its first manufacturing facility designed for ‘full climate-neutral operations’ and will operate on 100pc renewable electricity. Read more: Merck opens new €150m Cork manufacturing site, plans 200 jobs

Carina Völkerling discusses how a graduate programme can empower young professionals to grow into their future roles. Read more: Building confidence with a graduate consulting programme

Sweeney was a special advisor to the Government before moving on to lead public policy at companies including Facebook. Read more: Former Facebook policy lead Niamh Sweeney appointed DPC commissioner

The latest episode of The Leaders’ Room features Deirdre Giblin, vice-president of operations and site lead for Datavant Ireland. This series is created in partnership with IDA Ireland. Read more: The Leaders’ Room: A lifetime of learning with Datavant’s Deirdre Giblin

Dublin’s Barespace, which bills itself as the ‘operating system’ for the hair and beauty industry, has raised €2.9m to accelerate its UK and European expansion. Read more: Barespace raises further €2.9m to digitise European salons