Tech

The Berlin-based start-up has raised $350m in a recent late-stage round, which will fund further US and European expansion. Read more: German agentic AI start-up Parloa triples valuation to $3bn

Taiwanese chip companies are expected to invest at least $250bn in the US. Read more: US, Taiwan agree to slash tariffs, boost US chip investments by $250bn

Ahead of a meeting with X today, Minister Niamh Smyth said she is confident that Ireland has adequate legislation in place to tackle the sharing of non-consensual sexualised images. Read more: Minister Smyth says laws adequate to tackle non-consensual Grok AI images

With applications for the BioInnovate programme closing on February 4, we speak to its executive director Prof Martin O’ Halloran about the Stanford-affiliated initiative. Read more: BioInnovate on the look out for Irish medtech innovators

AICertified have said that the majority of global employers now regard artificial intelligence as critical to their strategy, yet skill investment lags behind adoption. Read more: Irish edtech ‘creating global standard’ for AI skills secures €1m

Research from The Conference Board highlights the challenges and opportunities for employees all across Europe. Read more: Ireland in top 3 of best European countries in which to hire, says report

Luna plans to sell its first consumer cycling product, a rear-facing AI camera device paired with a smartphone app. Read more: Dublin’s Luna bags €1.5m to bring its AI safety camera to market

Equal1 is behind Ireland’s first home-grown quantum processing unit, Bell-1, launched last March. Read more: Irish start-up Equal1 raises $60m to deploy its quantum tech

Elon Musk’s xAI has finally bowed to international pressure and blocked Grok from creating the sexualised images which have flooded the X platform in recent weeks. Read more: Musk’s xAI bows to pressure and blocks Grok from ‘nudifying’ images