Tech

The funding round was extended by existing strategic and venture investors, and joined by Milan-based venture capital group The Techshop as well as new national institutional investors. Read more: Galway-based AI start-up Octostar raises €6.1m

Revenue rate has surpassed $30bn at Anthropic, up from around $9bn at the end of 2025. Read more: Anthropic, Google, Broadcom announce 3.5GW TPU deal

Kosic will work on AI infrastructure projects at Prometheus, sources said. Read more: FT: Jeff Bezos’s Project Prometheus taps xAI co-founder Kyle Kosic

The Government said that the strategy is essential to ensuring Ireland remains competitive in attracting the next wave of large-scale, high-value manufacturing investment opportunities in sectors such as semiconductors, life sciences, and renewables. Read more: Irish Government approves ‘next-generation sites’ for industry

The Wallet will also be used to verify age on online platforms. Read more: Ireland begins digital wallet testing and consultation

Ronan Rogers and Ruth Callanan discuss innovation in the West of Ireland and the evolution of Ireland’s STEM careers. Read more: What impact might Medtronic’s new lab have on Galway’s medtech ecosystem?

The purchase will be part of OpenAI’s strategy to further the conversation on the changes brought about by artificial intelligence. Read more: OpenAI to ‘drive AI conversation’ with purchase of tech talk show TBPN

Prove said the roles would be across product, software engineering, research and development, and data science, supporting global product development and growth. Read more: Prove to create 50 new ‘high-value’ roles in Ireland

Microsoft wants to offer the ‘most complete AI and app agent factory’. Read more: Microsoft releases foundational AI models targeting enterprises