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If you're an educator looking to teach something new or a young person who wants to upskill, consider one of these cool programming languages. Read more: Childβs play: Top 6 programming languages for young people
AI coding assistants are saving UK government workers 28 working days a year, the government claims, as it looks to leverage AI to save 45bn across the public sector. AI coding assistants are becomin...
Microsoft will offer its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites without Teams and at a reduced price. Read more: Microsoft avoids EU fine by unbundling Teams from 365 suites
Ukrainian defense technology company Falcons has raised funding from US-based Green Flag Ventures to scale production of its radio frequency (RF) direction-finding system and work toward NATO certific...
Frenchdeeptech company Cailabs has raised 57 million to accelerate itsindustrial expansion and global growth. Theround of structured financing, led by the European Investment Bank (EIB),combines a 3...
Dear SaaStr: How Do I Build a Great SDR Team? Building a great SDR team is one of the most critical steps in scaling a SaaS company, especially when youβre selling to the C-suite or enterprise. SDRs are the engine of your pipeline, and if you get this right, it can transform your sales organization.... Continue Reading
The new facility will be dedicated to advancing Equifaxβs global AI research and development. Read more: Equifax opens Wexford AI innovation lab to advance R&D
OpenWav is building a direct-to-fan platform for music artists that lets them keep more of the profits.
Ramp just released its latest data on LLM Model Spend data and it shows about what youβd expect β¦ but it also highlights the strong momentum with Anthropic. Ramp itself has crossed a stunning $1B ARR and manages billions and billions of spend: Summary & 2026-2027 Projections: Current landscape: OpenAI leads at 36.5%, Anthropic accelerating... Continue Reading
Adam Bain, Dick Costolo, and David Fischer β the operators behind Twitter and Metaβs growth β reunite at Disrupt 2025.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 is bringing together 10,000+ startup and VC leaders for three days of bold ideas, groundbreaking tech, and future-shaping conversations.
Weβre back on 20VC + SasStr with Harry Stebbings, Jason Lemkin, Rory OβDriscoll, and special guest Jeff Lawson (Founder & Former CEO, Twilio) Bottom Line Up Front Rory OβDriscoll: Teslaβs trillion-dollar pay package for Elon is a board betting everything on doubling down β they believe without him, the stock drops 75% overnight. Itβs intellectually... Continue Reading
A new report by Antler, published today reveals a new generation of βrocketshipβ unicorns β tech companies, like Lovable, Mistral and ElevenLabs, that were founded since 2020 and have already achieve...
F5 said the deal is expected to close in its fourth-quarter fiscal year 2025, which concludes at the end of this month. Read more: F5 to acquire Irish-led cyber start-up CalypsoAI for $180m
According to Seagate, the investment will generate a number of highly skilled jobs within the R&D and manufacturing sectors. Read more: 115m Seagate investment to generate 30 jobs and boost Derryβs economy
For many European startups, the US is seen as the ultimate market to scale into. Since we often frame competitiveness in terms of Europe versus the US, I wanted to hear the perspective on the 28th Reg...
Hereβs the the reality every founder running sales, and every first time VP of Sales and sales leader learns the hard way: You canβt coach someone into being something they fundamentally arenβt. Especially a sales exec. Iβve seen this pattern play out literally 100+ times across B2B companies from Series A to IPO. Again and... Continue Reading
Recent tragic cases in the US of teenagers taking their life after emotional conversations with chatbots showed that the inevitable rise of AI βfriendsβ will need proper guardrails. Read more: Opinion: Ireland officially loneliest country in the EU. Might AI friends help?
Last week, it was reported that OpenAI is paying Broadcom $10bn to make custom AI chips. Read more: Reports: OpenAI to spend $300bn for Oracleβs compute power
A new report indicates that training and supports targeting disadvantaged groups are needed to tackle Ireland's growing skills gap. Read more: Is improved social mobility key to bridging Irelandβs tech skills gap?
Vibe coding is a relatively new term people are using to describe building software through natural language prompts instead of traditional programming. The term first entered commercial consciousness...
Opper AI, a UK-based startup focused on production-grade reliability for generative AI systems, has acquired FinetuneDB, a platform known for its streamlined approach to dataset curation and fine-tuni...
Italian fintech platform Tot has closed a pre-Series Ainvestment round of 7 million. The round was led by CDP Venture Capital, withparticipation from Azimut Group, The Techshop, X-Equity Venture Club...
Healthtechcontinued to demonstrate its strength in Europe in the first half of 2025,attracting 4 billion in funding, around 12 per cent of the 33.7 billion raisedacross all European tech sectors. Al...
Multiple Asian hornets have been spotted in Co Cork, while a single sighting was reported in Dublin city. Read more: Second invasive Asian hornet nest removed from Cork
Quadrille Capital, which invests in VC and directly invests in tech, has closed a 500 million funding round, which will see it invest in the European and US tech sector.The Paris and San Francisco-ba...
Dear SaaStr: How Should I Structure the Comp Plan for a VP of Customer Success? For a VP of Customer Success, variable comp should be tied directly to measurable outcomes that align with your companyβs growth goals. At $6M ARR, the key metrics to focus on are Net Revenue Retention (NRR), Gross Retention Rate (GRR)... Continue Reading
From a proposed national AI office to greater access to funding for start-ups and scale-ups, we gathered industry reactions to the Irish Governmentβs Action Plan on Competitiveness. Read more: National AI Office, funding fixes welcomed in Government action plan
Jobs in IT, tax-tech and HR are up for grabs with these companies' Irish expansion plans. Read more: Principal33 and Orbitus expanding Irish presence with job opportunities
Helsinki-based ONEiO, anautomation-first platform redefining enterprise IT integrations, has raised 8million in a growth round. The round was led by Bocap, with renewedparticipation from existing inv...
Munich-based collaborative robotics specialist Hive Robotics has raised 2 million to further build a world-class engineering teamand advance the technology roadmap for resilient, scalable robotics. T...
Milan-based Bending Spoons continues to expand its tech portfolio with the latest $1.38bn acquisition of video platform Vimeo. Read more: Italyβs Bending Spoons snaps up video platform Vimeo for $1.38bn
Berlin-based healthtech startupOpenHealth Technologies has raised a $3 million seed round to accelerateEuropean expansion and further develop the company's AI-driven medicalplatform.The round was back...
Anduril has landed a lucrative contract and is bringing its uncrewed undersea vehicle Ghost Shark to Australian waters next year.
We recently unveiled the Going Public Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 β a new destination for founders navigating the complexities of company building, from early traction to IPO and beyond.