Conversations about Dublin's startups, founders and technology, with Emilia and Erik. Startups, international technology and entrepreneurship. Episodes in English, with new releases scheduled daily at 07:00 Stockholm time.
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Looking at Dublin right now, there is this fascinating tension between global tech heavyweights and homegrown startups trying to carve out their own space. For years Dublin was essentially framed as the European corporate headquarters hub. But recent announcements show local founders scaling up rapidly.
Looking at recent news around Dublin, there seems to be a clear shift toward solving very practical infrastructure bottlenecks rather than just chasing hype. University spin-outs are a good mirror for that. Consider Go Eve, coming out of UCD and Imperial College London.
Erik, looking at Dublin right now, do you think Ireland's tech scene is genuinely pivoting from hosting US tech giants to actually building its own foundational companies? Enterprise Ireland just launched Startup Ireland, aiming to back a thousand new start-ups with a dedicated national hub to link local founders directly with global investors. And the capital flow into local artificial intelligence seems to support that ambition.
Looking at Dublin this week, Erik, I'm struck by how Irish founders seem to be targeting very specific, unglamorous friction points instead of chasing surface-level hype or flashy concepts. Instead of broad consumer experiments, we see deep engineering, messy physical fleet infrastructure, and focused enterprise back-office workflows taking center stage right now. Silicon Republic reported they just secured seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds from Innovate UK and private investors for their charging technology.
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