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Stripe hits the acquisition trail, but will it work?
Company spending billions on AI and and possibly billions more on PayPal
Stripe agrees more than $7bn deal to buy AI firm OpenRouter
Deal would give Irish-founded Stripe a stronger footing in the fast-growing artificial intelligence sector
The 24-year-old AI prophet who learned the oldest rule of investing
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s essay arguing that artificial superintelligence could arrive before the end of the decade made him one of Silicon Valley’s most talked-about figures
Stripe founder buys US bank to extend fintech push
Darragh Buckley plans to keep former Twin City Bank’s community banking business
Irish entrepreneur Patrick Collison donated $7m to group opposing California wealth tax
Building a Better California opposes proposal that would require California’s billionaire residents to pay a one-off tax on their assets
Stripe tees up deal with Ryder Cup for Adare Manor and Hazeltine events
Stripe will provide payments for online ticketing and for food, beverages and merchandise on site at the events
‘I’m trying to build the next Stripe’: Two Irish start-ups accepted into top Silicon Valley programme
Y-Combinator has previously seen the launch of companies behind Airbnb, Stripe, Reddit and OpenAI
First look: Cúán Greene’s hotly anticipated high-end restaurant and guest house in Co Laois
With funding from Stripe co-founder John Collison, among others, Ómós will open in July following careful restoration of a Victorian house outside Abbeyleix
What to make of Collison-commissioned research on Irish economy
Study by University of Galway’s Alan Ahearne urges focus on boosting domestic productivity
Stripe is weighing up possible acquisition of payments pioneer PayPal
Sources say Irish-founded company has expressed preliminary interest in a potential acquisition of the digital payments pioneer or its assets
From Stripe to start-up: Talexa targets costly HR blind spots
Talexa aims to help organisations understand their real skills gaps – and adopt AI responsibly
Four top companies and future leaders shortlisted for The Irish Times Business Awards
CRH, Greencore, Stripe and Glanbia will vie for the Company of the Year award
Young Scientist: Kerry student (15) wins overall prize for brain cancer diagnostic tool
Aoibheann Daly develops GlioScope that can reduce need for invasive procedures
Ministers voice concern at US behaviour after Trump withdraws from international agencies
Minister Helen McEntee says Ireland must call out US’s ‘challenging behaviour’
President Connolly voices concerns over Venezuela and upholding of international law
President speaks about ‘tremendous challenges’ facing the world as she opens Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition
AI gets put to real-life test at Young Scientist Exhibition
Technology’s implications for everything from education to dark matter feature in student studies
Four companies shortlisted for Irish Times Deal of the Year award
Dalata Hotel Group, Dawn Meats, Greencore and Stripe in contention for award
Infrastructure plan is make or break test for State, experts say
Business welcomes reforms but warn that time for talking is now over with a need to see consistent commitment to implementation
Workday’s landmark leasing of College Square sets tone for resurgent Dublin office market
Deals by leading companies including Apple, EY and BNY show demand for best spaces in prime locations is robust
Crypto is in freefall, so what has gone wrong?
More than $1tn has been wiped off the combined $3.2tn crypto market in recent weeks and analysts think it could fall another 20%
‘I see a power shift from Ireland to the Middle East’: How tech workers see Ireland
We asked three workers in Ireland’s technology sector to share their views on the country – its past, present and future
Stripe to become sponsor of trust behind Irish Maths Olympiad
The sponsorship of the Irish Maths Trust will be for a three-year period
John Collison has mapped a way out of the Government’s lethargy
Our electoral system and political culture has taught politicians that above all, they should annoy nobody. The housing crisis is changing that
Ireland ‘hog-tied’ to progress-delaying bureaucracy, former ceann comhairle says
Seán Ó Fearghaíl says his concerns raised at meetings of Fianna Fáil party led nowhere
John Collison seems to have missed a fundamental truth about Irish politics
It is a stretch to think that we want to change our electoral system enough to make his vision a reality
ICCL submits complaint to European Commission over appointment of Niamh Sweeney to DPC
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties complaint focuses on the process under which former Facebook and WhatsApp public policy head was appointed
John Collison’s critique of Ireland’s failures stirs Coalition debate
Tech founder is ‘quite right’ that infrastructure delivery is too slow, Taoiseach’s spokesman says
John Collison of Stripe: Ireland is going backwards. Here’s how to get it moving
The Stripe co-founder looks at how the State can get out of the government-by-agency corner into which it has painted itself
Privacy groups assail appointment of ex-tech lobbyist to Irish tech regulator
Campaigners say appointment of Niamh Sweeney undermines trust in Data Protection Commission, which they say has an ‘abysmal’ record in taking on big tech companies
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