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Joined September 2009
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
Made the top 10 of the @Siftedeu 100 in the UK and Ireland - who knows insurance sucked so much!
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
Ursula von der Leyen just *officially* announced at Davos: The 28th regime will be called EU–INC! WE WON.
TOTAL EU–INC VICTORYYYYYYY!!! WE MEMED THIS INTO REALITY ALL OF YOU MADE THIS POSSIBLE @euinc_petition
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
We should stop calling it “vibe coding” when it’s software engineers writing production software, paying close attention, thinking a lot, validating before committing, closing the loop… and yes they prompt an agent/work with it. Very different from “let it rip” w 0 validation
Jan 13
Today was proof that fully polished new products can be built entirely with “vibe coding” tools like Claude Code. Many people, espp in BigTech, who still don’t believe it: – you haven’t tried the latest models – you don’t have the right setup – codebase is still too large – your code style is not well-represented in the training data All 4 of these are entirely self-imposed problems. You will be outrun on product velocity if you aren’t adopting these tools.
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
20 Dec 2025
Someone mentioned they weren’t sure how Kota was doing — apparently due to our lack of LinkedIn noise (crazy). So, for the record: • 15× annualised revenue growth • From 6-figure ARR to 8-figure ARR in a single year • 50k employees covered across 100 countries • Team grew from 22 → 50, across 10 countries (outgrew 2 offices) • Embedded insurance powering some of the world’s leading HR platforms • An ungodly amount of product shipped for a team this size • Closed our Series A — plenty of firepower for what’s coming next I couldn’t be more proud of this team. We’re building quietly, shipping relentlessly, and setting up something very special for 2026. We’ll be doubling the team again next year — it’s a great time to join.
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
22 May 2025
We just closed our $14.5m Series A and I've never felt more fired up about what we're building at @kota_benefits. kota.io/blog/series-a-announ…
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
28 Apr 2025
A famous anti-piracy campaign from the early 2000s is in the spotlight after it appeared the font used in the adverts was pirated Read more 🔗 trib.al/qYdWgjJ
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
1 Dec 2024
Over 400 local founders, employing 8,000 people, €2.4 billion raised, want better answers from those in government making big decisions on our behalf about what it takes to build a thriving local startup ecosystem.
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
22 Nov 2024
The closure of NDRC in 2025 threatens Ireland's startup future. As founders, we've drafted an open letter opposing this decision. Join us in calling for its reversal by signing here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
Speaking personally: this is an unbelievably bad decision. NDRC ran well and was very positive for the Irish tech ecosystem. So much government enterprise support is ineffective, so killing one of the few things that was really working ( cost a pittance) is frankly tragic.
21 Nov 2024
⁠NDRC is shutting down at the end of next year. I think it is a big loss for the Irish startup ecosystem.
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This is crazy. @SimonHarrisTD @peterburkefg - this will be a massive setback to creating an strong, indigenous tech industry that delivers needed growth to support future services
Ireland's leading start-up accelerator @NDRC_hq is set to shut at the end of next year in a significant blow to the all- important tech sector, the Business Post can reveal businesspost.ie/tech-news/ex…
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
19 Nov 2024
Remote and Kota team up: disrupting global benefits with embedded employee insurance buff.ly/3APLVRm
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
prophetic words from Carl Sagan's 1995 book
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
13 Nov 2024
Accidently created craft beer brand at @kota_benefits Our customers get Pale Ales. Customers of brokers get snail mail.
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
24 Oct 2024
You can really feel when several teams are working on individual parts of an interface.
24 Oct 2024
Creating a new Google doc in 2024:
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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
9 Oct 2024
For some reason people like the socks we made. 🧦 So, in the spirit of health is wealth, if you run our 5K with @Frontlinevc on the Tuesday of Saastock, we’ll give you a pair. Sign up here: lu.ma/ed3i1jz2
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Proud to share that Kota received 24 badges in our G2 results for Fall 2024, including High Performer in Europe ✨ We've also won in badges like Best Support, Easiest to Use, Easiest Setup, Best ROI, and more 👀 Discover why customers choose Kota: kota.io/G2
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Exciting to see how much depth the report has at acknowledging the issues hitting EU competitiveness and how much it's disproportionally crippled our native tech industry - if the changes are acted on it could supercharge EU tech & growth
Dear Mario Draghi, a year ago, I asked you to prepare a report on the future of Europe’s competitiveness. No one was better placed than you to take up this challenge. Now, we are eager to listen to your views ↓ x.com/i/broadcasts/1mnxeAPOD…
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For those interested - commission.europa.eu/documen…

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Patrick O'Boyle retweeted
13 Sep 2024
The first step to solving a problem is to admit that you have one. Thank you Mario Draghi for say the important thing out loud in front of the audience that needs to hear it the most.
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this and more at cost goods available at merch.kota.io, that's merch.kota.io, use offer code 'atcost' at the checkout for no discount, it's at cost
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accidentally made merch because i wanted a cheaper hat (at cost) merch.kota.io/products/kota-…
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