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Charlie Taylor @ChasTaylor

Journalist, newly minted Irishman. Forever chasing unicorns. Technology and Innovation Editor @businessposthq. Formerly @irishtimes. DMs are open.

Joined March 2009
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Charlie Taylor@ChasTaylor
10 Nov 2021
Well now... After 30 years of living here I have finally become an Irish citizen. It feels hugely emotional
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Spotify’s ‘enshitification’: how the platform is failing fans and musicians businesspost.ie/tech-news/sp… via @businessposthq

Spotify’s ‘enshitification’: how the platform is failing fans and musicians

From ‘ghost artists’ to AI-generated playlists, the streaming service is accused of putting profits ahead of music

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RT @Lulamaybelle: Sean Baker (@Lilfilm) had *the* acceptance speech of the evening for his #SpiritAwards win for Best Director for ANORA. h…
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Blue Road -The Edna O'Brien Story has exceeded 100k at the Irish box office. It's a lot for a documentary on so few screens in 2 weeks it's all due to word of mouth and Edna herself. Irish cinemas below with new screens in @MoviesDundrum Triskel Cork Stella, Ranelagh 💙
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Google rages at European commission over ‘grave errors’ in issuing €4.3bn Android fine businesspost.ie/article/goog… via @businessposthq

Google rages at European commission over ‘grave errors’ in issuing €4.3bn Android fine

Tech giant claims there was a failure to take into account that Android’s success came from innovation rather than taking advantage of market position

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Irish telco tycoon @declanganley among those attending Trump inauguration businesspost.ie/news/irish-t…

Irish satellite tycoon Declan Ganley among Big Tech leaders at Trump inauguration

Trump broke tradition by inviting tech bosses, foreign leaders and UFC fighters to his inauguration at Capitol Hill

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Digital 9 offloads Dublin-headquartered Aqua Comms for an ‘extremely disappointing’ price businesspost.ie/tech-news/di… via @businessposthq

Digital 9 offloads Dublin-headquartered Aqua Comms for an ‘extremely disappointing’ price

The London-listed trust, which is also seeking to sell Elio Networks, bought the sub-sea transatlantic cable operator for $215m in 2021

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17 Jan 2025
Is he a new columnist?
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17 Jan 2025
Starting exclusively in tomorrow's Daily Mail 🚨
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Irish-founded but Bay Area-based StepChange Labs raises $4M to take on Datadog and New Relic with new tech monitoring platform businesspost.ie/tech-news/st… via @businessposthq

StepChange Labs raises $4m to take on Datadog and New Relic with new tech monitoring platform

Irish-founded but Bay Area-based start-up unveils APX, a turnkey AI-enabled platform which automatically detects, diagnoses, and fixes performance issues

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In the latest Connected newsletter - NDRC comes back from the dead, Amgen creates more jobs while Meta cuts them, Amazon weighs new transatlantic fibre optic cable, the UK goes big on AI, and so much more... businesspost.ie/article/conn…

Connected newsletter: NDRC comes back from the dead as Meta cuts more jobs

Connected at the Business Post is your source for the news that matters in technology and innovation, all told from an Irish perspective

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Education tech firm Learnosity snapped up by US private equity firm businesspost.ie/tech-news/ed… via @businessposthq

Education tech firm Learnosity snapped up by US private equity firm

Company founded in 2007 by Gavin Cooney and Mark Lynch, was previously valued at over €30 million when Battery Ventures took a stake in the firm

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@SureValley
16 Jan 2025
🎙️ Great to see @dccahalane on the @businessposthq AI Podcast with @ChasTaylor - breaking down @SureValley's investment strategy, fundraising advice & what to expect from the UK/ Irish AI ecosystem in 2025. businesspost.ie/article/the-…

The Connected AI Podcast: AI and funding opportunities

DC Cahalane, a partner in Sure Valley Ventures, is the special guest on the latest episode of the Business Post’s fortnightly AI-focused podcast

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Minister Peter Burke's comments hint at a shift in thinking within the government and in IDA Ireland, which is understood to be readying a new semiconductor strategy to be published in the coming days businesspost.ie/article/pete…

Peter Burke: Spend windfall taxes on subsidies to lure semiconductor makers and energy firms

Outgoing enterprise minister is pleading for a ‘funding stream’ for subsidies in strategic areas like semiconductors

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Strong welcome for decision to revive the state’s start-up accelerator @NDRC_hq businesspost.ie/tech-news/st… via @businessposthq

Strong welcome for decision to revive the state’s start-up accelerator

Dogpatch Labs chief executive Patrick Walsh says he looks forward to collaborating with new government alongside the entrepreneurial community

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15 Jan 2025
Here’s what the programme for government means for businesses businesspost.ie/news/heres-w…

Here’s what the programme for government means for businesses

A pro-enterprise tax approach, new sectoral strategies, and economic strategic development zones are all promised as part of new government

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15 Jan 2025
This was so much fun, chatting to the @ConnectedBP team on all things AI, Investment and AI startups in Ireland and the UK
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15 Jan 2025
The Connected AI Podcast is back! This episode we're talking with the one and only @dccahalane Click on the link below to listen in or access it wherever you pick up your favourite podcasts businesspost.ie/article/the-… Brought to you by @businessposthq and @ExpleoGroup
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Enterprise Ireland scoping out reformat of NDRC and will explore Station F-style option businesspost.ie/news/enterpr… via @businessposthq

Enterprise Ireland scoping out reformat of NDRC and will explore Station F-style option

Leo Clancy said the agency’s new strategy, due to be published soon, will not have a definitive replacement plan for the start-up accelerator

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London-listed Eleco snaps up Pemac Software in a deal worth up to €8.4m businesspost.ie/tech-news/lo… via @businessposthq

London-listed Eleco snaps up Pemac Software in a deal worth up to €8.4m

Based in Dublin and Cork Pemac provides computerised maintenance and management software (CMMS) to blue-chip manufacturers

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The Connected AI Podcast is back! This episode we're talking with the one and only @dccahalane Click on the link below to listen in or access it wherever you pick up your favourite podcasts businesspost.ie/article/the-… Brought to you by @businessposthq and @ExpleoGroup

The Connected AI Podcast: AI and funding opportunities

DC Cahalane, a partner in Sure Valley Ventures, is the special guest on the latest episode of the Business Post’s fortnightly AI-focused podcast

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‘I'm not sure anything like it will be repeated again in tech’: Sean Blanchfield on AI and Jentic businesspost.ie/article/im-n… via @businessposthq

‘I'm not sure anything like it will be repeated again in tech’: Sean Blanchfield on AI and Jentic

One of Ireland’s most highly-regarded techies reveals why he and his co-founders are in a rush to build integration tools for the AI revolution

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Update: Meta confirms plans to cut 3,600 jobs globally with Ireland likely to be impacted. Minister for Employment Peter Burke says both his department and IDA Ireland are "actively engaged" with Meta in relation to the company's Irish operations businesspost.ie/tech-news/co…

Meta confirms plan to cut 3,600 additional jobs with Ireland likely impacted

Founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announces plans to ‘move out low performers faster’ just a week after ending third-party fact-checking in the US

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