The Business Post Connected Podcast

Welcome to the Business Post Connected Podcast - a weekly dive into the stories dominating the world of tech hosted by Charlie Taylor.
 
This week Charlie sat down with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science James Lawless to discuss how Ireland is faring when it comes to innovation and improving our world-class workforce. The Minister also spoke frankly on AI and how the technology could stand to hurt the skillset young people. Business Post reporter Alice O'Leary joins Charlie for our weekly news round-up to dissect Stripe's $53 billion bid for PayPal, IBM's financial woes and more. 
 
The Business Post Connected Podcast lands every Wednesday morning.
Presented by Charlie Taylor
Sound by Larry Mockus 
Editing by Carolyn Goulden and Tim O'Donovan
Broadcast co-ordination by Sarah McGuinness 
Artwork by Garrett Allen.

Welcome to the Business Post Connected Podcast - a weekly dive into the stories dominating the world of tech hosted by Charlie Taylor.
 
Intel is the name on everyone's lips this week after the chipmaker announced a seismic investment of €5 billion in its Irish operation. Charlie visited Intel's Leixlip plant on Monday and spoke to Naga Chandrasekaran, the general manager of Intel Foundry, about how the funds will be deployed, what Intel really thinks of Ireland and the firm's interactions with its largest shareholder - the Trump administration. Charlie is also joined by Business Post reporter Alice O'Leary to discuss Eir owner Xavier Neil's big bid on Vodafone, Alice's review of the Microsoft Surface Pro and AI fatigue. 
 
The Business Post Connected Podcast lands every Wednesday morning.
Presented by Charlie Taylor
Sound by Larry Mockus 
Editing by Carolyn Goulden and Tim O'Donovan
Broadcast co-ordination by Sarah McGuinness 
Artwork by Garrett Allen.

Welcome to the Business Post Connected Podcast - a weekly dive into the stories dominating the world of tech hosted by Charlie Taylor. This week Charlie is joined by Business Post reporter Alice O'Leary to discuss TikTok gutting its content moderator teams, Google's new AI-powered speaker and whether technology is ruining football. He also sat down with Andreea Wade, formerly of Opening.io and co-founder of Univec, to chat about how Irish tech firms are faring in embracing AI. 
 
The Business Post Connected Podcast lands every Wednesday morning.
Presented by Charlie Taylor
Sound by Larry Mockus 
Editing by Carolyn Goulden and Tim O'Donovan
Broadcast co-ordination by Sarah McGuinness 
Artwork by Garrett Allen.

In the last of the current season of the Connected AI Podcast, we have an extra special interview with Guillaume Princen, head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) for Anthropic.
 
A close rival to OpenAI, Anthropic has sought to differentiate itself with a safety-conscious approach to rolling out AI, and a focus on winning enterprise customers. So far it's working, with news this week that the company's revenue run rate is now at $30 billion, up from just $9 billion at the end of 2025.
 
Guillaume, who was Stripe's first employee outside of the US, leading the payments firm's expansion across Europe, talks to Business Post technology and innovation editor Charlie Taylor on everything from why Anthropic is expanding in Ireland, its bust-up with the Pentagon, its approach to regulation, how safety is part of its DNA, and of course its rivalry with OpenAI.
 
The Connected AI Podcast in association with Partsol. You won't want to miss it.
 
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In the latest episode of the Connected AI podcast we're chatting to Dee Coakley, founder and CEO of Boundless, about the steps taken by the company to integrate AI into work processes.

In addition, we're lalso ooking at how the Iranian war might kill the AI boom, the importance of AI tokens, and much more.

The Connected AI Podcast in association with Partsol. You won't want to miss it.

Available wherever you usually pick up your podcasts.