The Irish Tech News Podcast

Late last year MyCelsius launched their cooling bracelet in the UK and they are planning to launch it in Ireland this year. I recently caught up with Aonghus O’Donovan the CTO and Co-Founder of MyCelsius.
Aonghus spoke about his background, how MyCelsius was founded, the technology behind MyCelsius, their plans to launch the Cooling Bracelet in Ireland in 2026 and more.
More about MyCelsius:
MyCelsius Cooling Bracelet is a groundbreaking innovation developed to support people affected by heat and hot flushes.  At the heart of what they do, they developed one of the smallest and most powerful cooling systems in the world.
Founded with the mission to close the gap in women’s health innovation, the company has designed a stylish, science-driven wearable that brings comfort, confidence and wellbeing to women.

In this week’s One Vision Podcast, we welcome back Sandeep Mangaraj, now co-founder of Aileron Group, to discuss lessons from building a company in a crowded AI market and why AI success is more about people and process than technology. 
The conversation covers executives rushing into GenAI due to FOMO, the importance of starting with desired outcomes rather than applying GenAI everywhere, and why mid-market institutions may benefit from faster time-to-decision, less technical debt, and faster learning cycles. 
The key question is whether firms can afford the downside of waiting. And the answer is increasingly: No.

00:00 Welcome Back: Meet Sandeep Mangaraj 
00:55 Building Aileron: Lessons From a Crowded AI Market
03:49 The AI ROI Myth: What’s Actually Being Measured?
05:28 FOMO vs Outcomes: Picking the Right AI Use Cases
10:09 Falling Costs & Speed of Learning
12:40 Who Owns AI Outcomes and Who’s Accountable When It Breaks?
14:55 Third-Party Risk: Regulators, Vendors, and Dependencies
19:51 “Can You Afford to Wait?”
23:02 Closing: Act With Purpose in 2026

Hot take:  The barrier to AI success isn't technology, it's people and process. 

#AI #Fintech #GenerativeAI #DigitalTransformation

We caught up with Jana Kominek Vecerkova to learn more about the EUSPA CASSINI Challenge, which is now looking for more interesting startup space ideas for future EU launches. See more details about the project here CASSINI Challenges competition is open | EU Agency for the Space Programme Microsoft Virtual Events Powered by Teams   (webinar on the CASSINI Challenge call).
Jana is a startup ecosystem builder with over 15 years of experience in entrepreneurship, product development, and project management. At the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), she supports space ventures as part of the CASSINI initiative, helping space ventures scale, secure investment, and transform bold ideas into market-ready solutions. As a serial founder, she has launched an acclaimed tech education program and a real estate micro-investment marketplace. Earlier in her career, Jana worked in Brussels managing pan-European projects, collaborating with public and private stakeholders. She holds an MSc in European Political Economy from the London School of Economics.

Jon Neale recently joined Kahoot!, Europe’s largest edtech to expand its education and business partnerships across the UK and Ireland. Jon is an expert in scaling edtech adoption across K-12, Further Education, and Higher Education, with over two decades of experience working in edtech.
He joins Kahoot! following senior roles at Quizizz and Ed Before Tech. I recently caught up with Jon to find out more about Kahoot! and edtech.
Jon talks about his background, what Kahoot! does, the UK & Ireland priorities for edtech expansion right now and more.
More about Kahoot!:
Kahoot! already partners with industry giants worldwide such as Disney, Sanrio (makers of Hello Kitty), TED, and Wikipedia, among others. The game-based learning platform is used by 97% of Fortune 500 companies and widely used by FTSE 100 to engage workforces.

Dive into the future of wealth with AI in Asia! 🌏🚀 Join Theodora Lau on the latest episode of One Vision podcast as she chats with Yves Roesti, Managing Partner & CEO Synpulse Group, about how AI is transforming the industry across APAC. From cultural nuances to regulatory challenges, they explore the intricate balance of human touch and technology, the unique challenges and opportunities in the region, the vision behind OpenWealth Association, and how AI impacts the future of consulting and wealthtech. 

📍Hot take:“I actually think that junior consultants are uniquely positioned to be supercharged by the AI movement. The question to ask is, what skills do you need to have, in order to thrive in an AI-enabled world?  Being resilient, being creative, asking the right questions, being curious, and having empathy and having interpersonal skills.” 

Episode highlights  
00:00 - Introduction and Welcome
02:21 - AI Trends in APAC vs. US
11:56 - OpenWealth Association
18:00 - Future of Consulting with AI
24:11 - Contrarian Views on AI 
30:58 - Concluding Thoughts

#AI #Fintech #WealthTech #Asia 

More about our guest 
🌐Yves Roesti on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yves-roesti/ 

More about our host and One Vision Podcast 
🌐Theodora Lau on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theodoralau/ 
🌐Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence (book): https://www.bankingonaibook.com/ 
🌐Unconventional Ventures (company): https://www.unconventionalventures.com/ 
🌐Listen to all One Vision Podcast episodes by visiting: https://shows.acast.com/one-vision