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🌱 The Green Shoots Are Real

2026 Issue 3 — Stripe hits the stratosphere, OpenAI goes house hunting, and why the SaaSpocalypse is actually Ireland's opportunity

21 hrs ago • Seán Galligan

February 2026

🔥 The Torch Passes

2026 Issue 2 - Equal1’s $60m leap, the Harvey AI arrival, and a reality check on the "Efficiency Era."

Feb 6 • Seán Galligan

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January 2026

📈 I come back to you now, at the turn of the tide

2026 Issue 1 - AI growth and challenges, Monzo lands and jobs galore

Jan 21 • Seán Galligan

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February 2023

💡Some light in the dark

Issue 4 - Feb 13th-26th: Exciting start-ups, funding, and what founders want

Feb 27, 2023 • Seán Galligan

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🈳 Ghost offices

Issue 3 - Jan 30- Feb 12th: Empty offices, layoffs and trouble in Stripeland?

Feb 14, 2023 • Seán Galligan

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January 2023

✂️ Cuts keep coming

Issue 2 - Jan 16th-29th: All is not well in big tech but signs of life for Irish companies

Jan 30, 2023 • Seán Galligan

A changed tech landscape in 2023

Issue 1 - Jan 1st-15th: A slow start to the year as companies much like people emerge from a Q4 slumber

Jan 17, 2023 • Seán Galligan

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September 2022

🥛 Glass half empty or half full?

August was a mixed month as we saw the impact of global and economic situations mixed in with some good news stories for indigenous Irish tech and…

Sep 13, 2022 • Seán Galligan

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May 2022

㊙️ Encryption isn't just for spies

April saw some new venture funds, significant raises and some of Ireland's cutting edge companies discussed

May 10, 2022 • Seán Galligan

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April 2022

👩‍💻 Mná na teicneolaíochta

March saw increases in female funding, a huge Irish exit, the entrance of a significant start-up, and European adoption of new big tech competition laws

Apr 1, 2022 • Seán Galligan

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March 2022

🦄 Unicorns a rarity no more

February saw a new Irish unicorn, a new Irish fund, and high-level analysis and positivity about the Irish ecosystem

Mar 1, 2022 • Seán Galligan

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January 2022

📈 Just starting out

January provided us with a new tech Unicorn, a who's who of exciting startups and insinuations of an Irish mob controlling Silicon Valley

Jan 31, 2022 • Seán Galligan

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