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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

When this originally came out, I gave it zero chance. Then, events dear boy, events.... in this case, the whole LLM revolution. Good luck to them. www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/uk...

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UK’s Synthesia valued at $4bn after Google Ventures-led series E raise

Fast growing UK Unicorn Synthesia valued at $4bn following Google Ventures led round of $200m.

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

BNPL "right now" looks like four payments a month, instead of one lump payment at the end of the month. But maybe missing one day's payment, or one weeks payment, has a lower impact on real world outcomes? www.paymentsdive.com/news/affirm-...

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Affirm to offer BNPL for rent

The buy now, pay later player is one of the first to offer pay later installment financing for tenants paying their monthly rent.

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Agentic Payments and The Token Layercake ! Lots of standards games evolving here. However, the security and authentication layers have to catch up. When it hits though, it will hit fast, as the commentators say. podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/f...

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Simon Taylor on Agentic Payments and Opportunities

Podcast Episode · Fintech Layer Cake · 07/05/2025 · 41m

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Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Bravo, bravo, bravo to Ireland’s @declanwalsh.bsky.social for winning a Pulitzer

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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Today UL has made the decision to no longer post on X If you're one of our new Bluesky followers, check out our UL Starter Pack of academics, researchers, departments & faculties: go.bsky.app/6E5Dav8 #StudyatUL

Why we are no longer posting on X

In line with University of Limerick’s ongoing commitment to providing engaging, transparent, diverse and positive communications through our digital channels, the University has conducted a review of its presence on the X platform (formerly Twitter).

Due to the sustained decline in engagement, concern as to the veracity of performance data, the prevalence of automated traffic, an ongoing EU regulatory review, and the increased presence of toxic content, UL will cease posting on the X platform. This decision aligns with our commitment to responsible digital communication and safeguarding our online community as well as our own team members. The University will continue to prioritise social media platforms that provide a safe, engaging, and effective environment to communicate with our audiences, while remaining open to reassessing this decision should the platform’s content moderation practices and user experience significantly improve in future

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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Very much enjoying how the launch of Amazon dot aye eee has been mostly people talking about how Kenny's, the family owned Galway bookshop, offer free national and international postage at the same prices or cheaper.

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

A lot of the "we need to prepare for AGI" feels a lot like "when the aliens land.... "

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Giving "that irish family of fanatical far right lunatics" the number one headline position in the @irishtimes.com really is a classic example of doing their job for them.

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

No it is diverse: two of them are wearing brown shoes…

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Would love to see some people follow @webiohq.bsky.social on this thing... :)

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Charlie Taylor @charlietaylor.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

The pace of change resulting from artificial intelligence, particularly in the area of work, will be “unprecedented”, the state’s AI advisory council has warned www.businesspost.ie/tech-news/ai...

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AI to lead to ‘unprecedented’ changes, government warned

AI advisory council says it could be easy to miss signs that AI is having a big impact on employment locally, as it warns on the use of facial recognition technology

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Tree of thought is still early days. It will be interesting to see how biology / neurology and AI learn from one another. #AI #LLM

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Yesterday, I returned from 3 weeks in Costa Rica, where I went to find out what can be learned from their spectacular success rewilding a country. I cannot overstate how awe-inspiring the trip was: nature loss CAN be reversed on a huge scale, benefiting *everyone*.

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Delighted to be in conversation with The CEO of Bird, the multi billion dollar messaging and CPaaS company; Alan Quale industry analyst, and Giovanni Taroni wall street investor about the future of communications. TLTR? Autonomous (@RobertDViz on the other place). www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cldl...

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Podcast 104: TADSummit Innovators, Robert Vis on Bird Box

YouTube video by Telecom Application Development Summit

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Anyone who has worked on notifications will tell you they are really, really hard. The value in notifications also shifts as users get familiar with the notifications over time. What Apple is trying to do was outlined by @padday.bsky.social a few years ago. www.siliconrepublic.com/business/app...

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Apple calls a halt to AI notification summaries amid backlash

Apple has decided to briefly halt its AI news generating feature to implement much needed changes and make the function more transparent.

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Just saw this specific area called out for in the new Y Combinator intake. Lots of AI and LLM stuff in there as you would expect. www.ycombinator.com/rfs

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Requests for Startups | Y Combinator

We are entering the golden age of building. Let's use it to make the country better!

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Never count Google out it would seem

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

More mismanagement of Irish waterways and natural resources. Is there no end to our incompetence? HT @marklittle.bsky.social

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I bought a HP Printer. What the fuck was I thinking.

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Charlie Taylor @charlietaylor.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

This is big news for Irish tech...The state’s leading start-up accelerator NDRC is set to shut at the end of next year in a significant blow to the critically important tech sector, the Business Post can reveal www.businesspost.ie/tech-news/ex...

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Breaking: Flagship start-up accelerator NDRC set to shut after department pulls support

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Paul Sweeney @realpaulsweeney.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Looking forward to engaging conversations with real people, again.

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