Startups stories - Page 2
Trust as a measurable asset for CMOs in the age of AI
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partner programmes
As AI floods marketing channels with competent content, CMOs are racing to quantify trust as their scarcest and most valuable asset.
Strong growth for Irish tech imports across Australia and New Zealand
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ai
Irish tech exports to Australia and New Zealand have surged nearly 60% in five years, with Enterprise Ireland backing rapid sector growth.
3DiVi maps global face recognition lifecycle to 2026
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data protection
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smart cities
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surveillance
3DiVi charts a six-stage global face recognition lifecycle to 2026, showing regions split by regulation pace, infrastructure and politics.
Featherless launches Managed OpenClaw for agentic AI
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ai security
Featherless launches Managed OpenClaw, a flat-fee managed runtime and model bundle aimed at taming the costs of always-on agentic AI.
Gartner tips AI to upend work tools, hiring & data
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data analytics
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hcm
Gartner predicts AI will disrupt office software, hiring and data by 2030, triggering a USD $58 billion productivity tools shake-up.
'He/Him Salary' & hidden barriers still hold women back
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'He/Him Salary', hidden networks and biased hiring still block women's careers and pay, business leaders warn ahead of International Women's Day.
From optics to outcomes: What real progress for women in tech looks like
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fintech
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healthtech
Women in tech win visibility but little venture capital; real progress demands funding that follows performance, not familiar faces.
If women do not build it, it will be built without us
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data analytics
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A 24-year-old founder argues women must build the AI shaping power, or watch systems encode the blind spots that once shut them out.
Balancing the scales: Women's authority and risk-taking still judged differently in marketing and tech
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marketing
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it industry
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branding
Women in marketing and tech still see their authority doubted and risk-taking questioned, while male confidence is too often overvalued.
Style, substance, and strategy: Drawing similarities between pageantry and PR
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partner programmes
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clean technologies
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marketing
From runway to boardroom, Australia's pageant stage doubles as a high-stakes PR lab for purpose-driven personal branding in 2026.
Why legal literacy is the ultimate empowerment for women in tech
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saas
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partner programmes
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physical security
Women in tech gain real power not just by innovating, but by mastering legal literacy to protect their work, legacy and leadership.
How do we patch the leaky bucket of women leaving venture capital?
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hcm
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leadership
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flexible work
One in four women has left venture capital in five years, spurring calls for data-driven fixes to stalled careers and leaky retention.
Why closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship is key to unlocking growth
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ict sector
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iwd
With women-led start-ups securing just 2.3% of 2024 VC funds, Cristina Fonseca says closing tech's gender gap is vital for growth.
Why women's health data is still an afterthought in tech - and what needs to change
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opinion
Women's health tech is failing because data, research and investment still treat female bodies as exceptions, not the default.
B.C. startup drone swarm tech wants to target wildfires faster
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robots
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clean technologies
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procurement
From fire-ravaged British Columbia to NATO defence, FireSwarm is betting ultra-heavy drone swarms can transform fires and frontline rescues.
Ottawa backs Atlantic Canada AI with CAD $8.5M fund
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edutech
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Ottawa is investing CAD $8.5M in 40 Atlantic Canada projects to speed AI adoption, boost exports and drive regional productivity gains.
Mastercard fund backs Canadian women small businesses
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payment technologies
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mastercard
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Mastercard opens 2026 fund in Canada, offering CAD $10,000 grants and support to help women-owned small firms grow amid economic uncertainty.
AI, women in tech & why progress demands a human lens
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digital transformation
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As AI reshapes tech, women still battle entrenched bias; only a deliberately human lens can turn this revolution into real inclusion.
We are not climbing a ladder, we are building it
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digital transformation
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genai
Generative AI is levelling the creative-tech field, giving women a rare chance to shape rules, narratives and power from the ground up.
Beyond silicon: AMD evolves AI processor performance, makes play for investment trillions
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semiconductors
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digital transformation
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hyperscale
AMD shifts its AI pitch from raw silicon to open software and cloud access as it targets developers and a share of looming trillions.