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Dell Technologies hosted the inaugural Powering AI event in Dublin this week bringing together leaders from across Ireland's start-up and scale-up community to explore the key ingredients needed to power their AI journey and unlock new growth opportunities. Held in partnership with Scale Ireland over 50 founders, industry leaders and AI experts came together at the Digital Hub in Dublin to discuss the opportunities presented by Generative AI (GenAI) and the obstacles they need to overcome to embrace this technology in their organisation. The first Powering AI event featured a number of speakers including Catherine Doyle, Managing Director, Dell Technologies in Ireland; Brian Caufield, Chair, Scale Ireland, Dr. Patricia Scanlon, Ireland's AI Ambassador & Chair of AI Advisory Council; Dr. Paul Byrnes, CEO, Mavarick; Andreea Wade, VP & Product Strategy at iCIMS, and Ivor Buckley, Field CTO at Dell Technologies Ireland. This comes as Dell Technologies unveiled its Innovation Catalysts Study which revealed that 75% of organisations in Ireland have begun implementing Generative AI. 47% cite GenAI's transformative potential to enhance the customer experience while 42% believe it has significant potential to unlock productivity. However, 95% are experiencing data management challenges as they look to adopt GenAI. Highlighting the significance of the inaugural gathering Catherine Doyle, Managing Director at Dell Technologies in Ireland said: "As the clear leader in computing and storage, Dell is helping to power AI for businesses and organisations across Ireland. That's why we're delighted to host the inaugural Powering AI event which is focused on how GenAI can enable Ireland's vibrant start-up community to grow and scale-up their success. "Due to their agility and the fact many were born in the Cloud, start-ups and scale-ups are uniquely positioned to adopt GenAI at speed. By bringing together industry leaders, AI experts and founders, we can highlight the ingredients that will power the AI journey of our thriving start-up community and ensure in time that they can compete internationally."
Patch, the youth accelerator supported by Stripe, NDRC, and Dogpatch Labs, is set to announce its latest cohort for 2023. The accelerator, which began on July 5th, is made up of 16-21-year olds, with females making up 46% of this year's 31-strong cohort, marking the highest number in the programme's five-year history. Patch has also witnessed an increase in participation from across the country this year, with over 60% of participants coming from outside the Dublin Area, and Munster-natives accounting for one-quarter of the cohort. Patch has attracted renowned speakers and mentors to this year's programme, offering invaluable insights and guidance to the cohort, including fireside talks and Q&A sessions from Loyal founder, Celine Halioua, President of Product and Business at Stripe, Will Gaybrick, and Intercom founder, Des Traynor. The seven week accelerator will culminate with Demo Day in Dublin's Dogpatch Labs on August 17th, providing an opportunity for participants to present their remarkable projects and progress over the summer months. This year's cohort showcases projects that prioritise social impact, healthcare innovation, and sustainable solutions. It stands out as the most globally diverse and inclusive group to date with a range of projects building on the latest technology to drive change and innovation. Patch mentor Andreea Wade, Vice President of enterprise recruiting software iCIMS said, "Being part of this extraordinary programme that cultivates young minds to instigate enduring social change is truly incredible. The opportunity to witness firsthand the passion and talent that these young participants exhibit at such a pivotal point in their lives is deeply inspiring. As a mentor, I've realised it's more than just guiding them - it's about giving back, investing in the future, fostering new leaders". The cohort will also travel to London to learn about the fields of AI, venture capital and financial services. While there, they will visit the offices of industry giants such as Stability AI and Jane Street Capital to learn more about their work and how they can apply these skills to their own projects. Patch alumni also achieved remarkable success at this year's BT Young Scientist competition, securing eight prizes. Previous alumni include Mícheal McLaughlan, co-founder of Agtech firm CropSafe which recently raised $3m, and Diana Hrisovescu, who received the O'Shaughnessy Fellowship Grant worth $100,000 to develop Script - software which enables individuals to access government forms in their native language. "We are proud to operate as a non-profit organisation, generously supported by donors who recognise the significance of investing in the next generation of innovators. This backing allows Patch to provide invaluable resources, mentorship, and guidance to young talent who are keen to make a difference in their communities and beyond," shared Jack O'Regan Kenny, Managing Director of Patch. "As someone who has participated in Patch myself, I know first-hand the dedication required and world-class support you get as a young entrepreneur - it's invaluable to growing an idea in your phone notes, to something impactful". See more stories here. More about Irish Tech News Irish Tech News are Ireland's No. 1 Online Tech Publication and often Ireland's No.1 Tech Podcast too. You can find hundreds of fantastic previous episodes and subscribe using whatever platform you like via our Anchor.fm page here: If you'd like to be featured in an upcoming Podcast email us at Simon@IrishTechNews.ie now to discuss. Irish Tech News have a range of services available to help promote your business. Why not drop us a line at Info@IrishTechNews.ie now to find out more about how we can help you reach our audience. You can also find and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat.
Recruitroo, the award-winning platform that solves global labour shortages, announced today that it has secured a €1 million investment round, led by Delta Partners, with participation from Enterprise Ireland and several notable angel investors. The company is also bringing on seasoned HR tech founder Andreea Wade as Chair. Recruitroo €1M Investment to Solve Global Labour Shortages The funding will empower Recruitroo to further develop its end-to-end global recruitment and migration platform and expand its presence in the UK and European markets. As countries in the Western world navigate chronic labour shortages that are contributing to a supply chain and cost of living crisis, Recruitroo is solving major pain points for businesses that are scaling their global workforce. While Governments have eased visa restrictions for skilled migrants across a broad range of industries, the private market is left struggling to cope with all the complexities and bureaucracy associated with hiring across international borders, from sourcing candidates, and assessments to cultural and language differences, emigration and immigration paperwork, relocation and onboarding issues. Founded in April 2022, Recruitroo's recruitment and migration platform uses AI and automation to streamline all aspects of international hiring for their enterprise clients in the construction & engineering, hospitality and healthcare industries. By linking companies and candidates around the globe through video-based profiles and digital skills assessments, Recruitroo breaks down contextual barriers. Recruitroo then completes the process by deploying AI and automation capabilities to process all documents and applications for employment permits and visas ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Recruitroo was inspired by the challenges the two founders witnessed in their previous businesses. In his manpower business in the Philippines, co-founder Shane Kiernan saw first hand the needs of European construction companies seeking to hire a global workforce. Co-founder Stephen MacCarthy previously developed a solution to help tech founders in Ireland to assess software engineers abroad. Their combined experiences provide them with an in-depth understanding of international hiring challenges. The team are also welcoming Andreea Wade as Chair of the Board. Andreea has extensive experience of the international HR tech ecosystem, having been the founder and CEO of recruitment AI company Opening.io which was acquired by ICIMS in 2020, and as part of her current role at ICIMS as VP of Product Strategy. "This investment, plus the addition of Andreea, marks a significant milestone for Recruitroo as we strive to transform the international hiring landscape" said Recruitroo CEO and co-founder, Shane Kiernan. "We are committed to empowering businesses to access top global talent seamlessly, while ensuring compliance and simplifying the overall international recruitment process." "The labour shortages experienced in Ireland and across Europe and the US are a major contributor to challenges in the economy. Our investment in Recruitroo goes to the heart of solving these challenges", said Dermot Berkery, General Partner at Delta Partners and lead investor in Recruitroo. "We believe in Recruitroo's innovative approach will have a major impact on the challenges. Their technology-driven solution has the potential to revolutionise the industry, and we are excited to support Recruitroo's journey." Leo Clancy, CEO of Enterprise Ireland, said, "This is a significant milestone for Recruitroo as it implements its ambitious growth strategy. Attracting talent is one of the most significant issues facing businesses and Recruitroo is bringing solutions to the market that address this fundamental challenge. Enterprise Ireland has backed Recruitroo since its early days and we are confident that the innovation and vision of Shane, Stephen and their team will ensure they continue t...
Probably one of the most enjoyable podcasts you've listened to this year or ever. Yea, it's that fun and good! They say never meet your idols. They also say don't fall in love with new tech. OK, the latter saying is less popular, but Andreea Wade, VP of product strategy, says it, and that's why we wanted to chat with her, live at iCIMS Inspire in San Diego. Andreea's also a winner of Chad & Cheese's Death Match competition - and we love her - so there was plenty of reason to hangout. Andreea is kind of a big deal when it comes to AI, has strong opinions about ChatGPT and enjoys a good convo about bias.
During this episode, Al, Andreea, and I talk about how practitioners make the business case or the use case for purchasing iCIMS. Al & Andreea are both super easy to talk with and their passion for all things AI in TA comes through during the podcast.
When you want insights to big industry moves you go to the insiders. In this episode The Chad & Cheese are joined by phenom, Death Match Europe winner, and former CEO of newly acquired Opening.io, Andreea Wade. Andreea dragged along iCIMS' technical commander-in-chief Al "Witness Protection" Smith to discuss how Opening.io's team, vision, and tech will play into iCIMS' future. Enjoy this NEXXT exclusive.
You start life as a teenage coder before becoming a crusading journalist followed by a highly successful career as a music festival promoter, to now leading one of Ireland's most promising startups in the AI space. How is this possible? Find out how Andreea has lived a life that has defied boundaries or career paths to forge her own destiny.
Andreea Wade is the founder and CEO of opening.io. She is an event organizer and public speaker—an unusual combination—with many different passions. She has started several different businesses in a variety of sectors. Andrea relates how she had a panic attack during her first public speaking experience. She tells us that she still experiences stage fright but it reminds her that she cares. She also discusses the variety of events she curates, and how being a public speaker and an event organizer can clash at times. She also gives advice on what conference speakers can do to help events run more smoothly and to make things easier overall for event organizers. Andreea and Richard also delve into conference logistics, and how logistics can make or break a potentially great event. Andreea offers the advice that public speaking is a key skill for anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur, especially if you are taking an old idea and putting a new spin on it. When your message is important, she says, you will be asked to share it, so you must be able to present it in an engaging and relatable way. Learn more about Andreea here. To get a weekly dose of public speaking tips, information, videos of great talks, conference news, book reviews and more, sign up to the Voxgig newsletter. View all show notes, links, and more brilliant public speaking resources at voxgig.com. If you like what you hear on Fireside with Voxgig, don’t be shy―tell everyone! Use #firesidewithvoxgig on your social media.
Andreea Wade is the founder and CEO of opening.io. She is an event organizer and public speaker—an unusual combination—with many different passions. She has started several different businesses in a variety of sectors. Andrea relates how she had a panic attack during her first public speaking experience. She tells us that she still experiences stage fright but it reminds her that she cares. She also discusses the variety of events she curates, and how being a public speaker and an event organizer can clash at times. She also gives advice on what conference speakers can do to help events run more smoothly and to make things easier overall for event organizers. Andreea and Richard also delve into conference logistics, and how logistics can make or break a potentially great event. Andreea offers the advice that public speaking is a key skill for anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur, especially if you are taking an old idea and putting a new spin on it. When your message is important, she says, you will be asked to share it, so you must be able to present it in an engaging and relatable way. Learn more about Andreea here. To get a weekly dose of public speaking tips, information, videos of great talks, conference news, book reviews and more, sign up to the Voxgig newsletter. View all show notes, links, and more brilliant public speaking resources at voxgig.com. If you like what you hear on Fireside with Voxgig, don't be shy―tell everyone! Use #firesidewithvoxgig on your social media.
A lively debate moderated by Declan Kenny with Andreea Wade, the co-founder and CEO of Opening.io, a recruitment platform based on artificial intelligence & Kevin Koidl, a research fellow at the School of Computer Science and Statistics at TCD & Adapt researcher questioning the transformative impact and ethical use of AI.
Andreea Wade is famous on the start-up scene and she is also intimately acquainted with the boardroom tables of venture capital firms. That's because she's CEO of Opening, a fast-growing start-up that's using artificial intelligence in the recruitment industry. The serial entrepreneur tells Margaret E Ward about what it's like to get funding as a female founder, from being ignored in meetings as a CEO to proving she has a right to "knock on the door" in the first place. This tenacious entrepreneur from Transylvania gives a no-holds-barred insight into the start-up/fundraising world where gender so often gets in the way, and reveals the ways she has overcome the biases and barriers that stand in the way of success. A must-listen for any entrepreneur. Podcast Length: 28:14 Click Here To Download
Female Founder Fridays - Andreea Wade, Opening.io by TechIreland
We speak to CEO and founder of www.opening.io Andreea Wade. Andreea has a diverse background steeped in coding, design, journalism, event organizing, advertising, marketing and product management. Andreea and opening.io are in the space of Recruitment intelligence, automatically matching talent with job openings. Opening.io uses linguistics algorithms to identify patterns within the structure and phrasing of job posts and CVs, converting them into data points to match candidates to suitable jobs. In short, they built a CV recommender engine.
On this week's innovation show we talk to pioneer of new forms of media, CEO and founder of the Third Space Agency Andrew Melchior. After a childhood filled with the wonders of building televisions, radios and (primitive) synthesisers with his time served electronics engineer grandfather (ex Royal Corps of Signals), Andrew embarked on a journey to use his passion for electronics, music and art to visualise and create new forms of media. After a passage as Digital Tribal Chief with Magic Leap and a long standing career in music with EMI he now works across multimedia, connecting researchers, inventors, engineers, performers and dynamic digital companies to bring about the 'adjacent possible'. Check out his project Bjork Digital https://www.thirdspace.co/bjork-digital/ We speak to CEO and founder of www.opening.io Andreea Wade. Like Andrew she has a diverse background steeped in coding, design, journalism, event organizing, advertising, marketing and product management. Andreea and opening.io are in the space of Recruitment intelligence, automatically matching talent with job openings. Opening.io uses linguistics algorithms to identify patterns within the structure and phrasing of job posts and CVs, converting them into data points to match candidates to suitable jobs. In short, they built a CV recommender engine.
Today we are spotlighting Andreea Wade of Opening. Opening is a cloud-based talent matchmaking tool that uses artificial intelligence, web data capture and industry insights in order to match, recommend and predict the best talent fit.. This episode is powered by UpGuard.com, UpGuard's discovery engine brings visibility to complex IT environments, enabling teams to quickly identify risk, confirm compliance and make business safer. Connect with us at womenintechshow.com. Tweet @womenintechshow and @EspreeDevora
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Andreea Wade, the founder of Brandalism, a startup strategy and digital brand development agency, and also the founder of AskATon, a series of female-friendly events focused on entrepreneurship. She lectured on digital product management at Digital Skills Academy, mentored NDRC, Wayra and New Frontiers startups. Andreea is a co-organiser of the Dublin Startup Weekend, Creative Mornings - Dublin breakfast series, and a member of the Women in Technology and Science (WITS) executive team. Andreea's Startup Story (Interview Highlights): Listen to Andreea describe how she caught the entrepreneurial bug and what her business Brandalism does Andreea's tips on building a customer base Andreea tells us what she sees as the pitfalls for young startups in how they mis-use valuable time The do's and don'ts of building your team Women entrepreneurs! Hell yea it's different! Andreea tells us about AskATon, Dublin Startup Weekend and her most recent initiative Startup Hiking Group! What has made Dublin the go to place for the startup community? Andreea tells us about the community that has made her the success she is!