This week, Adrian talks to Alan Holland, founder and CEO of Cork-based Keelvar, a procurement AI technology firm that recently raised €16m in a funding round.

Adrian asks Alan about the growing trend among Irish tech founders to go abroad for venture funding instead of relying on investment sources here.

The two also discuss the transition from being an academic in a university to a startup entrepreneur and the change of pace required.

This week, Adrian talks to Alan Holland, founder and CEO of Cork-based Keelvar, a procurement AI technology firm that recently raised €16m in a funding round.<br><br>Adrian asks Alan about the growing trend among Irish tech founders to go abroad for venture funding instead of relying on investment sources here.<br><br>The two also discuss the transition from being an academic in a university to a startup entrepreneur and the change of pace required.

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How do we separate fact from fiction with AI? What is an AI hallucination? And how is an Irish startup fighting faulty AI? 
On The Big Tech Show this week, Adrian is joined by Inspeq AI founders Ramanujam Macharla Vijayakumar and Apoorva Kumar. 

Inspeq AI: The Irish startup cleaning up false information created by artificial intelligence

The restaurant business is notoriously fickle in Ireland with high rents, tight margins and staffing issues. 

How is one entrepreneur using AI to turn a profit? How does it work? And where do most restaurateurs go wrong? 

CEO of Nory and founder of chicken fast food chain, Mad Egg, Conor Sheridan joined Adrian on The Big Tech Show this week.  

Tight margins and spinning plates: The CEO of Mad Egg on how restaurants can utilise AI 

When will the new Range Rover EV land? Is it a good time for the brand to go full EV? And what is being worked on in their centre for excellence in Shannon? 
Jaguar Land Rover has achieved its highest ever yearly sales and its biggest profit in almost 
 a decade. This is driven by record sales, particularly of Range Rovers with around 133,000 vehicles ordered at the end of the financial year (2023), and three quarters of those were Range Rovers, range Rover Sport and Defender models. 
Adrian was joined on The Big Tech Show this week by General Manager at the Jaguar Land Rover facility in Shannon, Paul Girr. 
When asked by Adrian about concerns about long term take up of EVs, Girr responded that the company has no real concerns in terms of adoption of electric vehicles in the future. 
You can listen to the full episode here on the Irish Independent website or wherever you get your podcasts. 

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