The Business Post Connected Podcast

Ranking history

About the show

Latest episodes

• Meet Kota - the ambitious Irish start-up making waves across Europe

  October 7, 2026 · 35 min

  Since its foundation in 2022, Dublin-based employee benefits platform Kota has scaled rapidly not only in size, but also in recognition. The firm has been repeatedly identified by Sifted, the Financial Times-backed tech publication, as the…

• Connected Live: How AI could transform Ireland by 2030

  September 30, 2026 · 49 min

  Listen back to Connected Live - a panel discussion with some of Ireland's foremost AI experts recorded at the Business Post's AI 2030 event last week. Our tech editor Charlie Taylor sat down with Emma Redmond head of OpenAI Ireland, Graham…

• Slowing down AI and surviving the SaaSpocalypse: The Connected Dreamforce special

  September 23, 2026 · 27 min

  Last week saw 50,000 people descend on San Francisco to attend Dreamforce - Salesforce's flagship tech conference. Movie stars, AI executives and our very own Charlie Taylor were among those in attendance. Charlie sat down with Business…

• Has the ship already sailed on Apple's new $2,000 folding phone?

  September 16, 2026 · 20 min

  Last week saw Apple finally announce the launch of its first folding phone - seven years on rival Samsung's heels. With a hefty price tag starting at $2,000 and alternatives flooding the market, has Apple missed the boat on the flip phone…

• Why Nvidia's $13bn bet on Hugging Face matters

  September 9, 2026 · 25 min

  Nvidia's $12.9bn deal to buy Hugging Face, a collaborative hub for AI, is not only seismic in value - the deal is sure to have huge consequences for the chip giant's trajectory and the shape of the AI industry. To talk us through the…

• Ep 9: Legora's tech chief on how AI is transforming the legal sphere

  September 2, 2026 · 30 min

  Within just 18 months of launch, Legora surprised itself in hitting annual recurring revenues of $100 million. The AI-powered legal workspace has firmly established itself as one to watch on the global tech stage. How did it get there and…

• Ep 8: How Ireland's Debbie Downer attitude on AI will hurt Irish tech

  August 26, 2026 · 24 min

  Ahead of the publication of the Business Post's annual Connected 100 list this week, Charlie is joined by venture capitalist and former founder DC Cahalane to discuss how Ireland's tech ecosystem is actually faring. The pair touch on what…

• Ep 7: Stripe's expanding empire

  August 19, 2026 · 27 min

  On this week's episode, Charlie and Alice delve into Stripe's recent flurry of M&A activity and how the deals will improve the unicorn's standing in the AI revolution. Also up for discussion is Irish sport tech firm Kitman Labs'…