07 · AI Infrastructure
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The World Just Got Its First AI Scientific Panel — And Ireland Has a Front-Row Seat
The UN's inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance opens in Geneva as Ireland prepares to host Europe's own AI summit in Dublin this October under its Council Presidency. Inside the Bengio-led scientific panel, the US pushback, and Ireland's dual role.
AI & Innovation Pulse Editorial/4 min read/July 2026
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01 · Machine Learning · Global
The $1 Trillion Paradigm Shift: How Eli Lilly's New AI Supercomputer Just Warped the Drug Discovery Lifecycle
LillyPod — 1,016 Blackwell Ultra GPUs, 9,000 petaflops — has rewritten pharma's discovery playbook. Inside the machine, TuneLab, and what it means for Ireland's life sciences base.
3 min read/3 July 2026
02 · Innovation · Ireland
The Quiet Engine Behind Irish Enterprise Innovation — And Why It's Scaling Up Now
Skillnet Ireland's enterprise-led model — pairing big corporates with ambitious SMEs, backed by a national skills strategy — is quietly reshaping how Irish businesses innovate.
4 min read/3 July 2026
03 · Deep Tech · Switzerland
Switzerland Just Became the World's Deep Tech Capital — Here's the Data, and What It Means for Ireland
63% of Swiss venture capital now flows into deep tech — ahead of the US and China. Inside the Swiss Deep Tech Report 2026, and the late-stage scaling gap Ireland shares.
4 min read/3 July 2026
04 · Deep Tech · Germany
Inside Germany's Bet on Fusion: How Proxima Fusion Is Racing to Put Europe on the Grid First
A Munich stellarator start-up now sits at the centre of a €2bn Bavarian plan to build the world's first commercial fusion plant — and Ireland is closer to it than it looks.
4 min read/3 July 2026
05 · Agentic AI · Ireland
The Agent Has Arrived: How Ireland became ground zero for the agentic AI revolution
Tines is a unicorn. Workday is putting €175m and 200 jobs into a Dublin AI centre. AIB is rolling Copilot to 10,000 staff. Inside the deals reshaping Irish business.
8 min read/July 2026
06 · Innovation
Inside OpenAI for Ireland: How the Partnership Is Actually Playing Out
Nine months after OpenAI launched its national partnership with the Irish Government, the adoption numbers are starting to tell the real story.
3 min read/3 July 2026
08 · Future of Work
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09 · Regulation & Ethics
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