I'd be delighted to attend Roderic.

The boys are back in town

Bobby Healy, Manna Air Delivery.

@mannadronedelivery.bsky.social has closed a $30m (~€27.8m) funding round to scale operations.

Manna, a NovaUCD graduate company, currently serves 150k residents & is rapidly expanding into new European markets.

Congrats to @realbobbyhealy.bsky.social and the team.

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Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?

First rocket launched from continental Europe

Congrats to @realbobbyhealy.bsky.social and team

Great to see an Irish company lead the world in innovation

Up, up and away: Manna raises an additional $30m to power more drone deliveries In an update, Manna said it has completed 165,000 flights to date, and experienced 5x year-over-year growth from 2023 to 2024

Manna, the drone delivery company founded and led by serial entrepreneur @realbobbyhealy.bsky.social, has closed a new $30 million (€27.8 million) funding round to bring total investment to date to over $60 million

www.businesspost.ie/tech-news/up...

If only we had ziplines marketing budget 😂

To President Zelenskyy, From an Embarrassed American Dear President Zelenskyy,

President Zelenskyy,

The vast majority of Americans are fully sickened to our core by the violence visited upon you every day, with help from our President and his party.

johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-preside...

Sharp Tech Sharp Tech - How technology works, and the ways it is impacting the world

🚁 "This is a tech business, not a logistics business." – Ben Thompson

Manna’s drone delivery model isn’t about moving goods—it’s about zero marginal cost at scale.

It’s not just new logistics—it’s a tech disruption.

🎧 Listen: sharptech.fm/member/episo...

Order Abrakebabra on Manna Drone Delivery Abrakebabra. Delivered in less than 3 minutes. By drone.

Ireland's greatest Kebabs from @Abrakebabra now flying in Dublin 15.

Nom nom.

www.mannadronedelivery.com/merchants/ab...

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What one of the @mannadronedelivery.bsky.social remote pilots sees One such pilot is capable of managing 20 aircraft concurrently - across multiple continents.

Hey Google! How much to change my passport colour ?

Irish startup delivering a highly innovative platform ☘️✅

Bono and Lionel Messi representing Ireland well!

@mannadronedelivery.bsky.social employs "4D strategic deconfliction" to ensure that flights never intersect each other's airspace. Essentially we allocate a 10m wide 3D tunnel in the air for a certain amount of time. Here you can see 2 flights going to the 1 house and another overlapping flight.

Researchers Claim New Technique Slashes AI Energy Use By 95%

m.slashdot.org/story/434035

Dear @ec.europa.eu - do printer ink next.

Table set! Happy Christmas everyone!

Happy Holidays everyone! (and apologies for the vertical video!)

They are already in Italy as well.
I think their ambitions are pure USA and it would be unlikely they will come to Ireland, particularly as their fulfillment center in Ireland is right next to an active runway. Although we would be happy to power them if they were interested 🙂

Soldier jailed for sexual assault was able to remain in Army due to ‘data protection’ concerns Report was commissioned in wake of controversy over Cathal Crotty, an Army private who was spared jail last June after beating a woman, Natasha O’Brien, unconscious

We need more cookie popups.

www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...

Big things happening...

Android playing the iOS lock-in game is disappointing to see.

EU approves new sanctions on Russian ‘shadow fleet’ The penalties will bar dozens of additional ships from EU ports.

The European Union will blacklist dozens of oil and gas tankers helping Moscow earn billions from illicit fossil fuel sales after officials finalized a deal during talks today.

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O'Connell Street dining at its best in the winter evenings

Purchasing power of the lemming.

Any engineers explain the formula for this ?

Simulation test using drones to deliver life-saving equipment is a success Test delivers defibrillator to home where a person could be having a heart attack in about two minutes

Manna is one of the most “wow” Irish companies. We should be doing everything to let them expand and continue innovating.

www.irishtimes.com/business/202...