Finding the next Irish Collison

26/11/2021 21 min
Finding the next Irish Collison

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Episode Synopsis

How old do you need to be to start a tech company that investors will take seriously? 25? 23? 20?Today we talk to a couple of young Irish tech founders who are making waves at a very young age. Greg Tarr is 18 and the CEO and founder of an artificial intelligence firm called Inferex. Having won this year’s BT Young Scientist competition, Tarr received six-figure job offers and dropped out of secondary school. He is now skipping college (because it’s “a waste of time”) to focus on his firm, which has already raised €1.25m.Adrian also speaks to Sean Finnegan, who is 20 and is currently raising money for his e-receipt software company, Receipt Relay.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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