OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has launched a new partnership framework for Ireland designed to boost AI skills.<\/p>\n
The initiative will involve collaborations with the Department of Enterprise and the startup hub Dogpatch Labs.<\/p>\n
OpenAI and the Department of Enterprise will launch an “SME Booster” programme in 2026, with hands-on AI skills training, workshops and mentoring for small and medium enterprises around the country.<\/p>\n
To boost AI startups, OpenAI and Dogpatch Labs have agreed a new partnership to enable early-stage founders and entrepreneurs to integrate AI into their products and workflows.<\/p>\n
To help young builders innovate in AI, OpenAI and Patch, a non-profit programme for people aged 16 – 21, will enter a new three-year partnership.<\/p>\n
The collaboration will allow Patch to grow its Summer programme, offer fellowships, finance grants and mentoring, so that more young people can learn to code, prototype and develop early-stage AI products.<\/p>\n
“Ireland has deep talent, from young builders to experienced entrepreneurs,” said Jason Kwon, Chief Strategy Officer, OpenAI.<\/p>\n
“With over 1 million people here using ChatGPT, we want to help people use AI to grow their businesses, compete globally and build the next generation of innovative products,” Mr Kwon said.<\/p>\n
Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation Jack Chambers joined Mr Kwon for today’s launch.<\/p>\n
“OpenAI\u2019s partnerships will support economic growth by helping SMEs make the most of AI and other emerging technologies, while innovation from start-ups and builders developing new AI-driven products and services will help Ireland compete and succeed on the global stage,” Mr Chambers said.<\/p>\n
Patrick Walsh, CEO of Dogpatch Labs, welcomed the new partnerships.<\/p>\n
“Ireland has a unique opportunity to become a European hub for AI entrepreneurship, by connecting the next generation of builders with the tools, mentorship and networks they need to create world-class AI startups,” Mr Walsh said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has launched a new partnership framework for Ireland designed to boost AI skills.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-139461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}