Patrick O'Boyle

Made the top 10 of the @Siftedeu 100 in the UK and Ireland - who knows insurance sucked so much!

@linear any idea why this regularly happens on Safari or anything I can do to avoid it? I wipe my local storage and cookies for the website to fix each time, happening regularly for months if relevant!

@akothari @NotionHQ looks like a great change, would love to get Kota into early access!

For the past few months, a small crew got together to overhaul @NotionHQ sidebar / navigation. We called the project "Slippery Slope" :) For anyone who's worked on a similar project knows how hard it is to make any changes to navigation, because it directly impacts how millions of people use your product every single day. To my surprise and delight, the team was able to ship something remarkably better in a matter of weeks. We've been using it internally for some time now, and I cannot imagine going back. We start ramping to users tomorrow, but feel free to reply here, and I'll try my best to turn on early access!

@felixrieseberg loving the Cowork preview, is there any way today to roll it out to a few folks on our company account? 👀

Ursula von der Leyen just *officially* announced at Davos: The 28th regime will be called EU–INC! WE WON.

We should stop calling it “vibe coding” when it’s software engineers writing production software, paying close attention, thinking a lot, validating before committing, closing the loop… and yes they prompt an agent/work with it. Very different from “let it rip” w 0 validation

Someone mentioned they weren’t sure how Kota was doing — apparently due to our lack of LinkedIn noise (crazy). So, for the record: • 15× annualised revenue growth • From 6-figure ARR to 8-figure ARR in a single year • 50k+ employees covered across 100+ countries • Team grew from 22 → 50, across 10 countries (outgrew 2 offices) • Embedded insurance powering some of the world’s leading HR platforms • An ungodly amount of product shipped for a team this size • Closed our Series A — plenty of firepower for what’s coming next I couldn’t be more proud of this team. We’re building quietly, shipping relentlessly, and setting up something very special for 2026. We’ll be doubling the team again next year — it’s a great time to join.

@alexVlazar It’s like Nothing software design x Teenage Engineering hardware design vibes, so cool

Beautiful and bold

We just closed our $14.5m Series A and I've never felt more fired up about what we're building at @kota_benefits. kota.io/blog/series-a-…

A famous anti-piracy campaign from the early 2000s is in the spotlight after it appeared the font used in the adverts was pirated Read more 🔗 trib.al/qYdWgjJ

@cramforce @vercel Delicious space

Super excited about today's opening of @vercel's first office in Germany Unter den Linden

Over 400 local founders, employing 8,000+ people, €2.4 billion raised, want better answers from those in government making big decisions on our behalf about what it takes to build a thriving local startup ecosystem.

@brett_colin @SimonHarrisTD @peterburkefg And we should be adding more ways to do that - more supports for founders, more hands on time with experienced entrepreneurs, and much more to help more indigenous companies succeed Arguing everyone should have less because our companies weren't in one specific programme is wild

@Patrick_OBoyle @SimonHarrisTD @peterburkefg 100% agree with you - but for the 99% (and more) of Irish startups over the last 20 years who weren't accepted/impacted by NDRC, life went on Patrick. Where there is a will/vision/case to grow your startup, there is a way.

This is crazy. @SimonHarrisTD @peterburkefg - this will be a massive setback to creating an strong, indigenous tech industry that delivers needed growth to support future services

@brett_colin @SimonHarrisTD @peterburkefg We should be adding resources and opportunities, not removing them

@Patrick_OBoyle @SimonHarrisTD @peterburkefg Growth isn't specific to NDRC-affiliated companies Patrick. It was a nice-to-have for some, a you-can't-have for most...and those who didn't, adapted.

The closure of NDRC in 2025 threatens Ireland's startup future. As founders, we've drafted an open letter opposing this decision. Join us in calling for its reversal by signing here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Speaking personally: this is an unbelievably bad decision. NDRC ran well and was very positive for the Irish tech ecosystem. So much government enterprise support is ineffective, so killing one of the few things that was really working (+cost a pittance) is frankly tragic.

Remote and Kota team up: disrupting global benefits with embedded employee insurance buff.ly/3APLVRm

prophetic words from Carl Sagan's 1995 book

Accidently created craft beer brand at @kota_benefits Our customers get Pale Ales. Customers of brokers get snail mail.