Patrick O'Boyle

CTO @ @kota_benefits, automating financial benefits for global teams | Prev product @strikepayco CTO @Bamboo_ie

[Luke @Luke_Mackey]

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

[Patrick O'Boyle @Patrick_OBoyle]

@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!

[Patrick O'Boyle @Patrick_OBoyle]

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

[Patrick O'Boyle @Patrick_OBoyle]

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

[EU–INC @euinc_petition]

Ursula von der Leyen just *officially* announced at Davos:

The 28th regime will be called EU–INC!

WE WON.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

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

[Luke @Luke_Mackey]

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.

[Patrick O'Boyle @Patrick_OBoyle]

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

[Luke @Luke_Mackey]

We just closed our $14.5m Series A and I've never felt more fired up about what we're building at @kota_benefits.

https://t.co/XVnRxf3vii

[Sky News @SkyNews]

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 🔗

https://t.co/ueQPDRgjxj

[Patrick O'Boyle @Patrick_OBoyle]

@cramforce @vercel Delicious space

[Luke @Luke_Mackey]

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.

[Patrick O'Boyle @Patrick_OBoyle]

@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 O'Boyle @Patrick_OBoyle]

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

[Charlie Taylor @ChasTaylor]

Ireland's leading start-up accelerator @NDRC_hq is set to shut at the end of next year in a significant blow to the all- important tech sector, the Business Post can reveal
https://t.co/i0NUbc5kuQ

[Patrick O'Boyle @Patrick_OBoyle]

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

[Luke @Luke_Mackey]

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: https://t.co/Oac1KET7C0

[Mark Cummins @mark_cummins]

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.

[Tech.eu @tech_eu]

Remote and Kota team up: disrupting global benefits with embedded employee insurance https://t.co/vIqowT2jit

[(mmm) Danone @dahnanofficial]

prophetic words from Carl Sagan's 1995 book

[Luke @Luke_Mackey]

Accidently created craft beer brand at @kota_benefits

Our customers get Pale Ales. Customers of brokers get snail mail.