Manna founder and CEO Bobby Healy in front of a Manna drone

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September 29, 2026

Manna boss Bobby Healy on moving to Oklahoma: ‘The US is open for business, Europe is not’

The Irish drone maker recently relocated himself and the bulk of his operations to Tulsa. He reflects on how his dreams of leading the delivery market in Europe fell to earth

Éanna Kelly

3 min read

Irish drone developer Bobby Healy has a revealing anecdote about how quickly business gets done in the US compared with Europe.

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Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly is a contributing editor at Sifted, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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