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

Celonis boss: 'If we're honest, AI adoption hasn’t gone as quickly as expected’
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Interview
June 4, 2026
Celonis boss: 'If we're honest, AI adoption hasn’t gone as quickly as expected’
Europe chief for the $13bn software giant talks the future of AI, taking on Palantir and buying ‘50 of the cleverest brains on the planet’
Éanna Kelly
This ex-Spotify boss is using AI to help VCs tell which startups are '90% bollocks'
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Interview
May 29, 2026
This ex-Spotify boss is using AI to help VCs tell which startups are '90% bollocks'
Henrik Landgren says his AI agents can spot winners and red flags
Éanna Kelly
Can AI make us better parents?
Analysis
May 27, 2026
Can AI make us better parents?
The tech is helping me look more on-the-ball at home — but can we trust it?
Éanna Kelly
Lexroom CEO: Anthropic won’t kill vertical AI companies
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Interview
May 21, 2026
Lexroom CEO: Anthropic won’t kill vertical AI companies
Paolo Fois, who raised $50m this week, isn’t worried about competition from big LLM players
Éanna Kelly
European tech's most radical idea? Taking Sunday off
Opinion
May 20, 2026
European tech's most radical idea? Taking Sunday off
A founder's horror at a shuttered coworking space in Spain sparked a rare reflection on grind culture madness
Éanna Kelly
The unusual business idea that tops Sifted’s latest ranking
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Interview
May 20, 2026
The unusual business idea that tops Sifted’s latest ranking
Milan-based holiday booker Hotiday has added a dash of Airbnb to its offering — and grown its revenues over 1000% in three years
Éanna Kelly
Meet the Sifted 100: Southern Europe's fastest-growing startups of 2026
News
May 20, 2026
Meet the Sifted 100: Southern Europe's fastest-growing startups of 2026
Italian hotel booking site Hotiday tops latest Sifted ranking
Éanna Kelly
Lovable is promising staff a 10% raise on their work anniversary. Here’s why it won’t catch on
Opinion
May 13, 2026
Lovable is promising staff a 10% raise on their work anniversary. Here’s why it won’t catch on
Anton Osika’s pay pledge should at least push techies across Europe to demand more
Éanna Kelly
The FOMO files: Europe’s best tech meetups this May
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Analysis
May 7, 2026
The FOMO files: Europe’s best tech meetups this May
Self-driving tractors, Y Combinator rejects and a coffee-fueled rooftop rave — the dates you need in your diary
Éanna Kelly
The vague job title catapulting young tech workers to the top
Analysis
May 6, 2026
The vague job title catapulting young tech workers to the top
The 'founder associate' role is proving a quick way for ambitious young techies to climb the ladder
Éanna Kelly
Meet the startups using AI to discover new materials
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List
April 30, 2026
Meet the startups using AI to discover new materials
A cascade of funding is finding young companies that hope to revolutionise the field
Éanna Kelly
Help! My boss is addicted to ChatGPT and Claude
April 29, 2026
Help! My boss is addicted to ChatGPT and Claude
Senior leaders are using AI to talk to their underlings — and the underlings don’t like it
Éanna Kelly
Europe's fastest-rising ‘tier two’ tech hubs
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Analysis
April 29, 2026
Europe's fastest-rising ‘tier two’ tech hubs
Garching, Heidelberg, Lausanne and the other youngling tech towns worth watching
Éanna Kelly and Jonathan Sinclair
European spacetech mapped: 70+ startups reaching for the stars
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Market map
April 24, 2026
European spacetech mapped: 70+ startups reaching for the stars
Your guide to Europe's sprawling space industry, featuring rockets, satellites, space taxis, AI and more
Éanna Kelly and Oshin Narang
Which tech startups have the best perks?
Analysis
April 22, 2026
Which tech startups have the best perks?
From home cleans to pawternity leave: what I found in 100 careers pages
Éanna Kelly
These are the top 10 physical AI hubs in Europe
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Analysis
April 22, 2026
These are the top 10 physical AI hubs in Europe
€7bn and counting: here’s where the most deals happened in the last two years
Éanna Kelly and Oshin Narang
Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin
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Analysis
April 16, 2026
Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin
London startups raised more in Q1 2026 than in the whole of H1 2025; the UK capital also captured over half of all European AI funding
Éanna Kelly and Jonathan Sinclair
The European tech ick list: Emojis, baseball caps and everything-maxxing
Analysis
April 15, 2026
The European tech ick list: Emojis, baseball caps and everything-maxxing
The everyday habits making the region’s ecosystem feel just a little more gross
Martin Coulter, Anne Sraders, Freya Pratty and Éanna Kelly
How Legora hired Jude Law
Analysis
April 15, 2026
How Legora hired Jude Law
A new ad sees the British actor purring over legal AI software. The creators tell Sifted how it came to life
Éanna Kelly
Unicorn stampede: Highest number of $1bn startups minted in Europe in four years
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Analysis
April 10, 2026
Unicorn stampede: Highest number of $1bn startups minted in Europe in four years
14 billion-dollar companies emerge across AI, defence and fintech
Éanna Kelly, Ruggero Di Spigna and Oshin Narang
Meet the Swiss founder building robots that make crêpes
Interview
April 10, 2026
Meet the Swiss founder building robots that make crêpes
Robert Hennig says robots ‘should make people happy’
Éanna Kelly
European tech left X in droves. Is it time to log back on?
Opinion
April 8, 2026
European tech left X in droves. Is it time to log back on?
After Musk’s takeover, Europe’s tech crowd drifted away from the platform. Some say it still shapes global conversations; others call it ‘the abyss’
Éanna Kelly
Why a vegan sausage pioneer is setting up an AI law firm called Keith
Interview
April 3, 2026
Why a vegan sausage pioneer is setting up an AI law firm called Keith
“I think after illness and relationship breakdown, the biggest source of anguish in life is conveyancing,” says THIS cofounder Andy Shovel — and he's raised £2m to do something about it
Éanna Kelly
Confessions of a tech ghostwriter: ‘I will help you scale cringe mountain’
Analysis
April 1, 2026
Confessions of a tech ghostwriter: ‘I will help you scale cringe mountain’
Five writers on the secretive, well-paid job of making VCs and founders worth reading
Éanna Kelly

Éanna Kelly

Celonis boss: 'If we're honest, AI adoption hasn’t gone as quickly as expected’

This ex-Spotify boss is using AI to help VCs tell which startups are '90% bollocks'

Can AI make us better parents?

Lexroom CEO: Anthropic won’t kill vertical AI companies

European tech's most radical idea? Taking Sunday off

The unusual business idea that tops Sifted’s latest ranking

Meet the Sifted 100: Southern Europe's fastest-growing startups of 2026

Lovable is promising staff a 10% raise on their work anniversary. Here’s why it won’t catch on

The FOMO files: Europe’s best tech meetups this May

The vague job title catapulting young tech workers to the top

Meet the startups using AI to discover new materials

Help! My boss is addicted to ChatGPT and Claude

Europe's fastest-rising ‘tier two’ tech hubs

European spacetech mapped: 70+ startups reaching for the stars

Which tech startups have the best perks?

These are the top 10 physical AI hubs in Europe

Londonmaxxing, for real: A bumper Q1 sees the city pull further ahead of Paris, Berlin

The European tech ick list: Emojis, baseball caps and everything-maxxing

How Legora hired Jude Law

Unicorn stampede: Highest number of $1bn startups minted in Europe in four years

Meet the Swiss founder building robots that make crêpes

European tech left X in droves. Is it time to log back on?

Why a vegan sausage pioneer is setting up an AI law firm called Keith

Confessions of a tech ghostwriter: ‘I will help you scale cringe mountain’