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

17 techies share their advice for thriving in the hybrid AI-human office
Opinion
June 24, 2026
17 techies share their advice for thriving in the hybrid AI-human office
Sifted polls CEOs, investors, researchers, consultants, HR pros and operators for ways to stay ahead of tech that’s always improving
Éanna Kelly
Car subscription company Finn becomes Germany’s newest unicorn
News
June 24, 2026
Car subscription company Finn becomes Germany’s newest unicorn
The Munich-based platform — which Sifted crowned as Europe’s fastest-growing startup in 2025 — zooms to milestone with a €140m Series D
Éanna Kelly
‘We’re in a very fast race’: Life at Nabla means big numbers and jet lag
Pro
Interview
June 19, 2026
‘We’re in a very fast race’: Life at Nabla means big numbers and jet lag
Cofounder Delphine Groll talks about the departure of her CEO — and whether she’d sell the company if the right bid came in
Éanna Kelly
Is this Europe’s most audacious founder?
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Brunch with Sifted
June 17, 2026
Is this Europe’s most audacious founder?
Bertrand Duplat is building tiny robots for the brain, an idea that sounds not only difficult but crazy. Over a long Paris lunch, he talks comic books, punk music and falling in love
Éanna Kelly
Startup founders we’d send to win the World Cup
Analysis
June 10, 2026
Startup founders we’d send to win the World Cup
With some big calls and controversial omissions, we pulled together a fantasy football team for European tech
Éanna Kelly, Tom Nugent, Maya Dharampal-Hornby and Martin Coulter
I was fired by a big European tech company. Here’s my advice if it happens to you
Interview
June 10, 2026
I was fired by a big European tech company. Here’s my advice if it happens to you
Rizwan Mahmood used ChatGPT to help build a case after Bolt dismissed him. He was awarded €14,500 by Estonia’s Labour Dispute Committee
Éanna Kelly
Fake perfume, loo rolls and riffing on The Matrix: The stunts that helped push Aikido Security to the top
Pro
Interview
June 10, 2026
Fake perfume, loo rolls and riffing on The Matrix: The stunts that helped push Aikido Security to the top
This ‘yin and yang’ founder team have turned a Belgian cyber firm into a global player
Éanna Kelly
Belgian cybersecurity unicorn Aikido Security tops latest Sifted ranking
News
June 10, 2026
Belgian cybersecurity unicorn Aikido Security tops latest Sifted ranking
Launching today, the third Sifted 100: France and Benelux ranks the region’s fastest-growing startups
Éanna Kelly
A ‘996’ week would be a quiet one for this spacetech founder
Pro
Interview
June 5, 2026
A ‘996’ week would be a quiet one for this spacetech founder
Julie Böhning has raised the largest seed round of any European spacetech: here’s how she sees the future of space unfolding
Éanna Kelly
Celonis boss: 'If we're honest, AI adoption hasn’t gone as quickly as expected’
Pro
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'
Pro
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
Pro
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
Pro
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
Pro
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
Pro
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
Pro
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
Pro
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

Éanna Kelly

17 techies share their advice for thriving in the hybrid AI-human office

Car subscription company Finn becomes Germany’s newest unicorn

‘We’re in a very fast race’: Life at Nabla means big numbers and jet lag

Is this Europe’s most audacious founder?

Startup founders we’d send to win the World Cup

I was fired by a big European tech company. Here’s my advice if it happens to you

Fake perfume, loo rolls and riffing on The Matrix: The stunts that helped push Aikido Security to the top

Belgian cybersecurity unicorn Aikido Security tops latest Sifted ranking

A ‘996’ week would be a quiet one for this spacetech founder

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?