06/10/2026
Awoo from Dublin! ๐บ
Last night the pack took over Neary's for an evening about everything that comes after the first AI-built version works.
Dublin is home to our second office, and we come back regularly to spend time with the founders and builders here. More and more people are getting a first version of their product working with AI in a weekend. The harder questions start after that, and they're the ones our team deals with frequently. We wanted to talk them through with people who've lived them, and give everyone in the room a chance to ask their own.
On the panel we had Kevin Mannion, founder and CEO of Workstuff AI, who built his product after years of delivering large tech programmes at Accenture. Frankie Dolphin, co-founder of BrightCore, trained as a civil engineer before moving into software. Our own Victor Motogna, Head of Engineering at Wolfpack Digital, builds AI features with our team and mentors early-stage founders.
We asked how to tell whether what AI built is any good, what breaks first when real users show up, and how hard it is to move off the tool that got you started. The conversation then turned to the real cost of going from a working prototype to a product people pay for, what changes when you build in finance, legal or health, and when it's time to bring someone in.
A big thank you to Kevin, Frankie and Victor, and to everyone who came along with their questions! ๐