Every May, Dublin becomes a little louder, a little sharper, and a lot more ambitious — thanks to Dublin Tech Summit. For Mellivora Software, it’s more than a calendar event. It’s a temperature check on the tech world, a place to connect with new thinkers, and a reminder that innovation isn’t slowing down — it’s accelerating. Fast.
This year’s theme, Connecting Innovators, Transforming Tomorrow, felt like home turf. We’ve built our company on those exact ideas — helping startups and enterprises transform their ideas into real, working tech. So we showed up, listened closely, asked questions, took notes, and — yes — had quite a few interesting conversations along the way.
Ideas That Stick (and Stir)
There’s always one or two talks that stick with you after a conference. This time, it was more than a couple.
- Nabanita Roy’s “Reimagining NLP Systems with GenAI” at the stunning Minerva Room (Nexus Stage) challenged how we think about context and nuance in AI. Working with language, both natural and code, is our everyday reality — and the insights from this session echoed many of the challenges we see when building NLP-driven systems for clients. Also, an important question was raised: should we stop? Where is the unruled dashing with AI systems development taking us?..
- “Unlocking AI’s Potential: Building the Next Generation of European Innovation” happening on the Main Stage at DTS was a reminder that AI innovation is no longer about novelty — it’s about direction, frameworks, and intentional growth. Europe is building its own voice in AI, and we’re ready to be part of that conversation.
- Harmony Murphy’s “Sell Me Something Smart” made it clear: MarTech is evolving, and the companies that want to stay relevant must be smarter — in both tech and tone.
- And yes, “The Future of Quantum Programming” by Ray Lloyd (Horizon Quantum) was a geeky deep dive — and we loved every bit of it! Lots of takeaways for our sprint boards, and though the future is being written in strange languages, it’s always worth trying to predict its trends.
Tech Partnerships Start With Conversations
Beyond the stages and the lighting and the badges, conferences are about people. We met founders at various stages of their startup journey — some with pitch decks, some with pressure, all with vision.
At Mellivora, we’ve been in these conversations before. We’ve helped startups with their numerous pains:
- build MVP from scratch, with due attention to the budget,
- stepped in when teams needed to reduce development costs without losing velocity,
- and acted as long-term tech partners when things started to scale.
One of our favorite recent collaborations? A lightweight MRP system for a small-scale manufacturer, now live and actively used.
If you’re building something and the tech side is a question mark — talk to us. We don’t just code. We collaborate.
Local Presence, Global Energy
And of course, DTS is also a celebration of the local Irish tech scene. It’s always gratifying to see just how much entrepreneurial energy is being generated right here at home.
We had great conversations with innovators like Declan Foster, founder of Project Pal AI, and many other local tech builders who are solving very real problems with a lot of passion and precision.
Being part of a local ecosystem like Dublin’s — where people build, share, and support each other — is not something we take for granted. It keeps the ideas grounded, the feedback real, and the innovation continuous.
Women, Tech, and the Power of Networks
One of the quieter highlights of DTS 2025 was the presence of organizations focused on supporting women in tech — like Rewriting the Code. They are helping early stage career engineers to get started with their IT journeys.
Supporting early stage female engineers is something that comes naturally to Mellivora, with one of its co-founders being a female, and some of our development teams consisting almost solely out of female engineers.
We also spoke with groups working to fund and support female entrepreneurs, and it’s incredibly motivating to see this support becoming more visible and more structured.
For someone who's walked the founder path as a woman in tech — this mattered. These networks are needed. And growing.
AI Is Everywhere. Now What?
It’s impossible to leave DTS without feeling the pulse of AI. It’s in marketing. In operations. In DevOps, in sales, in hiring, in design. It’s not coming — it’s already here, shaping every department whether they realize it or not.
But the bigger question lingers: Should we push it forward without hesitation? Slow it down? Regulate it? Or is the best approach to stay thoughtful, human, and adaptive?
We don’t have the final answer. But we’re asking — and building — with that in mind.
We should, however, put a stop to sticking AI labels to anything and everything in hopes of getting more traction, whether it is or isn’t AI-based.
We’re Still Listening
If you met us at DTS — hello again!
If you didn’t, but you’re still reading — let’s fix that.
At Mellivora, we listen before we build. And if you’re struggling with tech side of your business, limited resources, or a growing product backlog, maybe it’s time we talked.
Everyone’s welcome.
Tell us your pain. Get a solution.