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Business Post
11-05-2025
- Business
- Business Post
Irish start-up Nexus Inclusion raises €2 million for AI-powered accessibility tech
Tech Irish start-up Nexus Inclusion raises €2 million for AI-powered accessibility tech Vish Gain 13:53 Nexus Inclusion was founded by Kyran O'Mahoney, who was born with 17 per cent vision.
Irish Examiner
11-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
Entrepreneur born with sight loss secures €2m to develop internet accessibility software
An Irish company founded by an entrepreneur born with sight loss has secured €2m in funding to develop AI software to make the internet more accessible for people of all abilities. Nexus Inclusion was founded by Kyran O'Mahoney, the former group chief technology officer of Vision Ireland. He has also held senior technical roles at Dunnes Stores, Ryanair, and AIB. Nexus Inclusion employs seven people and plans to build a team of 30 by the end of 2026, with roles currently open for developers, business development and marketing. Mr O'Mahoney was born with 17% vision. "I founded Nexus Inclusion to change the world so no one is excluded because they are different," he said. "It is my firm belief that technology and, more importantly, the emergence of AI is the next thing to change the world for people excluded from digital products. "If you look at the banking sector, it is still incredibly inaccessible, yet we have an inherent right to financial independence and financial freedom. Some elderly, vision-impaired or people with learning difficulties can't read their own bank statements. Nexus Inclusion's solution will help with this issue. 'The Nexus AI tool can summarise the key information at a reading level appropriate to the user in a format they are comfortable with. It automatically adds captions or transcripts and ensures that digital products work with assistive technologies. Every customer we onboard will make the world more digitally equal," Mr O'Mahoney said. The digital accessibility market is estimated to be worth €627m globally, growing to approximately €851m by 2029. Nexus Inclusion is launching ahead of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) coming into force on June 28th, 2025. The legislation requires all businesses trading in Europe to have digitally accessible websites, apps and online products. The World Health Organisation estimates there are 1.3bn people with a disability worldwide while as many as one in four people need assistance accessing online content. "We need to move beyond Digital Accessibility, which is about making accommodations for people with different abilities. As someone who has grown up with limited vision, I don't want to be accommodated. I want to be included in every aspect of life.' said Mr O'Mahoney. 'To me, this is inclusion. At Nexus Inclusion, our objective is to bridge the digital divide so no one is excluded.'
