'We want to make AI useful': Dublin startup Jentic targets enterprise rollout in 2026

Source: Business Post

Jentic, a Dublin-based firm, plans to expand internationally in 2026 as it rolls out its products to help enterprises better use AI.

Founded by Dorothy Creaven, Michael Cordner and Sean Blanchfield in 2024, Jentic has 22 staff and has raised €4 million in funding to date.

"We help large companies and enterprises make AI useful for the real world. We all know AI is super smart, but most companies run on much older systems that were never designed to work with AI," Creaven told the Business Post.

"We want to make AI useful to answer customer queries, to find lost orders or to connect systems in the background. The hard part isn't AI, it's connecting it safely to everything else to drive real value."

Jentic has built a system that allows companies to plug AI into existing systems without breaking or replacing anything.

"We provide the connective tissue between how traditional tech companies are built and the AI layer."

Looking ahead

The Jentic co-founders are quite ambitious for the year ahead with plans to start rolling out products to customers.

"The next 12 months are focused on going to market. We're about to launch a pilot programme for enterprises starting on their own AI journey and we've had quite a significant number of inbound leads," Creaven said.

"I've been telling people that 2025 was the year people started talking about AI projects, while 2026 is where the rubber meets the road. Real value needs to be derived from AI projects now."

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Original article: Business Post