# Paddy Cosgrave

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Trump hands Elon Musk efficiency role in new administration

President-elect Donald Trump has handed Elon Musk the job of running a new 'Department of Government Efficiency' as part of his new cabinet. The London Standard’s deputy political editor Jitendra Joshi joins us for the latest. Plus, we head to Lisbon to speak to Web Summit co-founder, Paddy Cosgrav…

Web Summit Showdown: Why the three co-founders are heading to court

The High Court is set to hear revealing details on the workings of one of Ireland’s most high profile companies: Web Summit. In a civil trial that is set to last nine weeks, the three former friends who founded the tech events company – Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly and Daire Hickey – will lay out th…

E92: How to Think Big, Start Small, and Succeed at Anything — Lessons from the Founder of the world’s largest tech event!

Paddy Cosgrave, founder and CEO of Web Summit, joins me for a fast-paced conversation recorded live at Web Summit Qatar. We talk about how he scaled a 150-person event into one of the world’s largest tech conferences, and why the same principles—imagination, naivety, and engineering serendipity—can…

'Four floors of whores' - Paddy Cosgrave and the Web Summit showdown

The multi-million euro legal battle between the Web Summit co-founders, Paddy Cosgrave, Daire Hickey and David Kelly, has been described as a bitter divorce, with no prospect of an amicable resolution. The clash between three of Ireland’s most prominent tech high-flyers has begun, and the first sho…

What Is Web Summit? Inside the Global Series That Draws 150,000 Tech Enthusiasts

Paddy Cosgrave, CEO of Web Summit, explains what it takes to host their newest event in Vancouver, Canada

Politics of technology

In this episode of High Agency, we sit down with Paddy Cosgrave, CEO and Co-Founder of Web Summit, for a raw and wide-ranging conversation about power, platforms, and personal growth. From relocating one of the world’s biggest tech conferences to Canada due to geopolitics, to unpacking why humility…

Proper No. Twelve, Paddy Cosgrave’s return and Manhattan Peanuts vs The Luas - what 2026 has in store for the courts

From high-stakes cold-case appeals to sprawling commercial disputes, 2026 is shaping up to be yet another busy and complex year for the Irish courts. We have cases years in the making, familiar names returning to the dock, old rows reignited, and new trials that could reshape lives overnight. Host…

John McGuirk v Paddy Cosgrave defamation case-McGuirk sharply criticised by High Court Judge EP#880

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Navigating a leadership crisis, w/Web Summit CEO Katherine Maher

How do you restore confidence after a high-profile leadership uproar? Web Summit’s new CEO Katherine Maher joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian to discuss taking over after the sudden, forced resignation of founding CEO Paddy Cosgrave. With echoes of the drama at OpenAI, Maher describes how she nav…

AI: Beyond the hype

This is our season of AI and Basic Sciences. Has AI surpassed the human intelligence? As that question dominates the headlines, I put it to Paddy Cosgrave, founder and CEO of Web Summit, one of the world's biggest technology conferences. His answer is less about the hype and more about what we need…