Entrepreneur born with sight loss secures €2m to develop internet accessibility software

Date: May 11th 2025

News provided by: Irish Examiner

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.

His own experience with sight loss also influenced on how Nexus Inclusion designed its products. The tools were developed to help websites work well with assistive technologies, for example. Other features that can support accessibility for people with visual disabilities are our alternative text generator and colour contrast checker.

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“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.

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This article is written by:

Martin Claffey