Entrepreneur born with sight loss secures €2m to develop internet accessibility software
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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 OMahoney, the former group chief technology officer of Vision Ireland. "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. 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 OMahoney 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.