Hi! I’m Conor McGinn — co-founder and CEO of Akara, where we build robots that supercharge hospital productivity and support frontline workers in ways that weren’t possible before. I remain closely involved in academia through my ongoing affiliation with Trinity College Dublin, where I led a research group at the intersection of robotics, AI, and healthcare.

This blog is my little corner of the internet to share personal reflections, occasional rants, and behind-the-scenes stories from the frontlines of hospital automation. It’s less about polished press releases and more about the messy, fascinating reality of deploying robots and AI in the real world; the kind of stuff you don’t always hear about in keynotes or funding pitches.

I write mainly for fellow engineers, researchers, entrepreneurs, and the VCs who back them.

Expect thoughts on tech, tales from the trenches, and probably the odd joke at a robot’s expense.

conor@conormcginn.com