Clippings
Press, pods and interviews featuring Sean.
AI Is Getting Out of Control: Is Europe Ready?
Brussels Signal (video)
A long-form interview on AI hype, agent safety and whether Europe's regulation-heavy approach is ready for agentic AI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD--CTX04JE
The multiplayer AI operating system — Future Form
Nearform, Future Form meetup
Sean presents Jentic's "multiplayer AI operating system" concept at Nearform's Future Form meetup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k53qS0Bztg
Jentic founder and CEO on how universal agents and digital twins could unlock enterprise AI at scale
Tech Monitor (Lara Williams Q&A)
Interview on universal agents and digital twins as a path to enterprise AI at scale.
https://www.techmonitor.ai/movers-and-shakers/jentic-founder-and-ceo-on-how-universal-agents-and-digital-twins-could-unlock-enterprise-ai-at-scale
Jentic interview and pitch — KPMG Global Tech Innovator 2026
KPMG Ireland
Jess Kelly interviews Sean on Jentic's journey to becoming an Irish Global Tech Innovator 2026 finalist (companion pitch video also on KPMG's channel).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzskxHeZ53E
E236: The Impact of General Purpose AI Agents — AI Ireland with Mark Kelly
AI Ireland (with Michael Cordner), recorded live at Dublin Tech Summit
Sean and Michael Cordner join Mark Kelly live at Dublin Tech Summit to discuss general-purpose AI agents. Also available as a podcast episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOpCzLmNhXo
Irish AI start-up Jentic joins OpenClaw push with Jentic Mini (Silicon Republic)
Silicon Republic
Coverage of the Jentic Mini launch and Jentic joining the OpenClaw initiative.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/jentic-mini-ireland-ai-open-claw-start-up
Sean Blanchfield: Don't Let Your AI Go Rogue
Chatting GPT / AI Institute (Maryrose Lyons), part 2
Second part of a two-part conversation with Maryrose Lyons on agent autonomy and where agentic AI goes wrong. Also available as a podcast episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkBW0fuLSP0
Sean Blanchfield Says: Don't Get This Wrong
Chatting GPT / AI Institute (Maryrose Lyons), part 1
First part of a two-part conversation with Maryrose Lyons on Ireland's AI opportunity and what enterprises most often get wrong about agents. Also available as a podcast episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I57UUB8BFcg
From Call of Duty to AI Agents: An Irish Founder's Warning
AI Hacks With Liana
Interview tracing the path from Demonware and Call of Duty infrastructure to Jentic's work on agent middleware.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLxLD6rpM6Q
Jentic builds the missing layer between AI and enterprise systems — Scaling Europe
Scaling Europe
Interview on why agent-to-enterprise integration is the missing layer, and how Jentic approaches it. Also available as a podcast episode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeQpW5sg0lQ
Sean Blanchfield | Founder Jentic & Demonware | OpenClaw Case Study
AI Leader Series
Case-study interview on Jentic's OpenClaw adoption and what agent-native infrastructure looks like in practice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rE1yIO1gO8
I was over the moon, even if it wasn't retirement money — Irish Independent
Irish Independent
Profile interview on making his first million in his twenties after the Demonware sale, and his pivot to the AI era with Jentic. (An archived copy is available.)
https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/i-was-over-the-moon-even-if-it-wasnt-retirement-money-tech-founder-on-making-his-first-million-in-his-20s-and-pivot-to-ai-age/a1299553540.html
Practical AI Series: Enterprise Software, APIs and AI Agents
Digital Irish Podcast
Conversation on enterprise software, APIs and what AI agents change for both.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/practical-ai-series-sean-blanchfield-on-enterprise/id1485932009?i=1000747174315
How I Made It: Sean Blanchfield's journey to the top of tech and his new AI startup, Jentic
The Big Tech Show (Irish Independent)
Adrian Weckler's long-form profile interview on building (and selling) companies, and the road to Jentic.
https://www.independent.ie/podcasts/the-big-tech-show/the-big-tech-show-sean-blanchfields-journey-to-the-top-of-tech-and-his-new-ai-startup-jentic/a388946572.html
Sean Blanchfield — Datacenters, AI, Energy and Jentic AI
Good, Bad and Ugly Innovation
Conversation on data centres, AI and energy, and Jentic's place in that stack.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sean-blanchfield-well-known-serial-entrepreneur-talks/id1526315419?i=1000737392001
E453 Mentor Moment – Nature vs Nurture: Are Entrepreneurs Born or Built?
The Entrepreneur Experiment
A short "mentor moment" episode with Gary Fox on whether entrepreneurs are born or built.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eee453-mentor-moment-nature-vs-nurture-are-entrepreneurs/id1455026112?i=1000731427962
Jentic becomes first Irish start-up to join AWS GenAI accelerator (Silicon Republic)
Silicon Republic
Coverage of Jentic being the first Irish company accepted into the AWS Generative AI Accelerator.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/jentic-becomes-first-irish-start-up-to-join-aws-gen-ai-accelerator
ShipItCon 2025 Keynote — Survival in the Age of Agents
ShipItCon (Mansion House, Dublin)
Sean's ShipItCon 2025 keynote on what the age of AI agents means for the people who build and run software.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkyFhloMsqI
TechBluePrint | Episode 1: Sean Blanchfield (Jentic)
MCS Group, TechBluePrint
First episode of MCS Group's TechBluePrint series, recorded with Sean about founding journeys and Jentic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCnOAZ_OUOE
Navigating Startups and the Future of AI — AI Ireland, E189
AI Ireland podcast (E189)
Conversation with Mark Kelly covering AI, agents, the startup journey and the future. Also on Spotify.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1obKJtndHQw
From 0 to 300 Million Users - EE 404
The Entrepreneur Experiment (EE 404)
Interview with Gary Fox about the entrepreneurial journey — from Demonware to PageFair and Jentic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbjnlJqzG6sJentic: A centralised communication hub for AI agents (Silicon Republic)
Silicon Republic
Silicon Republic's introduction to Jentic and its agent-integration platform.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/jentic-ai-integration-platform-dublinIrish AI start-up Jentic raises €4m in pre-seed funding (Silicon Republic)
Silicon Republic
Coverage of Jentic's €4m pre-seed round.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/irish-ai-start-up-jentic-pre-seed-funding-investment
Demonware and multiplayer gaming — The Middleware Files
The Middleware Files (video podcast, with Dylan Collins)
Sean and Dylan Collins look back at building Demonware, the online-service backend behind Call of Duty's multiplayer. Companion blog post: Demonware podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGuKQIXGaIU
Dublin's PageFair acquired by Canadian rival Blockthrough (Silicon Republic)
Silicon Republic
Coverage of PageFair's acquisition by Blockthrough.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/business/pagefair-blockthrough
Use of Ad-Blocking Software Rises by 30% Worldwide
The New York Times (Mark Scott)
PageFair's research anchors this report on the worldwide growth of ad blocking. Sean describes an unexpected surge in mobile ad blocking outside Western markets and predicts that the same trend will soon reshape internet use in the United States.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170201173845id_/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/technology/ad-blocking-internet.html
WIKN E09 — Sean Blanchfield, technologist and CEO of PageFair, shares the secret to start-ups
WIKN Podcast
Episode of WIKN recorded while Sean was running PageFair, on what it takes for start-ups to succeed.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wikn-e09-sean-blanchfield-technologist-ceo-of/id1154515464?i=1000379967347
Sean Blanchfield (PageFair) at Startup Grind Dublin
Startup Grind Local
Fireside chat recorded at Dublin City Hall covering Demonware, PageFair and the Irish startup ecosystem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTKsD8p_cCASean Blanchfield: "We war-gamed the digital future and won" (Silicon Republic)
Silicon Republic
Major Silicon Republic profile interview during the PageFair years.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/sean-blanchfield-interview-pagefair
News media move to ban ad blockers from websites
Financial Times (Robert Cookson)
A report on publishers blocking readers who use ad-blocking software includes a three-paragraph discussion with Sean. He explains users' privacy and security concerns, PageFair's attempt to create acceptable advertising, and the risk that outright bans will drive audiences toward Facebook.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160920215836id_/https://www.ft.com/content/abf110aa-00b0-11e6-99cb-83242733f755
Rise of Ad-Blocking Software Threatens Online Revenue
The New York Times (Mark Scott)
PageFair's research provides the central evidence for this report on mobile ad blocking. Sean discusses its rapid adoption in developing countries, predicts that the trend will reach Western markets, and warns publishers that widespread mobile ad blocking cannot be reversed.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160531001410id_/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/business/international/smartphone-ad-blocking-software-mobile.html
Failure is not cool: start-up founders reveal their hardest lessons (Silicon Republic)
Silicon Republic
Sean among the founders sharing hardest-won lessons.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/failure-is-not-cool-start-up-founders-and-their-harshest-lessons
Sean Blanchfield @ Swipe (Swipe Summit interview)
Shoot Cut Grade
Interview at Swipe Summit while Sean was CEO of PageFair.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dITDXmuFRvw
AOP Inside Out 2016 — Saving the Adblockalypse
Association of Online Publishers
Talk from AOP's Inside Out 2016 event, on publishers' response to ad blocking. (Uploaded by AOP in 2017; the event itself took place in 2016.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN3KVQWXauo
Is the digital economy doomed? — Web Summit 2015 panel
Web Summit (with Aron Pilhofer, Tim Schumacher, Duncan Hammond)
Web Summit panel on ad blocking and whether the digital economy is doomed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy4vbu9BcQw
Ad Blockers and the Nuisance at the Heart of the Modern Web
The New York Times (Farhad Manjoo)
A detailed look at the growth of ad blocking includes a substantial discussion with Sean about PageFair's approach. He predicts mobile adoption, explains how PageFair's technology works, and argues that the advertising industry has one chance to regain users' trust.
https://web.archive.org/web/20150819135752id_/http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/20/technology/personaltech/ad-blockers-and-the-nuisance-at-the-heart-of-the-modern-web.html
Sean Blanchfield, CEO & Co-Founder, PageFair.com — Irish Startup TV
IrishStartUpTV
Video interview on ad blocking and PageFair's 2015 research with Adobe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ofrz-ITBCUAd blocking will cost internet US$21.8bn in 2015 (Silicon Republic)
Silicon Republic
Silicon Republic's coverage of PageFair's 2015 ad-blocking report with Adobe.
https://www.siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/pagefair-to-save-the-internet-as-ad-blocking-losses-soar-to-us21-8bn
Make an Impact: Start a Startup — PyCon Ireland 2014
Startup Ireland (PyCon Ireland 2014)
Sean's PyCon Ireland 2014 talk encouraging engineers to start companies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpDWPgwpfCo
#12 Sean Blanchfield, PageFair part 2 — no dogma podcast
no dogma podcast
Second part of a two-part conversation about PageFair and the ad-blocking story.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/12-sean-blanchfield-page-fair-part-2/id912568441?i=1000343971231#11 Sean Blanchfield, Page Fair part 1 — no dogma podcast
no dogma podcast
First part of a two-part conversation about PageFair and the emerging ad-blocking landscape.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/11-sean-blanchfield-page-fair-part-1/id912568441?i=1000343971240
Ireland Stirs Homegrown Flavor Into Tech Scene
The New York Times (Mark Scott)
A report on Ireland's changing technology sector profiles Sean as a serial entrepreneur building PageFair and supporting student founders at Trinity College Dublin. Sean argues that large multinational firms often lack deep local ties, while Ireland needs more homegrown companies. The article includes a portrait of Sean by Paulo Nunes dos Santos.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140106081939id_/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/business/international/ireland-stirs-homegrown-flavor-into-tech-scene.html
Irish Times FUSION: week 3
Irish Times FUSION: week 3 (Vimeo)
Footage from a short mentoring session and interview at the Irish Times FUSION accelerator programme; the Dublin startup-scene discussion starts at 5:20.
http://vimeo.com/67700900
Patents in the Information Age — TEDxGoodenoughCollege 2013
TEDx Talks
Sean's TEDx talk on how patents have fallen out of step with the pace of modern innovation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ka_EJYpWLh0
Serial entrepreneurs fixing digital strategy
The Irish Times
The Irish Times profiles Sean and Brian McDonnell's TechTeams, a Scale Front spin-out connecting small businesses with local web and mobile developers. Sean explains the problem it solves, its marketplace model and how Scale Front tests several businesses in parallel. (Archived copy; the original link is dead.)
https://www.web.archive.org/web/20121222212907/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2012/1122/1224326935078.html
The Irish Times Digital Challenge: Week 5
The Irish Times
Sean (Demonware founder, Scale Front CEO) coaches start-ups in this Irish Times startup-video series.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eweYgB2aUac
Interview at Archie Talks #7
Archipelago / Archie Talks
Quick interview at the Sugar Club, Dublin, about the "Startup Spring". (Archipelago's own site is offline; that link is an archived copy.)
https://web.archive.org/web/20120906060806/http://www.archipelago.ie/archie-talks