Des Traynor

@destraynor

Co-founder of @fin_ai (fka @intercom).

Dublin City, Ireland

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Des Traynor
@destraynor
Jun 15
Today is very exciting day for us. I'm so happy and proud for what this means for every single one of our team who worked so hard, and I'm so incredibly thankful for everyone who supported us in any and every way along this journey, and also thankful to all our customers who
Eoghan McCabe
@eoghan
Jun 15
We’re excited to share that we just signed an agreement for @salesforce to acquire @fin_ai for ~$3.6B. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of Salesforce’s fiscal year 2027. Fin started as Intercom 15 years ago. We changed our name to cap our transformation
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Des Traynor
@destraynor
Sep 3
Ireland has quietly become an excellent country for fine dining in the last 10 years. We have 18 x Michelin 1 star restaurants and 5 2 star restaurants. Additionally Ómós in Abbeyleix will (imho) become the pick of the bunch. (Disclosure: I'm a tiny investor in it)
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Des Traynor
@destraynor
Sep 2
If environmentalists and associated government bodies actually cared about the environment they would update their thinking + strategies after reading this, and make substantial changes to policies. But they usually only care about preserving power/influence/control, so they'll
Sam Bowman
@s8mb
Sep 1
Throwing rubbish in a landfill is (usually) better for the environment than recycling it. With few exceptions, recycling ends up emitting more CO2 and costing more money, while landfills are cheap and secure. - Recycling mid-tier plastics (like plastic bottles or butter tubs)
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Des Traynor
@destraynor
Aug 2
Great piece by Patrick. The world is awash with examples of ugly downgrades that seemingly happen without much discussion. In Dublin we are destroying an existing nicely designed central shopping centre to replace it with an aesthetic disgrace. Questions on my mind 1. How
Patrick Collison
@patrickc
Aug 2
Someone asked me recently why I’ve become interested in aesthetics after having spent most of my life more interested in STEM-adjacent topics. I hadn’t really considered the question consciously before, but I’m certainly thinking about aesthetics more than I used to. I think it’s
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Des Traynor
@destraynor
Jul 17
Very cool.
Daniel White
@dwhitedesign
Jul 16
Most UI sounds still feel cheap because they’re just MP3s. built synthesised tactile feedback that generates on the fly. crisp clicks, satisfying toggles, proper error tones. 2kb. zero files. zero dependencies. cuelume-site.pages.dev
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