Fergus O'Sullivan

Fergus is a tech journalist who has covered startups all over the world, from Taiwan to the Netherlands. Before covering the Czech tech scene for Startup Kitchen, he worked at a daily print newspaper in Taipei, acted as chief editor for review site Cloudwards and even spent some time in corporate marketing for Proton. Fergus’ work has been featured in The Independent, US News and World Report and How-to Geek, among others.
Prague dominates coverage of Czech startups. What we found in just a few short trips to Plzeň, though, impressed us. Not only did we see some very interesting new companies, we also found a model for partnership between business and local government everybody should be taking notes on. Let’s take a closer look at what’s happening beyond the banks of the Vltava.
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Fergus O'Sullivan
March 23, 2026
Drones are the future. While they mainly capture the imagination as weapons of war in Ukraine, they have even more applications in civilian life, including in urban environments, such as bridge inspection or landscape monitoring. One of the best examples of this is in Plzeň, where they are an integral part of the city’s emergency services. We went to find out more.
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Fergus O'Sullivan
March 23, 2026
Wherever you go in the Plzeň ecosystem, you’ll hear the name of Luděk Šantora, the CEO of správa informačních technologií města Plzně, or SIT for short. He’s probably the most responsible for the growth and success of the city’s startups, but prefers to stay in the background. We managed to secure an interview with him in his office in central Plzeň.
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Fergus O'Sullivan
March 20, 2026
At Startup Kitchen, we’re happy to partner with Marc Impact Network, which provides startups with mentors. One of them is Martin Richter, and we sat down with him to see what being a mentor means to him.
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Fergus O'Sullivan
February 23, 2026
Artificial intelligence seems to be the only thing anybody’s talking about right now, but who is the best person to talk to? In Prague, one of the top candidates is Marek Miltner, an entrepreneur turned academic working at Czech Technical University (CVUT) and Stanford University simultaneously. I sat down with him at his office at CVUT to pick his brain.
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Fergus O'Sullivan
December 4, 2025

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