Husband & Father - Investor in Aerospace & Atlantic Canada - Honorary Consul of Ireland
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Building the global infrastructure for agreements, one step at a time:
Cursor for contracts is here. Announcing Spellbook's new AI document editor.
Doc editing for lawyers is disjointed: you can edit with AI in chat, but then need to "Open in Word" to make manual tweaks without breaking formatting.
Alternatively you can use a Word add-in like Spellbook's, but this only allows you to work on one document at a time.
For a long time, @mitchellhynes and I talked about getting to a real "Cursor for Contracts" experience.
With a lot of blood and sweat, we're finally there.
Spellbook's new editor combines the best of AI editing and manual editing in one place—while fully supporting rich Word formatting that lawyers rely on.
Ask AI to make edits across an entire document set, then review, accept and tweak all in one window.
This sounds like a small thing, but the reduction in friction has totally changed my document editing workflow.
Mark Dobbin retweeted
Beautifully written profile of the magic, grit and hard work of NL’s global innovation ecosystem via Alexandra and @SeanSilcoff @globeandmail - covering what’s at play in @NLtweets yet again.
@CADInnovators @Nasdaq @MarkDobbin @SpellbookLegal @scottastevenson @PremierofNL
Business Brief: How Newfoundland became an unlikely tech hub theglobeandmail.com/business…
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We're delivering rewards, savings and comfort with free smart thermostats 🌡️
Today Hon. @adriandix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions, @G_Anderson1, Parliamentary Secretary for Energy and Climate Solutions, Brandon Young, Director, Power Smart, Joshua Green, CEO, Mysa, and Ray Carson, Business Development Lead - Western Canada, Sinopé Technologies announced that British Columbians can now register to receive free smart thermostats featuring Canadian-made technology from Mysa and Sinopé, helping reduce energy use and lower electricity bills.
The free smart thermostat program is part of Power Smart 2.0, our largest-ever investment in energy efficiency and demand response. Learn more: bit.ly/4eOIAmD #PowerSmart
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Today we're launching @SpellbookLegal's biggest thing yet: Autonomous Contract Management
It’s the first end-to-end AI infrastructure for contracts
The world is speeding up. We are in one of the biggest investment cycles in decades.
Behind every rocket launch, FIFA game, and datacenter, lies a web of hundreds of agreements.
Agreements are the invisible threads that allow us to work together.
We have infrastructure for finance (Stripe, Ramp), eCommerce (Shopify) and many business functions.
But agreement infrastructure is lacking. This creates a painful bottleneck on our ability to work together.
Online purchases take milliseconds. But agreements still take weeks.
CLMs were supposed to be the answer, but were designed in a pre-AI era.
AI fundamentally changed how computers can accelerate agreements.
Spellbook is the most used AI contract review tool in the world, with ~5,000 customers in 80 countries
Now we are expanding to deliver the first end-to-end, AI native stack for contracts.
From the moment a deal lands in your inbox, to the day it renews years later, Spellbook’s AI supports teams every step of the way, across all business teams.
It runs 24/7. While you sleep, it's reading the deals that came in overnight, flagging the parts that actually need a lawyer, and clearing the busywork that used to kill mornings.
Nothing gets handed off between systems or slips after signature, and the intelligence stays with you for the life of the contract.
AI for lawyers is great. There are 20 million lawyers in the world, and many are our users.
But there are billions who touch contracts. We're excited to help everyone move faster and do more of what they love, by building the best AI-powered contract infrastructure in the world.
Get early access: spellbook.com/acm
Mark Dobbin retweeted
Colm Tóibín delivered the Craig Dobbin Legacy Lecture to a sold-out audience in St Mikes Toronto. A collaboration between ICUF, @HumanitiesUCD & the UCD Dobbin Centre for Canadian Studies. Thanks to St Mike's for hosting, & to Ambassador John Concannon for opening remarks
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Renowned Canadian-Irish musician, Alan Doyle, recorded a special performance for our Canada-Ireland 180 launch reception. The song is an adaptation from a poem published in a Canadian newspaper in 1847.
Learn more about the launch event at the link below: ireland.ie/en/canada/ottawa/…
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Last week the Chair of the Canada–Ireland Interparliamentary Group, James Maloney MP warmly welcomed Minister Patrick O’Donovan, who was in Ottawa to launch the Canada – Ireland 180 initiative as part of a creative industries trade mission. Read more here:
ireland.ie/en/canada/ottawa/…
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The De Chastelain Scholarship Programme will make 50+ awards to Irish & Canadian scholars, from early-career researchers to senior professors.
🗓 Deadline: 11 May 2026 🔗 Apply / learn more: icuf.ie/scholarships/de-chas…
It was a great pleasure to have Ambassador Concannon visit NL. Since his visit he has been working diligently to build on connections made.
In Sept., Amb. Concannon travelled to St. John’s, Newfoundland! Accompanied by Hon. Con. Mark Dobbin, he met with provincial leaders and local community members. Read about it here: ireland.ie/en/canada/ottawa/…
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💙💛 The University has honoured Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon, alongside leading business executives Siobhán Talbot and Mark Dobbin, and economist Paul Sweeney, during the week of graduation ceremonies.
Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children (OCO), Dr Niall Muldoon, received an honorary doctorate in recognition of a lengthy career dedicated to championing children’s rights.
A clinical psychologist from Donegal with nearly 20 years’ experience in child protection, Dr Muldoon holds a PhD from the UCD School of Psychology, where his research focused on psychotherapy for sexual offenders.
Throughout his tenure as OCO, he has championed the rights and needs of children, focusing on issues including access to health services, family justice reform, and school places for children with special needs.
Influential business executive Siobhán Talbot was also awarded an honorary doctorate for her significant contributions to the Irish and global business worlds.
Talbot served as CEO of Irish multinational nutrition company Glanbia from 2013 until 2022. She was the first woman appointed to the role, and the second woman ever to lead an Irish listed company.
Paul Sweeney, one of Ireland’s most influential economists, was awarded a UCD honorary doctorate in recognition of his unique contributions to the country’s economic development.
Sweeney is the former Chief Economist of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and was at the heart of the economic bargaining and social partnership that helped transform Ireland into a prosperous, modern, high-tech economy.
Prominent business leader and philanthropist Mark Dobbin (@MarkDobbin) was also awarded an honorary doctorate in recognition of his efforts to promote academic and cultural relations between Canada and Ireland.
As the current Co-Chair of the Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF), he has been pivotal in advancing scholarly exchange, supporting hundreds of Canadian and Irish researchers and students through grants and scholarships.
His connection with UCD was established in 1991 by his father, Craig Dobbin, who made a significant donation that founded the Craig Dobbin Visiting Chair in Canadian Studies.
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The world need more Ireland and more Canada!
💙💛 Business leader and philanthropist Mark Dobbin has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University, recognising his significant contribution to strengthening academic and cultural ties between Canada and Ireland.
As the current Co-Chair of the Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF), he has been pivotal in advancing scholarly exchange, supporting hundreds of Canadian and Irish researchers and students through grants and scholarships.
His connection with the University College Dublin was established in 1991 by his father Craig Dobbin, who made a significant donation that established the Craig Dobbin Visiting Chair in Canadian Studies. Dobbin continues his family’s enduring legacy by championing the Craig Dobbin Legacy Programme at UCD, which supports Canadian scholars pursuing research at UCD and vice versa.
The programme ensures a robust future for Canada-Ireland collaboration and upholds a tradition of excellence in research and innovation.
“Community-minded and forward-thinking, Mark has dedicated himself to supporting the infrastructure that enables others to pursue research, creativity, innovation and excellence,” said Dr Paul Halferty from the UCD School of English, Drama and Film, who read Dobbin's official citation at the ceremony.
“Deeply invested in Ireland-Canada connections, he and his family have made significant contributions to fostering creative exchange between our countries, and to UCD in particular.”
Congratulations, @markdobbin 👏
A big week in Ireland!
I am so proud of my Irish heritage and delighted to work with such an outstanding organisation.
Congratulations to our Co-Chair Canada @MarkDobbin on being awarded an honorary doctorate from @ucddublin School of English Drama & Film at a conferring ceremony yesterday: bit.ly/4asnmco Well deserved recognition of his significant contribution to Canada & Ireland🇨🇦🇮🇪
