‘I want to get kids ready for the jobs of the future’

Darya Yegorina is intent on revamping educational norms for the digital age. As chief executive and co-founder of the Dublin start-up CleverBooks, her plan is to make emerging technologies such as augmented reality (AR) a mainstay of modern education.

The former vice-president of sales at NeuVenture Global, Yegorina established CleverBooks last October in Dublin with co-founder Inna Armstrong.

The start-up is developing products that use AR to help primary school pupils learn curriculum-based ...