Four Irish Founders Accepted into Y Combinator’s Summer 2026 Batch

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Four Irish founders have joined Y Combinator’s Summer 2026 batch with two startups, Blueprints and ProvenMetal. Blueprints uses AI to turn user convictions into automated prediction-market trading strategies and has already passed $500,000 in trading volume. ProvenMetal builds AI-enabled benchtop X-ray systems that inspect circuit boards for faults before deployment in critical sectors like aerospace, medical devices, and defense. Both teams will spend three months in San Francisco before Demo Day in September. The article also highlights their prior experience, customer validation, and early traction.

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