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Will Carkner
FounderCTO at ProvenMetal
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedProvenMetal · YC
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About
Will Carkner is a co-founder at ProvenMetal. He previously worked as an electrical engineer at Lumindt developing hydrogen battery systems and studied electrical engineering at Trinity College Dublin, with research experience in metagenomics at Imperial College London.
CTO at ProvenMetalYC S26
Intro paths
Will went through Y Combinator (Summer 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Vivian Midha Shen, Founder at Acely — the partner who ran ProvenMetal's batch and knows the company first-hand.
In turn, Will can intro founders to ProvenMetal's investors below.
ProvenMetal's investors · 8
Co-founders at ProvenMetal
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Will Carkner?
- Will Carkner is a co-founder at ProvenMetal. He previously worked as an electrical engineer at Lumindt developing hydrogen battery systems and studied electrical engineering at Trinity College Dublin, with research experience in metagenomics at Imperial College London.
- Where does Will Carkner work?
- Will Carkner is CTO of ProvenMetal.
- What companies did Will Carkner found?
- Will Carkner founded ProvenMetal.
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