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Fast-turn, American made PCBs

ProvenMetal manufactures the fastest circuit boards in the United States. Domestic circuit board manufacturing is slow and expensive, and while reshoring is happening, the supply chain isn't there yet. We automate the bottlenecks - part procurement, DFM review, and assembly - delivering circuit boards in days instead of weeks.
Active Founders
Johnny Doyle
Johnny Doyle
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CEO at ProvenMetal (YC S26). Previously shipped IoT building management systems. Dropped out of Engineering with Management @ Trinity College
Will Carkner
Will Carkner
Co-Founder & CTO
Co-Founder at ProvenMetal (YC S26). Previously Electrical Engineer at Lumindt working on hydrogen battery systems, studied Electrical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, and researched metagenomics at ICL.
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ProvenMetal - Fast-turn, American made PCBs
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We're Johnny and Will - founders of ProvenMetal (YC S26). We assemble the fastest circuit boards in the US, out of a garage in Dogpatch, San Francisco.

Send us your design files and get assembled boards back in days instead of weeks.

https://youtu.be/TH0XImuvNbc

The Problem

Hardware companies - start-ups and large manufacturers alike - need speed to survive, and right now they wait weeks for circuit boards.

That time is lost to quoting, design review, part procurement, and assembly - bottlenecks we're automating.

At the same time, the reshoring wave is driving demand to manufacture critical infrastructure - drones, robotics, defense, energy - domestically.

But the capacity to assemble boards domestically, quickly and at scale, isn't there. Decades of offshoring hollowed it out, and what's left is slow and expensive.

The supply chain needed to revitalise American electronics manufacturing hasn't been built yet. We're building it.

What We Do

We're removing the bottlenecks that stand in the way of fast domestic PCB manufacturing.

Send us your design files, get instant quoting and rapid design review.

We source every component, assemble in San Francisco, and X-ray every board - delivered in days instead of weeks.

The Founders

Will Carkner (CTO) - Electrical Engineer, previously shipped the PCB testing pipeline at Lumindt.

Johnny Doyle (CEO) - Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineer, previously built IoT building management systems.

The Ask

Intros to drone companies that need hardware fast.

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ProvenMetal
Founded:2026
Batch:Summer 2026
Team Size:4
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Primary Partner:Vivian Midha Shen