@SeapointHQ’s Sean Mullaney (€10m raised) and Hoplite’s Ryan Morrissey (currently in YC) unpack how to fundraise without putting the company in maintenance mode, covering investor momentum, rejection and what they’d change, live at Dogpatch Labs: luma.com/ro2t6kh8

Bring the idea you keep circling to Founders Café to challenge it, get honest input from experienced founders and decide whether to keep going, reshape it or move on - 14 Oct at Dogpatch Labs, no company or pitch deck needed; apply: luma.com/rxqhixk8

Improve public transport, map infrastructure gaps or make local businesses discoverable through MCP. You'll build with Codex and OpenAI tools, with credits provided. luma.com/build-for-ireland

Selected from 450+ applications across Ireland, with 70% from outside Dublin, this year’s @joinpatch_ cohort built projects spanning robotics, health tech, river monitoring, cybersecurity, AI and Ethereum infrastructure.

Looking for two weeks of focused time to build? Castle DAO brings founders, builders and operators together at Slane Castle from 24 August to 6 September. Organised by @superteamIE and powered by @solana, it's open to builders across AI, fintech, blockchain, deep tech and more. Applications are open: tally.so/r/ODJv1k

What happens after the term sheet is often more important than getting it signed. Dan Hobbs (@ProtexAI) and Sam Endacott (@northzoneVC) discussed trust, board dynamics and difficult decisions, with one takeaway that stood out: responsiveness builds trust long before scale does. Thanks to everyone who joined us.

AI is changing audit, accounting and tax, but the interesting questions are now practical rather than theoretical. On 9 July, Dogpatch Labs brings together Audrey, Fineo and Kreoh with senior practitioners to discuss what AI is genuinely good at today, where it still falls short, and what that means for firms. Apply: luma.com/99g8obz4

More than 400 people came to Dogpatch Labs for ClawCon Dublin with @jenticai, a community showcase of builders working on autonomous AI agents. Many of the demonstrations grew out of Give(a)Go's OpenClaw builder series.

Some of the most important startup conversations happen long after the term sheet is signed. Join us on Wed 8 July at Dogpatch Labs as Dan Hobbs (Protex AI) and Sam Endacott (Northzone) share what makes founder–investor partnerships work. Apply: luma.com/14dtp1iw

Ryan Morrissey and Bence Redmond, founders of Blueprints, and Johnny Doyle and Will Carkner, founders of ProvenMetal, have been accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2026 batch. Congratulations to all four founders.

We backed VCola and the company has now raised €5.5m to build enterprise software generated from structured business requirements, starting from a simple premise: AI is only useful in payroll, finance and HR if it can be trusted.

How do you build a €1M revenue business without raising VC funding? On June 3 at Dogpatch Labs, hear from Open Forest CEO Stuart Connolly on building sustainable, profitable growth without giving up equity or control. Moderated by Malaika Judd. luma.com/2hmjlscl

How do you build a fintech unicorn from Ireland? On May 26 at Dogpatch Labs, hear from Sinéad Fitzmaurice on scaling @TransferMate globally, alongside @TrustapPayments founder Conor Lyden on the future of agentic commerce. Hosted with @aperturescale. luma.com/quyu2j9f

26 senior operators from Stripe, NASA, X, Diageo and more spent three days in Wicklow pressure-testing the move from operator to founder. No hype. Just hard conversations on timing, conviction, co-founders, and what it actually takes to build.

AI transformation isn’t a moment, it’s a daily rewrite. From @NotionHQ: early GPT-4 was an existential wake-up call. We're starting to see evidence of the real shift: AI as a teammate, enabling work you couldn't (or wouldn't) do before.

@FierceTech_ Impact Report: €5.7M raised, 350+ founders supported, 100+ global investors engaged. Read full report -> fiercetechfounders.com/impac…

Join us virtually on May 12th, where we welcome Seapoint CEO Sean Mullaney (fresh off the back of their $3m raise) to walk us through the secrets of running a great pre-seed/seed raise. Register: luma.com/j7pbsfm2

Auditing is a $100bn+ industry still reliant on spreadsheets and manual work. Audrey AI, founded by two operators who met at Dogpatch Labs, is building AI for audit tasks, with early pilots showing 85%+ time savings. Now raising $1.8m. Read more: dogpatch.click/e96793

How does an Irish startup take on the US and scale to a $500M exit? On April 21 at Dogpatch Labs, hear the story from both sides, founder Ian Nolan and investor Chris Eng, on how @brightflaghq became the largest exit from an NDRC Accelerator-backed company luma.com/ftgu6k9g

Global VP at Betdaq. Came through the Founders community at Dogpatch Labs. Spotted a €70bn industry drowning in calls with no good answer. Built one. Vox Talk AI just raised €1.35m, backed by ACT, Delta and Enterprise Ireland. dogpatch.click/a3cd1a