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March 27, 2025

After his intimate images leaked online, this founder turned a devastating experience into an AI startup: ‘My whole life disintegrated’

Irish startup Ceartas has helped abuse victims and creatives fight back


Éanna Kelly

3 min read

Ceartas cofounders Jonathan Smyth and Dan Purcell

Dublin-based Ceartas, one of eight Irish startups to feature in the new Sifted 100: UK and Ireland leaderboard, was set up in the wake of a harrowing experience for founder Dan Purcell. 

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