Hatchet
YC W24New York City, US · Founded 2023 · 7 employees · 3 known investors
Hatchet is an orchestration platform for building and running mission-critical workflows, background tasks, and AI agent applications. It provides task scheduling, retry logic, event-driven triggers, and monitoring through a managed cloud service or self-hosted deployment.
Also known as Hatchet Technologies · Inc.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareOpen SourceInfrastructureUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W24)
Hatchet was founded in 2023 by Alexander Belanger and Gabe Ruttner.
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Alexander BelangerinFounderHe previously served as co-founder and CTO at Porter, and holds an M.S. in Physics and a B.A. in Physics and Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Gabe RuttnerinCTO, Co-FounderHe previously co-founded and led engineering at ClearMix and holds a master's degree in computer science and artificial intelligence from Cornell.
Investors · 3
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2 people who came through Hatchet went on to found or lead other companies.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Hatchet do?
- Hatchet is an orchestration platform for building and running mission-critical workflows, background tasks, and AI agent applications. It provides task scheduling, retry logic, event-driven triggers, and monitoring through a managed cloud service or self-hosted deployment.
- Who founded Hatchet?
- Hatchet was founded by Alexander Belanger, Gabe Ruttner in 2023.
- Who are Hatchet's investors?
- Hatchet's investors include Hawk Hill Ventures, Y Combinator, Ritual Capital.
- Where is Hatchet headquartered?
- Hatchet is headquartered in New York City, US.