Kestrel AI
YC F25San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 2 employees · 1 known investors
Kestrel provides AI agents for platform engineering that automate incident response, cloud provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and developer requests through deterministic workflows. The platform enables infrastructure and DevOps teams to build and execute automations using natural language, visual editing, or code across 30+ integrations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareAIOpsDevOpsInfrastructureUnited States of AmericaAmerica / Canada
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (F25)
Kestrel AI was founded in 2025 by Raman Varma.
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Raman VarmainFounderRaman Varma is a computer science graduate from UC Berkeley with machine learning experience at Sky Computing, BAIR labs, Square, and Coursera, plus prior software engineering roles at Illumio. He is now co-founder and CEO of Kestrel AI, which develops AI agents for platform engineering teams.
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Kestrel Labs11 shared keywordsKestrel Labs develops software that translates building code into machine-executable logic and runs compliance checks directly within BIM models, integrated into tools like Autodesk Revit. The platform helps architects and design teams catch regulatory issues early in the design process rather than at plan check, powered by data from the International Code Council.
American Robotics10 shared keywordsAmerican Robotics builds autonomous drone systems, including gas-powered long linear UAVs, drone-in-a-box solutions, counter-UAS, and small tactical UAVs, for automated aerial data collection. It serves government, public safety, and critical infrastructure customers, offering hardware plus operational services such as mission planning, flight operations, and BVLOS waiver management.
Netezza9 shared keywordsIBM is a global technology company whose business spans enterprise software (including Red Hat, HashiCorp, and Confluent), IT infrastructure such as mainframes, servers, and storage, and IT consulting services. The company is also investing heavily in quantum computing and AI-based enterprise offerings, including its Lightwell open-source software security clearinghouse and the Anderon quantum wafer foundry.
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- What does Kestrel AI do?
- Kestrel provides AI agents for platform engineering that automate incident response, cloud provisioning, CI/CD pipelines, and developer requests through deterministic workflows. The platform enables infrastructure and DevOps teams to build and execute automations using natural language, visual editing, or code across 30+ integrations.
- Who founded Kestrel AI?
- Kestrel AI was founded by Raman Varma in 2025.
- Who are Kestrel AI's investors?
- Kestrel AI's investors include Y Combinator.
- Where is Kestrel AI headquartered?
- Kestrel AI is headquartered in San Francisco, US.