Marker was founded by Richard Berwick, Will Drevno, David Pastewka in 2026.

Who are Marker's investors?

Marker's investors include Y Combinator, Redbud Trail Group, Vela Partners, Betaworks, Blast.Club, CCL Investments SaRL, Founders Factory, Index Ventures and 3 more.

How much funding has Marker raised?

Marker has disclosed $13M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.

Where is Marker headquartered?

Marker is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

Marker

YC S26

San Francisco, US · Founded 2026 · 3 employees · 11 known investors

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Marker embeds with client companies to build custom AI agents on its Marker Command Center platform, aiming to move organizations toward AI-native operations. It targets enterprises pursuing AI transformation, designing agents that fit into the spreadsheets, reports, and workflows teams already use.

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Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S26)

Marker was founded in 2026 by Richard Berwick, Will Drevno, and David Pastewka.

Richard Berwick FounderCo-founder of Marker who studied business at UC Berkeley and previously co-founded Drapr (S20), which was acquired by Gap Inc., and Twindom, which was also acquired.

Will Drevno FounderCo-founder of Marker who previously co-founded Drapr (acquired by Gap Inc.) and Twindom (acquired). He studied engineering at UC Berkeley.

David Pastewka FounderCo-founder of Marker who previously co-founded Drapr (S20), which was acquired by Gap Inc. Studied Business and Computer Science at UC Berkeley.

Simon De BaeneFounder

Investors · 11

Y Combinator✓ confirmed by MarkerSan Francisco · $500K

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Redbud Trail Grouplisted by Redbud Trail GroupAustin · $25M

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Vela Partnerslisted by Vela PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $500K

BetaworksreportedNew York · $250K – $750K

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Blast.Clubreported$5.5M

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CCL Investments SaRLreported

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Founders FactoryreportedLondon · $150K – $200K

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Index VenturesreportedSan Francisco · $540K – $10.8M

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LocalGlobereportedLondon

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OtherwisereportedMill Valley

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Radical VenturesreportedToronto · $1M – $25M

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$13M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2026

$13MSeedJul 2026
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Founder mafia

3 people who came through Marker went on to found or lead other companies.

David PastewkaFounderFounded Drapr Richard BerwickFounderFounded Drapr Will DrevnoFounderFounded Drapr

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KeystrokeKeystroke is a platform for building specialized agents and workflow automations that integrate with coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor, allowing users to build actual TypeScript code that lives in their repository and deploy to the Keystroke platform for credential management, logging, and access control.

OneSchemaOneSchema provides AI-powered data integration and validation automation for enterprise data operations teams. The platform automates data intake, extraction, mapping, transformation, and validation across multiple file formats and enterprise systems using LLM-based AI agents.

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In the news

Marker: AI-native consultancy rebuilding businesses with AI agentsycombinator.com · Aug 2026

Frequently asked questions

What does Marker do?: Marker embeds with client companies to build custom AI agents on its Marker Command Center platform, aiming to move organizations toward AI-native operations. It targets enterprises pursuing AI transformation, designing agents that fit into the spreadsheets, reports, and workflows teams already use.
Who founded Marker?: Marker was founded by Richard Berwick, Will Drevno, David Pastewka in 2026.
Who are Marker's investors?: Marker's investors include Y Combinator, Redbud Trail Group, Vela Partners, Betaworks, Blast.Club, CCL Investments SaRL, Founders Factory, Index Ventures and 3 more.
How much funding has Marker raised?: Marker has disclosed $13M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is Marker headquartered?: Marker is headquartered in San Francisco, US.