Mendral was founded by Sam Alba, Andrea Luzzardi in 2025.

Who are Mendral's investors?

Mendral's investors include Y Combinator, Outlier Grove, Pioneer, Predictive VC, Rebel Fund, Transpose Platform Management, Agrolimen Ventures, Blast.Club and 8 more.

Where is Mendral headquartered?

Mendral is headquartered in San Francisco, US.

Mendral

DefunctYC W26

San Francisco, US · Founded 2025 · 2 employees · 16 known investors

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Mendral is an AI DevOps platform that automates manual DevOps work for engineering teams through three always-on agents for security, reliability, and performance, plus custom automations. It installs as a GitHub App and autonomously diagnoses and fixes CI/CD issues, dependency vulnerabilities, and performance bottlenecks.

AI & Machine Learning Developer Tools Enterprise SoftwareUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W26)

Mendral was founded in 2025 by Sam Alba and Andrea Luzzardi.

Sam Alba Co-FounderSam Alba co-founded Mendral, a CI automation platform, and previously co-founded Dagger. He was the first engineering hire and VP of Engineering at Docker.

Andrea Luzzardi Co-FounderAndrea Luzzardi co-founded Dagger, a CI/CD tool, and was an early contributor to Docker. He previously worked at Google and Microsoft.

Jenna AronowTalent Leaduntil 2026

Investors · 16

Y Combinator✓ confirmed by MendralSan Francisco · $500K

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Outlier Grovelisted by Outlier Grove$200K – $500K

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Pioneerlisted by PioneerToronto, Ontario

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Predictive VClisted by Predictive VCNew York City

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Rebel Fundlisted by Rebel FundSan Francisco · $100K – $5M

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