Rootly
YC S21San Francisco, US Β· Founded 2020 Β· 75 employees Β· Hiring Β· 3 known investors
Rootly provides AI-powered on-call and incident management software that integrates with Slack and Teams to help engineering and SRE teams page, schedule, diagnose, and resolve incidents faster. It also offers automated status pages and post-incident analysis for teams that require high system availability.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAIOpsB2BSecurityUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaFully Remote
Founders & leadershipΒ· Y Combinator alumni (S21)
Rootly was founded in 2020 by Quentin Rousseau and JJ Tang.
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Quentin RousseauinπCTO | CISO, Co-founder (YC S21)Quentin Rousseau is an SRE who previously worked at Instacart on systems infrastructure. He co-founded PopSQL (YC S19) and later Rootly (YC S21).
Investors Β· 3
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Rootly do?
- Rootly provides AI-powered on-call and incident management software that integrates with Slack and Teams to help engineering and SRE teams page, schedule, diagnose, and resolve incidents faster. It also offers automated status pages and post-incident analysis for teams that require high system availability.
- Who founded Rootly?
- Rootly was founded by Quentin Rousseau, JJ Tang in 2020.
- Who are Rootly's investors?
- Rootly's investors include Gradient Ventures, Renegade Partners, Y Combinator.
- Where is Rootly headquartered?
- Rootly is headquartered in San Francisco, US.




