About
Andrea Luzzardi co-founded Dagger, a CI/CD tool, and was an early contributor to Docker. He previously worked at Google and Microsoft.
Founder at MendralYC W26
Intro paths
YC
Andrea went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Ankit Gupta, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Mendral's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Andrea can intro founders to Mendral's investors below.
Mendral's investors · 2
Co-founders at Mendral
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Sam AlbaFounder
Experience
- MendralCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- DaggerCo-Founder2018 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
- Docker, IncLead Architect2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- Docker, IncSoftware Engineer2011 — 2013San Francisco Bay Area
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineer2010 — 2011
- ExaleadSoftware Engineer2008 — 2010
Skills & more
DockerC++41Python36C23Linux26ContainersDevOpsKubernetesContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)GoDistributed Systems19Machine Learning9
Languages English · French · Italian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Andrea Luzzardi?
- Andrea Luzzardi co-founded Dagger, a CI/CD tool, and was an early contributor to Docker. He previously worked at Google and Microsoft.
- Where does Andrea Luzzardi work?
- Andrea Luzzardi is Founder of Mendral.
- What companies did Andrea Luzzardi found?
- Andrea Luzzardi founded Mendral.
- Where did Andrea Luzzardi go to school?
- Andrea Luzzardi studied at Y Combinator (W19, W26); EPITECH - European Institute of Technology (Master, Information Technology); EPITECH - European Institute of Technology (Bachelor, Information Technology).
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