Where does Andrea Luzzardi work?

Andrea Luzzardi is Founder of Dagger and Co-founder & CTO at Mendral.

What companies did Andrea Luzzardi found?

Andrea Luzzardi founded Dagger, 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).

Andrea Luzzardi

Founder

Co-founder & CTO at Mendral · Founder at Dagger

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedDagger · YC Mendral · YC

Find your path to Andrea

433 people in our graph share verified history with Andrea — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Erica BresciaunlockedAndrea: together at Dagger (2022–2025)

×2Andrea: together at Docker

×8Andrea: together at Y Combinator

Andrea: together at Exalead

About

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

Co-founder & CTO at Mendral YC W26

Intro paths

Andrea went through Y Combinator (Winter 2026) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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 · 3

Predictive VCNew York Transpose Platform ManagementHouston Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Mendral

Sam AlbaCo-founder & CEO

Founder at Dagger YC W19

Intro paths

Andrea went through Y Combinator (Winter 2019) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

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In turn, Andrea can intro founders to Dagger's investors below.

Dagger's investors · 4

ACE & CompanyNew York Redpoint VenturesWoodside · $100K – $10M checks · since 2022 Wayfinder VenturesSan Francisco · $300K – $1M checks Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2019

Co-founders at Dagger

Solomon HykesFounder

Samuel AlbaExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter

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

From Andrea's professional profile.

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 Dagger and Co-founder & CTO at Mendral.
What companies did Andrea Luzzardi found?: Andrea Luzzardi founded Dagger, 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).