Find your path to Sam
184 people in our graph share verified history with Sam — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
About
Sam 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.
Co-founder & CEO at MendralYC W26
Intro paths
Sam 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 ↗
In turn, Sam can intro founders to Mendral's investors below.
Mendral's investors · 3
Co-founders at Mendral
Experience
- MendralCo-Foundercurrent2025 — presentUnited States
- DaggerCo-Founder2018 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- Docker, IncFounding Engineer & VP Engineering2010 — 2018San Francisco
- Akamai TechnologiesTechnical Consultant2010Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- ZoomoramaSoftware Engineer2008 — 2010Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- EpitechTeacher assistant2007 — 2009Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- INRIASoftware Engineer2008Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- Rift TechnologiesSoftware Engineer2006 — 2007Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- PMSSoftware Engineering Intern2005Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
Skills & more
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PostgreSQLMySQLRESTUnixNginxSQLAJAXAmazon Web Services (AWS)KubernetesGoZeroMQRiakLanguages English · French
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sam Alba?
- Sam 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.
- Where does Sam Alba work?
- Sam Alba is Co-founder & CEO of Mendral.
- What companies did Sam Alba found?
- Sam Alba founded Mendral.
- Where did Sam Alba go to school?
- Sam Alba studied at EPITECH - European Institute of Technology (Master's degree, Information Technology); Y Combinator.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia10,230
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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EPITECH - European Institute of Technology mafia22
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Docker mafia17
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
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Dagger mafia3
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended EPITECH - European Institute of Technology24
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Also attended Y Combinator2,000
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Shared employers
Also worked at Mendral1
Also worked at Docker, Inc46
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