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Mendral

Mendral

Winter 2026

AI DevOps Engineer

San Francisco, CA, USA20262 peopleActive

Artificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsDevOps

About Company

Mendral is an AI DevOps Engineer that observes, diagnoses, acts, and learns continuously. It autonomously handles CI failures, flaky tests, slow builds, broken releases, and code reviews, improving with every build and run. Over time, Mendral evolves into a self-improving delivery system that manages performance, quality, security, and compliance, all without manual intervention.

Active Founders

Sam Alba

Founder

Co-founder of Mendral | AI DevOps Engineer for CI reliability | Co-founder of Dagger | ex-Docker (1st hire, VP Eng)

Andrea Luzzardi

Founder

Fixing CI before AI breaks it. Co-founded Dagger (W19). Wrote Docker’s first lines of code in the earliest days. Ex-Google · Ex-Microsoft.

Company Facts

workspace_premiumBatchWinter 2026

groupTeam Size2

calendar_monthFounded2026

trending_upStageEarly

categoryIndustryB2B

location_onLocationSan Francisco, CA, USA

boltStatusActive

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