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Known for these resultsRole0%Role is parsed from founder titles in yc.db. Known for 0% of these rows — the rest have no title at all, mostly 2019–2023. Those rows stay in the result and are counted as Unknown, never as No.Bio67%Bio coverage: 67% of these founders have a bio on their YC profile. Every bio-derived facet (ex-company, school, credentials, discipline) is Unknown for the rest.Ex-company67%Ex-company is matched from bios with employment context (ex-, formerly, worked at). 67% of these rows have at least one match.School0%School is matched from bios, case-sensitive for acronyms. 0% of these rows have at least one match.
- Andrea Luzzardi@aluzzardiFounder · MendralW26B2B · San Francisco
- Sam Alba@sam_albaFounder · MendralW26B2B · San Francisco
- Solomon Hykes@solomonstreFounder · DaggerW19B2B · San Francisco
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Andrea LuzzardiMendralFounderWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/aluzzardiSam AlbaMendralFounderWinter 2026B2BSan Francisco, United States2https://x.com/sam_albaSolomon HykesDagger2× YCFounderWinter 2019B2BSan Francisco, United States22https://x.com/solomonstre
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Andrea Luzzardi
Founder·Mendral
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchWinter 2026
LocationSan Francisco, United States
Company statusInactive
StageEarly
BIO
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.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
Credentialsnone mentioned
Disciplinenot detectedKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
MendralAI DevOps Engineer
Co-foundersSam Alba@sam_alba
