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Kestrel AI

Active · AI Agents for Platform Engineering

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Why it ranks

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7signal of 100 · rising 6
  • went through YCProgram · this site+4
  • team of 2Team size · YC's directory+2.5

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Competitors

AIManufactShared: mcp server, infrastructure, pythonYC S25San FranciscoStartup →AIInactiveSublime BlackShared: incident response, securityYC W19Startup →AIRootlyShared: incident response, aiopsYC S21San FranciscoStartup →AIRelvy AIShared: incident response, devopsYC F24San FranciscoStartup →AIInactiveNeptune.ioShared: incident response, devops, aiopsYC S14San FranciscoStartup →
Companies closest to Kestrel AI
Company
ManufactShared: mcp server, infrastructure, pythonYC S25ActiveAI, Devtools
Sublime BlackShared: incident response, securityYC W19InactiveAI
RootlyShared: incident response, aiopsYC S21ActiveAI, Devtools
Relvy AIShared: incident response, devopsYC F24ActiveAI, Devtools
Neptune.ioShared: incident response, devops, aiopsYC S14InactiveAI, Devtools

Adjacent

AIHiroShared: infrastructure, agent, securityYC S23New York CityStartup →OtherAcquiredCymmetriaShared: automate incident, incident response, securityYC S15Tel Aviv-YafoStartup →AIAsymmetric SecurityShared: incident response, agent, automateEF 2025LondonStartup →AIContraForceShared: incident response, engineering, workflowYC S21McKinneyStartup →AILobbyShared: automation layer, workflow, requestMassChallenge Switzerland 2025SwitzerlandStartup →
Companies next to Kestrel AI
Company
HiroShared: infrastructure, agent, securityYC S23ActiveAI, Devtools
CymmetriaShared: automate incident, incident response, securityYC S15AcquiredOther
Asymmetric SecurityShared: incident response, agent, automateEF 2025Not statedAI
ContraForceShared: incident response, engineering, workflowYC S21ActiveAI
LobbyShared: automation layer, workflow, requestMassChallenge Switzerland 2025Not statedAI

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Company
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SpecificThe cloud platform built for coding agentsteam of 2ActiveAI, Devtools
AirCaps AIVoice AI that hears what other models miss.team of 5hiringActiveAI, Devtools
AmikaTurn any spare computer into agent devboxes or CI runnersteam of 2ActiveAI, Devtools
Bolna AIVoice AI to enable India's next billionteam of 21hiringActiveAI, Devtools

Founders

  • Raman VarmaFounder/CEO

About Kestrel AI

Kestrel is the AI automation layer for platform engineering teams. Platform teams use Kestrel to automate incident response, cloud provisioning, CI/CD, security, and developer requests across their stack. Kestrel turns natural-language prompts into deterministic, production-ready workflows with 40+ integrations, 200+ pre-built actions, and support for custom HTTP and webhook actions. Developer-first, with a CLI, Python SDK, and MCP server to manage workflows from where platform teams already work.

YC batch
F25 · Fall 2025
Status, per YC
Active
Category
AI, Developer tools
Team size
2
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Founded
2025
Checked
13h ago

YC tags: AIOps, Developer Tools, DevOps, Infrastructure

Kestrel AI in F25: 146 companies, 88% AI

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Kestrel AI: questions

Which YC batch was Kestrel AI in?

Kestrel AI was in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch (F25).

Is Kestrel AI still active?

Y Combinator lists Kestrel AI as active.

Who founded Kestrel AI?

Kestrel AI's founders, as listed on its YC page: Raman Varma (Founder/CEO).

Where is Kestrel AI based?

Kestrel AI lists San Francisco, CA, USA as its location on YC's directory.