Data infrastructure

Alkera AI

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Founded 2026Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Alkera is a data engineering/analysis/science agent that works in your IDE or CLI. If you’re tired of agents that produce false, or even dangerous, reports about your data, then Alkera is for you. Our agent is equipped with your data’s history and lineage, your team’s knowledge, and tailored plugins for data apps such as Snowflake and dbt. Simply install and connect your services to begin doing trusted agentic data work. We also offer VPC & on-prem deployment options for when data can't leave your boundary.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Alkera AI, Inc., Alkera AI, Alkera AI, Inc.

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Rick Gao

Founder/CEO

Founder at Alkera AI, Inc. Previously at Verition Fund Management where he built financial models and optimizations for treasury financing. Previous computational biology research at Yale's Gerstein Laboratory.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Tony Li

Founder/COO

Founder at Alkera AI, Inc. Previously Agentic Software Engineer at ByteDance, where he built a Python framework for multi-agent AI workflows and deployed production bots used across company teams. Former Quantitative Developer at Carthage Capital. BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from Yale.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15

Andrew Tran

Founder/CTO

Founder at Alkera AI, Inc. Prev SWE intern at Ramp and HRT working closely with data teams. CS B.S/M.S from Yale. Prev ML research at Yale's Gerstein Lab developing biology reasoning models.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
3team members reported
Source-reported As recorded 2026-09-15

Founded 2026 · Source

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Y Combinator

Profile depthenriched profile
Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA
Pricing evidenceA pricing page was detected
Maturity: Launched · 3 of 6 areas documented

Source-based assessment · automated evidence rules

The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-10-17

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