Alkera AI

Reliable and safe data engineering and data science agents

3.0Score#354 of 999 agents#1 of 7 in Data engineer

Why it ranks #354

Alkera AI, an AI data engineer from YC S26, ranks #354 of 999 AI agents and #1 of 7 in Data engineer, with a score of 3.0 of 10. Data as of 3 Oct 2026.

The score adds four parts, each 0 to 10, by weight. Every point comes from public evidence. How scoring works ·

Proof 0 × 30% 0.0
Scale 2 × 30% 0.6
Momentum 6 × 25% 1.5
Autonomy 6 × 15% 0.9
= 3.0

Proof
Do customers use it? 30% of the score
0
No public claims of customers or revenue yet.
Not found: revenue or growth (+4), named customers (+3), a customer result (+2), a customer count (+2), work done at scale (+2)
Scale
Is there a real company behind it? 30% of the score
2
3 people.
- +2
  3 people on its YC page3 or 4 people
Not found: funding round in its news (+3)
Momentum
Is it shipping and growing now? 25% of the score
6
Shows a recent launch, a new claim and a new batch.
- +3
  Launched in the last 6 monthsAlkera - The data agent that you can trustLaunch YC post · 17 Jul 2026
- +2
  A new traction claim
  “It's 1 on UC Berkeley's DataAgentBench, which tests complex, data-oriented tasks.”
  Launch YC post · 17 Jul 2026
- +1
  New: YC Summer 2026
Not found: open roles on YC (+2), funding news in the last year (+2)
Autonomy
How much of the job does it do on its own? 15% of the score
6
Supervised agent: takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
- +6
  Level 2 of 4: Supervised agentTakes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.
What the model read
- Acts in other systems: 80% likely
- Finishes whole tasks: 47% likely
- Calls itself an agent: 97% likely
Level 2: Takes actions in other systems; a person approves key steps.

About Alkera AI

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.