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Mandrify
A woodshop for AI companies

We build AI companies. Fast.

Mandrify is a woodshop for AI companies. We take one idea at a time and build it into a real product, with real customers and real revenue.

See what is out of the shop
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The shop

One idea on the bench at a time.

Mandrify is a company-builder with a simple operating model. One idea goes on the bench at a time. We find a problem worth solving, build the product, put it in front of real customers, and move quickly. The goal is not experiments. It is working companies: real products, real customers, real revenue.

Small shop. Short distance from idea to product. Build it well. Ship it fast.

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Pick the problem

One idea on the bench at a time. If it is not worth shipping, it does not make the bench.

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Build the product

Short distance from idea to working product. Built fast, built well, put in front of real customers.

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Ship the company

When it works, it ships as a real company. Not a demo, not a deck. A company.

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Out of the shop

First out of the shop.

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Out of the shop

AISafety101

by Mandrify

The first product out of the Mandrify shop. 15-20 minute AI safety drills, weekly modules, and completion certificates anyone can verify, built for compliance teams at financial firms.

One platform, growing catalog: Cyber 101 and HR 101 courseware packs ride the same engine next.

Visit aisafety101.com
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On the bench

Acquisition engine

AI-run outbound that proves its own lift. Industry vertical packs on one core. First customer: AISafety101.

Sid Yenamandra
Founder

Sid Yenamandra

Founder and CEO, Mandrify

Sid has spent 25 years building companies at the intersection of security, compliance, and AI.

He is the founder and CEO of SurgeONE.ai, where AI agents do the work and human experts provide oversight across compliance, cybersecurity, and data workflows for regulated firms. He is also the founder of AISafety101, the first product out of the Mandrify shop.

Before that, Sid founded Entreda and built it into the market leader in cybersecurity compliance for wealth management. K1 Capital and Smarsh acquired Entreda in 2020. As CEO of the Entreda subsidiary at Smarsh, he tripled ARR and completed the Privva add-on acquisition.

Earlier, Sid was GM of Security Processors at Exar, where he directed NSA-funded Suite B IPsec encryption processor programs, and he held product line executive roles at Broadcom after its $4.5B acquisition of Netlogic. He co-founded his first company, PacketFX, in 2002. Sid holds a dual BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley.