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Matthew SuttonBrandon Severin
Shapol M.

Shapol M.

Founder & CEO at Entangl

AI that prevents data center downtime

Entangl

Entangl

Founder & CEO

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Entangl reads a data center's design and engineering data to generate and review operating procedures, then watches operations in real time to detect issues and triage alarms.[1]EntanglCompany websiteCompany[2]EntanglProceduresCompany[3]EntanglTelemetry and alarm triageCompany Shapol founded a rocket program that grew from six people to a hundred.[4]Deeptech DecodedShapol M. on hiring from the rocket program he started (27:29)Episode[5]Deeptech DecodedShapol M. on growing the rocket program from six people to 100 (35:26)Episode Entangl (YC S24) is based in San Francisco.[6]Y CombinatorEntangl company profileYC[7]LinkedInEntangl company pageSocial

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  • The AI Software Preventing Million-Dollar Failures | Shapol M., Entangl (YC S24)

    Nov 13, 20251h 28m
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DD10 • From Rockets to Racks | How Entangl Became Hyperscalers' Go-To

DD10 • From Rockets to Racks | How Entangl Became Hyperscalers' Go-To

Building the reliability layer for AI infrastructure with a no-firing rule and donuts at the door.

SubstackNov 20, 2025

FAQ

Shapol M. is the founder and CEO of Entangl, which uses AI to prevent downtime and operational mistakes in data centers.[6]Y CombinatorEntangl company profileYC[7]LinkedInEntangl company pageSocial[8]Deeptech DecodedShapol M. on data center reliability as the core problem (07:27)Episode Before Entangl he founded a rocket program.[4]Deeptech DecodedShapol M. on hiring from the rocket program he started (27:29)Episode

It generates and reviews operating procedures from a data center's own design and engineering data, and monitors operations in real time to detect issues, triage alarms and help the team respond.[1]EntanglCompany websiteCompany[2]EntanglProceduresCompany[3]EntanglTelemetry and alarm triageCompany

From building rockets.[9]Deeptech DecodedShapol M. on switching from aerospace to data centers (03:44)Episode

San Francisco.[6]Y CombinatorEntangl company profileYC[7]LinkedInEntangl company pageSocial It went through Y Combinator's S24 batch.[6]Y CombinatorEntangl company profileYC

In this episode

  • 3:44Switching from aerospace to data centers
  • 12:15Rebuilding outdated design data at legacy data center sites
  • 17:53Sending cake until prospects agree to a meeting
  • 24:54Why the two months a year figure is probably outdated
  • 30:01Running a company with a no firing culture
  • 33:39Full transparency with no private messages
  • 54:54Selling to data center owners and operators
  • 1:23:11The long-term vision of running critical infrastructure

References

Company and YC

  1. Entangl, Company websiteAccessed Oct 23, 2026↩ab
  2. Entangl, ProceduresAccessed Oct 23, 2026↩ab
  3. Entangl, Telemetry and alarm triageAccessed Oct 23, 2026↩ab
  4. Y Combinator, Entangl company profileAccessed Oct 23, 2026↩abcd

Social

  1. LinkedIn, Entangl company pageAccessed Oct 23, 2026↩abc

Episode

  1. Shapol M. on hiring from the rocket program he started (27:29)↩ab
  2. Shapol M. on growing the rocket program from six people to 100 (35:26)↩
  3. Shapol M. on data center reliability as the core problem (07:27)↩
  4. Shapol M. on switching from aerospace to data centers (03:44)↩
  5. Nihal Kurth raises the two months a year figure and Shapol M. calls it probably outdated (24:14)

Last updated Oct 23, 2026

Matthew SuttonBrandon Severin

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  • 3:44

    Switching from aerospace to data centers

  • 12:15

    Rebuilding outdated design data at legacy data center sites

  • 17:53

    Sending cake until prospects agree to a meeting

  • 24:54

    Why the two months a year figure is probably outdated

  • 30:01

    Running a company with a no firing culture

  • 33:39

    Full transparency with no private messages

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