Stakpak
Category: AI Agents
Stakpak is an Egyptian-founded open-source autonomous DevOps agent startup that enables developers to automate infrastructure management using AI, acquired by Vercel in July 2026. Stakpak was founded in 2023. The company is led by George Fahmy. Based in Cairo, Egypt (HQ); San Francisco Bay Area, US (CEO/operations). Team size: 2-10. Total funding raised: $500,000. Latest round: Pre-Seed. Key investors include P1 Ventures, Digital Currency Group, 500 Global, Moataz Soliman (Instabug co-founder), Omar Gabr (Instabug co-founder).
- Founded
- 2023
- Headquarters
- Cairo, Egypt (HQ); San Francisco Bay Area, US (CEO/operations)
- Team size
- 2-10
- Total funding
- $500,000
Value proposition
An open-source AI DevOps agent that reduces infrastructure management tasks from 4 hours to ~50 minutes, with built-in security guardrails (secret substitution, network sandboxing) so the agent can safely operate in production without risking data leaks or downtime.
Products and solutions
Stakpak Agent — open-source autonomous DevOps agent (Apache 2.0, written in Rust) that lives on machines 24/7, automates infrastructure management, auto-healing, cost watchdog, TLS cert renewal, secret substitution, network sandbox (Warden), and full session audit logs. Supports Terraform, OpenTofu, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub Actions. Pay-per-request API model.
Unique value
Open-source autonomous DevOps agent with enterprise-grade security (secret substitution, Warden network sandbox) that runs on your own machines — all the upside of a PaaS with none of the lock-in.
Target customer
Software developers and engineering teams (primarily US market) who need to automate infrastructure management, deployment, and maintenance tasks.
Industries served
Technology / Software / DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure
Technology advantage
Built in Rust (performance + safety); open-source Apache 2.0 license; secret substitution (210+ secret types detected and masked before LLM sees them); Warden network sandbox with Cedar policies; full session audit logs with rollback; supports multiple LLM providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, custom endpoints); single binary deployment.
How they differentiate
Unlike coding agents that write code, Stakpak runs apps in production — requiring a fundamentally different trust model. Its secret substitution ensures API keys never reach the LLM provider, and its Warden network sandbox enforces Cedar policies on every network request. Open-source and auditable, written in Rust, runs entirely on the customer's machines.
Main competitors
Pulumi, Spacelift, Salto
Key partnerships
Acquired by Vercel (July 2026), open-source community on GitHub (1,700+ stars, 170 forks), supports Anthropic, OpenAI, and custom LLM endpoints
Notable customers
CheckFirst AI (Rami Elsawy, CTO — referenced as early customer), 5,000+ developers using Stakpak (per website)
Major milestones
2021: George Fahmy begins working on Stakpak, 2022: Goes full-time on the startup, 2023: Company officially launched, 2025-03: Raises $500K pre-seed led by P1 Ventures, 2026-07: Acquired by Vercel ($9.3B valuation) for undisclosed amount
Growth metrics
5,000+ developers using Stakpak; 1,700+ GitHub stars; 170+ forks; team of ~7 (4 full-time + 3 part-time at time of pre-seed)
Market positioning
Early-stage open-source DevOps agent startup targeting the AI infrastructure management market. Acquired by Vercel ($9.3B valuation) in July 2026 as part of Vercel's "AI Cloud" strategy to add autonomous infrastructure management capabilities.
Geographic focus
Global (primary market: US; engineering team in Egypt)
Patents and IP
Open-source under Apache 2.0 license. GitHub repository: github.com/stakpak/agent. Written in Rust.
About George Fahmy
Founding Engineer & Security Lead at Thndr (YC S20); Founding Engineer at Liquidity Network / LiquidChain AG; roles at Devopzilla and Levelset. B.Sc. from The German University in Cairo.
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Official website: https://stakpak.dev