Stealth Startup Spy #102
AI/Gamedev pros (Uber, Cohere, Activision) craft a16z-backed AI games, Ex-Head of Full-Stack Development at Wix launches visual dev tool, & Ex-Apple launches design tools company for creatives
Stealth Startup Spy is a data-driven newsletter for investors, journalists and tech enthusiasts interested in uncovering the next big move for key talent, real-time stealth company launches and technology advancements not in plain sight. We leverage the technology built at Gravity to track billions of data points to help you identify tomorrow's opportunities that are currently hiding in the shadows. These signals include tracking the inflows and outflows of talent who work at “Stealth Startups”, bios and profile changes to “building something new” and monitoring press releases to shine a light on the hidden world of stealth startups.
In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, here is what we will uncover:
AI and Game dev veterans from Uber, Cohere and Activision is building AI enabled games backed by a16z
Ex-Head Of Full-Stack Development at Wix.com unveils visual programming tool for developers
Berkeley grad who sold their app to Indian fitness company Curefit is crafting next startup in stealth
Former Apple AI Privacy Lead launches design tools company transforming creative workflows
Ex-Bombardier aerospace engineer is developing a stealth air mobility startup
And more…
Now let’s shine the spotlight… 💡💡💡
🕵️♂️Founders Coming Out of Stealth
Real-time updates from founders who debut what they’ve been working on under stealth mode
Stephen Zhen Gou - Co-Founder & CEO at First Day Entertainment
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Manager of Machine Learning at Cohere, ex-Research Engineer Intern at Uber, ex-Tech Lead at Lucky VR
Connect on: LinkedIn
First Day Entertainment is at the forefront of gaming innovation and dedicated to develop AI-powered games.
HQ: San Mateo, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Media | Team Size: 2
Key Investors: a16z SPEEDRUN, MiraclePlus
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Gabriel Grinberg - Founder at Flyde Labs
Prior Experience: Ex-Head Of Full-Stack Development at Wix.com, ex-Basic training commander at IDF
Connect on: LinkedIn
Flyde is a powerful visual programming tool that allows users to build applications using a simple "nodes and wires" style.
HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 23 months
Thomas Hanley - Co-Founder & Head of Technology at Harmonize
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Platform Engineering and Pipeline Tools at WePay, ex-Engineering Manager at Lytro (acquired by Google), ex-Software Engineer at Intuit
Connect on: LinkedIn
Harmonize is a purpose-built platform that streamlines the employee lifecycle across HR, IT, Finance, and all other business applications.
HQ: Los Altos, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 24 months
Noah Jacobs - Co-Founder & CEO at ImageWorks
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#36
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Privacy at Apple, ex-Undergraduate Student Instructor at University of California, Berkeley
Connect on: LinkedIn
ImageWorks AI is a design tools company reimagining ideation and creative workflows.
HQ: Truckee, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Laurence Liang - Founder at Inspire
Prior Experience: Student Researcher (Geodata) at McGill University, ex-Data Scientist at Perceive Now
Connect on: LinkedIn
Inspire builds low-cost robots for patient monitoring to help clinics in remote areas save operational costs.
HQ: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 26 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
James Sha - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Digital at Cure.Fit, ex-Co-Founder & CTO at Onyx (acquired by Cure.Fit), ex-Software Engineer at Google, ex-Software Engineering Intern at Facebook, UC Berkeley alum
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Nadine Auda - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Associate at McKinsey & Company, ex-Consultant at Investor Group Services (IGS), ex-Strategy Associate at Modern Meadow, ex-Aerospace Engineer at Bombardier
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building an Air Mobility Startup
HQ: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Omar Haroun - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-AI Strategy at Relativity, Co-Founder at Text IQ (acquired by Relativity), ex-Chief Revenue Officer at Greatist (acquired by Healthline), ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Sportaneous (acquired by Greatist)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Lluis Canet - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Global Solutions Lead - Media Analytics, AI and Blockchain at Google, ex-Vice President of Data Science and Engineering at 21st Century Fox, ex-Advanced Analytics Technical Lead at JPMorgan Chase
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Houston, Texas, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Guy Nirpaz - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder & CEO at Totango ($146M raised), ex-EVP R&D at GigaSpaces Technologies, ex-Chief Architect at Mercury Interactive, ex-Software Systems Architect at IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building in AI Tech
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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