Stealth Startup Spy #106
Ex-Google AI devs & MIT profs close lab to build digital humans. Founder with exits to Xilinx and Cadence goes incognito, & Manufacturing startup by Siemens/Rapid Robotics alum emerges from stealth
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:
Manufacturing startup founded by a team of experts from Siemens, Autodesk, Bright Machines, Rapid Robotics and Ready Robotics comes out of stealth
Former Google AI developers and MIT professors close their research lab to build digital humans - raised $2M pre-seed led by Andreesen Horowitz.
Stanford alum and former Senior Director of Product Design at Uber Eats is building something new in stealth
Serial founder with prior exits to semiconductor giants Xilinx and Cadence embark on a new entrepreneurial journey
Ex-Data Scientist at Meta team up with former Product Leader at Microsoft and launch developer tools platform for reliable AI
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
Juan L. Aparicio Ojea - Founder & CEO at Reshape Automation
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#69
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Products at Rapid Robotics, Inc, ex-VP of Product at READY Robotics, ex-Head of Research Group at Siemens
Connect on: LinkedIn
Reshape Automation is an end-to-end partner for SMBs and SMEs looking to break free from the hurdles of labor shortages.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Manufacturing | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Shuying Luo - Co-Founder & CTO at Altera
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Google, ex-Software Engineer at Knewton, CS Master’s Degree at Yale University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Altera partners with game studios and designers to create agents that can communicate, explore, learn and play with people and the worlds around them.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 4
Latest Funding: $2M pre-seed on 2/1/2024
Key Investors: a16z Games, Alumni Ventures, LiquidMetal Venures, Vamos Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Tanuj Sharma - Co-Founder & CEO at Kana Health
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President, Global Business Leader at Rackspace Technology, ex-Enterprise Sales Leader at Amazon Web Services, ex-Vice President at GENPACT, ex-Assistant Vice President at Virtusa, ex-Consulting Architect at ValueMomentum
Connect on: LinkedIn
Kana is an AI powered two-sided platform, functioning as a companion for users and serving as a co-pilot for therapists.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Healthcare Services | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Ramanujam MV - Co-Founder & CTO at Inspeq AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Data Scientist at Meta, ex-Senior Data Scientist at LinkedIn, ex-Senior - Data & Analytics at EY
Connect on: LinkedIn
Inspeq AI is a low-code platform for teams to accelerate reliable LLM applications into production.
HQ: Dublin, Ireland
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 8
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Ghinwa Choueiter - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Data Science at Lucky Financial, ex-Director of Data Science at Sense, ex-Senior Machine Learning Engineer at Hopper, ex-Senior Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer at DataXu (acquired by Roku)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Andy Szybalski - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr Director of Product Design, Uber Eats at Uber, ex-Entrepreneur in Residence at GV, ex-Staff User Experience Designer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Shaunak Mistry - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Cloud Platform and Security at FORT Robotics, ex-Google, ex-Principal Architect at Looker, ex-Principal Architect at Citrix
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Steven Glinert - Co-Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO at Kinta AI (sold), ex-AI Engineer at Pivotus Ventures, ex-Graduate Research Assistant at Stanford University
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Building something new in semiconductor development
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Nagesh Gupta - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP, Systems and Solutions at Lattice Semiconductor, ex-VP of Engineering at Civil Maps, ex-Senior Director at Xilinx, ex-Founder & CEO at Auviz Systems (Acquired by Xilinx), ex-Group Director, Engineering at Cadence Design Systems, ex-President & CEO at Taray (Acquired by Cadence)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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