Stealth Startup Spy #107
Hugging Face alum launches AI platform for precise LLM app conditions, Ex-Amazon Director & PillPack CMO stealthily pioneers healthtech startup, & AI-powered medical writing platform exits 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:
Ex-Director of Pharmacy & Clinic at Amazon, and previously the CMO at PillPack (acquired by Amazon for $753M), is stealthily crafting a healthtech startup
Ex-Hugging Face ML Engineer launches AI platform to help businesses ensure their Large Language Model (LLM) applications meet specific conditions
An AI-powered platform providing high-fidelity medical writing emerges from stealth mode. The company is founded by former PPD (NASDAQ:PPD), Vertex Pharmaceuticals, and Science 37 executives.
Former engineering manager at Carta’s Venture Capital business unit leaves to co-found a private credit management platform
Director of Shared Services Operations (overseeing Procure to Pay, Travel & Expense) at Adobe leaves to co-found an AI startup in the procurement and sourcing domain
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
Jacob Shatz - Co-Founder & CTO at Convoke
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Automation at Remote, ex-Platform Engineering Director at MURAL, ex-Founding Engineer at Tilig, ex-Staff Data Engineer at GitLab
Connect on: LinkedIn
Convoke effortlessly schedules every meeting so you can focus on real work.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Information Services | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Kunal Tangri - Co-Founder at Farsight AI
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Hugging Face, ex-Graduate Student Research Assistant at MIT CSAIL, ex-Software Development Engineer Intern at Amazon Web Services
Connect on: LinkedIn
Farsight AI is a platform offering both no-code and SDK tooling that ensure enterprise LLM applications adhere to boundary conditions (hallucinations, regulatory guidelines etc).
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 7
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 21 months
Anita Gupta Modi - Co-Founder & CEO at Peer AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Quality and Business Transformation Officer at Science 37, Co-Founder at Dash Genomics, ex-Vice President Of Product Management at Genos (acquired by NantOmics)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Peer is a platform providing high-fidelity medical writing powered by AI.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Liad Elidan - Co-Founder & CEO at Milestone
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Pendo.io, ex-Software Engineer at Taboola
Connect on: LinkedIn
Milestone utilizes AI to analyze and extract valuable information from the extensive data behind code-lines, empowering management with actionable insights to improve efficiency and grow revenues.
HQ: Tel Aviv District, Israel
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 12
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 18 months
Ryley Sill - Co-Founder at Lumonic
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Manager, Venture Capital at Carta, ex-Co-Founder at Pounding Gorilla Labs, ex-Associate at Silicon Valley Bank
Connect on: LinkedIn
Lumonic is a private credit management platform that automates reporting and compliance
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Karthik Pandian - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Manager at Amazon, ex-Vice President of Software Development at Rubicon, ex-Head of Software Development at Esurance
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Subramanya Nagaraj - Co-Founder at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Director Shared Services (Procure to Pay, Travel & Expense) at Adobe, ex-Senior Manager - Central Procurement Organization at Wipro
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Colin Raney - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Pharmacy & Clinic at Amazon, ex-CMO at PillPack (acquired by Amazon for $753M), ex-CMO at Formlabs, ex-Managing Director at IDEO
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Seema Menon - Co-Founder & Head of Product and Technology at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Director, Ecosystem Products at Intel, ex-Lead System Designer at GE HealthCare
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Building an AI platform that redefines customer engagement for B2C companies
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Himanshu Khurana - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Advertiser Experience, LinkedIn Ads at LinkedIn, ex-Director at MileZero, ex-Engineering Manager, Workdocs at Amazon Web Services
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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