Stealth Startup Spy #110
Oxford PhD is building hypersonic vehicles for Europe, Harvard PhD unveils AI copilot for design, engineering & construction, & Princeton PhD is building the LEGO for AI in new stealth startup
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:
Oxford PhD and Bain alum is building hypersonic vehicles for Europe (backed by General Catalyst, ESA BIC Bavaria, TUM Venture Labs, 201 Ventures)
Stanford alum with succesful exit to Okta reboots entrepreneurial journey in new stealth startup
Harvard PhD and Amazon alum unveils AI copilot for design, engineering & construction
Princeton PhD is building the LEGO for AI in new stealth startup
Tehnical Founder with prior experience from Plaid, Coinbase, Betterment and Goldman Sachs is building a stealth company
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
Mark Ewenz - Co-Founder at Hypersonica
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Consultant at Bain & Company, Postdoctoral Researcher in Experimental Hypersonics at University of Oxford, ex-Intern at AUDI, ex-Intern at Bosch, ex-Intern at German Aerospace Centre
Connect on: LinkedIn
Hypersonica is building hypersonic vehicles for Europe.
HQ: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Industry: Manufacturing | Team Size: 3
Key Investors: General Catalyst, ESA BIC Bavaria, TUM Venture Labs, 201 Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Shray Bansal - Founder & CEO at GhostContent AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder & CTO at Moment (acquired by Patreon), ex-On Deck Fellow, ex-Principal Software Engineer at VideoAmp
Connect on: LinkedIn
GhostContent AI is building AI content engines for creators.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Latest Funding: $1.5M Seed Round on 1/1/2024 from undisclosed investors
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Mike Fotinakis - Founder & CTO at Ethos
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#90
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Engineer at BrowserStack, ex-Founder & CEO at Percy (acquired by BrowserStack), ex-Software Engineer at Science Exchange, ex-Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ethos enables end-to-end Model Risk Management for financial services.
HQ: New York City, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Kate Adamson - Co-Founder at Folio
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Co-founder at MIRA, ex-Resident at Thrive Capital, ex-Head of Credit Product at Plaid, ex-Senior Associate, Office of the COO, Office of Regulatory Affairs at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Connect on: LinkedIn
Folio is a semi stealth startup changing the way we experience hotels.
HQ: Durham, North Carolina, United States
Industry: Hospitality | Team Size: 7
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Ivan Panushev - Co-Founder & CEO at TwinKnowledge
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#73
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Partner Solutions Architect - Engineering, Construction & Real Estate at Amazon Web Services, ex-Lecturer at Harvard University, ex-Head of Strategic Partnerships at MakerBot, ex-Sr. Platform Manager at Autodesk, Co-founder at Horizontal Systems (acquired by Autodesk)
Connect on: LinkedIn
TwinKnowledge is your AI-powered companion for architecture, engineering and construction
HQ: New York City, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Alex Salazar - Co-Founder at Something New
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Partner at Neotribe Ventures, ex-GM/VP, New Products at Okta, ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Stormpath (Acquired by Okta), ex-Account Executive at IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
Zack Eakin - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Mechanical Engineering at Anduril Industries, ex-Director of Engineering at The Boring Company, ex-President and Chief Engineer at Miles Engineering
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Irvine, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Chris Zega - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Manager at Plaid, ex-Engineering Manager at Coinbase, ex-Sr. Director of Engineering at Betterment, ex-Technology Analyst at Goldman Sachs, ex-iOS Developer at Inbox App
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York City, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Jonathan Milgro - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Engineering Lead at Snap Inc., ex-Software Engineer at TripleLift, ex-Associate at Katten Muchin Rosenman
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Los Angeles, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Hooman Mohajeri - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Researcher and Consultant in AI, Privacy, Security at Various Companies, ex-I-Corps™ National at National Science Foundation, PhD at Princeton University, ex-Software Engineer at Cisco
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building LEGO for AI - crafting specialized, production-grade building blocks tailored for assembling cutting-edge AI applications like Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and Multimedia Search.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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