Stealth Startup Spy #113
Ex-Meta AI & DeepMind scientist debuts $11M funded AI venture, Former AppNexus President unveils AI platform after $1.6B AT&T acquisition, & Startup reveals AI-powered clinical decision support tools
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-Meta AI and DeepMind scientist debuts AI company with $11M seed funding
Former President of AppNexus, a mediatech company acquired for nearly $1.6 billion by AT&T, introduces a purpose-built AI agent platform tailored for brands and publishers
Co-Founder and ex-Chief Product Officer of Attentive, a Unicorn with Series E funding of $860M led by Coatue, Sequoia, and various notable VCs, is currently developing a project in stealth mode
A startup specializing in the development of AI-powered clinical decision support tools emerges from stealth mode
Serial founder with successful exit to NetApp for $70M is building their third venture in stealth mode
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
Andre Fu - Co-Founder at Ecliptor
FounderDNA: Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Twitch, ex-Product Manager at Microsoft, ex-Deep Learning Researcher at University of Toronto, ex-Software Engineer at Interac Corp.
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ecliptor is an AI powered lead qualification tool for open source dev tools.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Johann Schleier-Smith - Founder & CEO at CrystalDB
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Board Of Directors at Sama, Board Of Directors at The Leila Janah Foundation, ex-Founder & CTO at if(we) (acquired by The Meet Group), ex-Founder & CTO at Jumpstart Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
CrystalDB brings unmatched simplicity, reliability, and scalability to PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 27 months
Ari Morcos - Co-Founder & CEO at DatalogyAI
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#70
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Staff Research Scientist at Meta, ex-Research Scientist at DeepMind, Harvard PhD
Connect on: LinkedIn
DatologyAI builds tools to automatically select the best data on which to train deep learning models.
HQ: Redwood City, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 12
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Latest Funding: $11.7M Seed Round on 2/21/2024
Key Investors: Amplify Partners, Radical Ventures, Conviction VC, Outset Capital, Quiet Capital
Xeno Acharya - Founder & CEO at Datum
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Product Manager at Minimum, ex-Senior AI Product Manager at Frontiers, ex-Lead Product Manager at ZAVA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Datum specializes in building AI-powered clinical decision support tools using LLMs that are trained on validated sources such as existing clinical guidelines and published peer reviewed high quality publications.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Hospitals and Health Care | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Michael Rubenstein - Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Firsthand
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Board Member at Vistar Media, ex-Co-Founder & President at OpenStore ($32M raised), ex-President & Board of Directors at AppNexus (acquired for nearly $1.6B by AT&T), ex-Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Firsthand is the AI agent platform purpose-built for brands and publishers
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 13
Latest Funding: Undisclosed Seed Round on 2/21/2024
Key Investors: Radical Ventures
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Dan Goldstein - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product Operations at Cloudflare, ex-Associate Vice President, Client Relations at DDC Public Affairs
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United State
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Stephen Han - Building at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior Software Engineer, Clinical Software at Guardant Health, ex-Software Developer (Lead), R&D - Drug Development Operations at Gilead Sciences, ex-Software Developer at Stanford University School of Medicine
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Andrew Jones - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Former Co-Founder / Chief Product Officer at Attentive (Unicorn, Series E - $860M raised led by Coatue, Sequoia, and many notable VCs), ex-Senior Product Manager at Twitter, Co-Founder at TapCommerce (acquired by Twitter)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Judy L. - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Marketing, Reality Labs at Meta, ex-Director of Product Marketing at Operator, ex-Global Product Development & Sourcing at Williams-Sonoma
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Guy Leibovitz - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, AI-Driven Cloud Compliance at NetApp, ex-Founder & CEO at Cognigo (acquired by NetApp for $70M), ex-Co-Founder at Routier (acquired by accessiBe)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 11 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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