Stealth Startup Spy #117
Ex-Salesforce exec unveils open-source multimodal AI model, Stanford PhD develops silicon biochip for molecular testing, & Meta/RealNetworks/Mediatek alum leads AI startup for video compression
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:
Former Managing Director of Salesforce Research Asia and VP of AI Research exits stealth mode and debuts open-source multimodal large language model
Head of Product at Square leaves to co-found an AI startup
Former engineer who worked at Meta, RealNetworks, and Mediatek is now leading a stealth startup focusing on generative AI for video compression
Stanford PhD with prior exit to molecular diagnostics company Cepheid is developing an open platform silicon biochip for molecular testing
Ex-Research Scientist at Meta is most likely working on developing new sensor technology or applications 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
Steven Hoi - Founder & CEO at HyperGAI
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Professor of Information Systems at Singapore Management University, Ex- VP & Managing Director at Salesforce, Ex-Associate Professor at Nanyang Technological University
Connect on: LinkedIn
HyperGAI is an applied AI research company, innovating in Multimodal Generative AI technology and multimodal foundation models
HQ: Singapore
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 17
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Daniel Bernholc - Co-Founder & CEO at Magnowlia
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Technology Officer at Lexly ($28M raised), ex-Managing Director at iZettle, ex-Founder & CTO at Ameibo (acquired), ex-CTO at TradeDoubler
Connect on: LinkedIn
Magnowlia is an AI-powered platform designed to provide data insights in a user-friendly manner.
HQ: Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Ivan Kirigin - Founder & CEO at Attention Artificial Intelligence
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#88
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Investor at Tango.vc, ex-PM at Lyft, ex-CEO at YesGraph (acquired by Lyft), ex-Product Manager at Dropbox, ex-Software Engineer at Facebook, ex-Cofounder and CTO at Tipjoy (YCW08), ex-Software Engineer at iRobot
Connect on: LinkedIn
Attention AI is a semistealth startup focused on messaging.
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Arjang Hassibi - Co-Founder & CEO at Siomyx
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder and CEO at InSilixa (acquired by Danaher/Cepheid), ex-Visiting Professor/Scientific Fellow at IBM, Stanford PhD
Connect on: LinkedIn
Siomyx aims to create the first open platform silicon biochip for life science research, molecular diagnostics and applied markets.
HQ: Silicon Valley, California, United States
Industry: Semiconductor Manufacturing
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 22 months
Jessie Lucci - Founder at AllieHealth
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#101
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-General Manager of U.S. at Hipcamp, ex-Regional General Manager at Lime, ex-Senior Operations Manager at Uber EATS, ex-Senior Analyst, Marketing Partnership at Capital One
Connect on: LinkedIn
AllieHealth is a modern operator tool designed for senior living.
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 5
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 19 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Chia-Yang Tsai - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer, Tech Lead at Meta, ex-Chief Architect at RealNetworks, ex-Technical Manager at MediaTek
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Working on fundamental generative AI model for video compression and video search.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
J Zac Stein - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-President & Chief Product Officer at Lattice ($329M raised), ex-COO at Lattice, ex-VP of Operations at Zenefits
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Matt Welsh - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Architect and Co-Founder at Fixie.ai ($17M raised from Redpoint, Zetta, SignalFire, and Madrona), ex-Senior Vice President Of Engineering at OctoML, ex-Engineering Lead, Machine Intelligence at Apple, ex-Principal Engineer at Google, ex-Professor of Computer Science at Harvard University
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Anjali A. - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Product at Square, ex-Director Product Management at Salesforce, ex-Software Engineer at Intel
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Building an AI startup
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Anton Shkel - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Research Scientist (Reality Labs) at Meta, ex-Sr. RF Systems Engineer at Delart, ex-Cellular RFIC Development Intern at Broadcom
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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