Stealth Startup Spy #121
Ex-Lyft ML Head launches gen AI platform for enterprises, Uber's founding designer ventures into stealth mode, & Autonomous AI startup for site reliability engineering exits stealth with seed funding
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:
Founding designer at Uber, who then joined Travis Kalanick at CloudKitchens, is currently involved in a stealth-mode project.
Former executive with experience at Cruise, Facebook, and Apple ventures into stealth mode
Ex-Head of Machine Learning at Lyft launches platform for accurate Generative AI over Enterprise data
A startup building an autonomous AI site reliability engineer exits stealth with $4.3M funding
Stanford PhD with prior exits to Apple and Google is hiring computer vision and machine learning engineers for a new stealth startup
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
Lluis Canet - CEO at Cicerai
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#102
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Global Solutions Lead - Media Analytics, AI and Blockchain at Google, ex-Vice President of Data Science and Engineering at 21st Century Fox, ex-Advanced Analytics Technical Lead at JPMorgan Chase
Connect on: LinkedIn
Cicerai is a startup specializing in generative artificial intelligence applied to the legal field.
HQ: Texas, United States
Industry: Information Services | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Edward G. - CEO & Co-Founder at Aethero
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder at Stratodyne (YC W22), ex-Software Engineer at General Motors
Connect on: LinkedIn
Aethero builds radiation-hardened edge computers for satellites ranging from CubeSats to space stations.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Space Research and Technology | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Shiraz Zaman - Founder and CEO at Nand AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Machine Learning at Lyft, ex-Applied ML Engineer at Microsoft, ex-Researcher at IBM
Connect on: LinkedIn
Nand AI is building a platform for accurate Generative AI over Enterprise data
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Maxime Bensadoun - Co-Founder & Co-CEO at Ecair
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#115
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Payment at Lydia, ex-Payment Operations Analyst at Deezer, ex-Business Executive, France at Revolut, ex-Deputy COO at GLOBCOIN
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ecair is support and execution of energy renovation work for individuals
HQ: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France, France
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 16
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 13 months
Shahram Anver - Co-Founder & CEO at Cleric
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Engineering: MLOps, FinOps, Container Deployment at Gojek, ex-Co Founder at DataCue, ex-Senior Optimization Consultant at TripAdvisor, ex-Senior Strategy & Analytics Consultant at IBM, ex-Business Analyst at Apple
Connect on: LinkedIn
Cleric is building an AI site reliability engineer designed to autonomously manage, optimize, and heal software infrastructure.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 5
Latest Funding: $4.3M Seed Round on 3/21/2024
Key Investors: Zetta Venture Partners
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Paul Herz - Chief Executive Officer at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President, Technical Strategy & Operations at Cruise, ex-Chief Operating Officer at 1X, ex-Director, Product Operations, Building 8 & Oculus AR/VR at Facebook, ex-New Product Operations at Apple
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Scott Moran - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Revenue Officer & COO at PromethistAI, ex-Senior Vice President (SVP) at Entertainment Partners, ex-Chief Operating Officer at Mews, ex-CSO & Global Head of Operations at ParkBee
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Prague, Czechia
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Shalin Amin - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Experience Officer at Zumper, ex-VP of Design at CloudKitchens, ex-Head of Brand/Head of Design at Uber
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Hendrik Dahlkamp - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Machine Learning Manager at Apple, ex-Co-founder and CTO at Lighthouse AI (acquired by Apple), ex-Staff Software Engineer at Google, ex-Co-Founder at Numovis (acquired by Google)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Menlo Park, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Nikhita Singh - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-founder & CPO at Artificial ($21.5M raised), ex-Researcher, Human-AI Interaction at MIT Media Lab, ex-Commercial BD & Product at Palantir Technologies, ex-Researcher at UC Berkeley AUTOLab
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Building next-gen AI & automation to amplify human potential
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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