Stealth Startup Spy #123
Ex-VP of Microsoft & Chief Design Officer at Samsung goes incognito, AI-driven B2B SaaS automating shipping logistics exits stealth, & Ex-DeepMind intern debuts AI platform for personalized fashion
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:
AI-driven B2B SaaS for automating middle mile shipping container logistics exits stealth mode
Ex-Deepmind product intern debuts AI platform for personalized fashion
Ex-Director of Product Management at Walmart Global Tech is building a stealth AI startup
A Swedish debt financing platform dubbed as a “Fintech for Fintech Lenders,” exits stealth with $108M investment
Former Vice President for Microsoft Azure Edge and former Chief Design Officer - IoT at Samsung Electronics is building a generative AI 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
Rahul Y. - Tech Co-Founder at Northbound
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Machine Learning Engineer at Wayfair, ex-Applied Scientist at Zalando, ex-Lead Software Engineer at HERE Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
Northbound is an AI-driven B2B SaaS decision engine for automating middle mile shipping container logistics.
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Dave Link - Co-Founder & CTO at Euler
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder & CEO at Resultably, ex-VP Customer Experience at Threat Stack, ex-VP Customer Success at EverQuote, ex-Head of Customer Success at Upserve
Connect on: LinkedIn
Euler is a platform designed to simplify and enhance the process of building and scaling partnerships.
HQ: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Marc Anthony Apicella - Co-Founder at Kiyo
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product at Google DeepMind, ex-Product and Design Lead at Alife Health, ex-Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School
Connect on: LinkedIn
Kiyo is an intelligent personal shopper that learns your style and hand picks items you’ll love.
HQ: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Medjit Yalmaz - Co-Founder & CEO at Scayl
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Fintech Investments at Swedbank, ex-Strategy Consulting Senior Associate at Strategy&, ex-Rates & Credit at UBS Investment Bank
Connect on: LinkedIn
Scayl provides debt capital for financing loan origination by Fintech lenders.
HQ: Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 3
Latest Funding: $108M Deft Financing Round on 4/3/2024
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
Isaac Brodsky - Co-Founder & CTO at Fused
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Engineer at Foursquare, Co-Founder & ex-COO at Unfolded (acquired by Foursquare), ex-Senior Software Engineer at Uber
Connect on: LinkedIn
Fused is a platform that allows teams to develop responsive map applications, dashboards, and reports without the need to pause for code translation, data transfer, or infrastructure maintenance.
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Industry: Data Infrastructure and Analytics | Team Size: 6
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Hem Singh - Founder at Stealth Mode Startup Company
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Director, Product Management at Walmart Global Tech, ex-Manager, Business Process Re-engineering at Apple, ex-Consultant at SAP
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Walter B. - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-VP of Voice AI at LivePerson, ex-Founder & CEO at VoiceBase (acquired by LivePerson)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Adrian Sanborn - CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Founding Scientist & Bioscience Lead at Atomic AI, Stanford PhD, ex-Intern at Facebook
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Building a drug discovery platform.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Ryan Jacobs - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Deployments at Motional, ex-Manager, Growth and Infrastructure Operations at Shyp, ex-Global Operations Strategy at Nike, ex-Systems Engineer at Amazon Fulfillment Technologies & Robotics
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Boston, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Moe Tanabian - CEO & Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer at Cognite ($338M raised), ex-Global Vice President, GM - Microsoft Azure IoT, Azure Digital Twin, Azure Industrial AI at Microsoft, ex-Corporate Vice President at Samsung Electronics, ex-Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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