Stealth Startup Spy #125
AI platform for digital advertising goes live, Ex-Stanford/Google building foundation models for semiconductors, & AI enabled digital therapeutics platform to manage myopia operates in stealth
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:
An alum from Stanford and Google is building foundation models for semiconductors
An AI platform for digital advertising emerges from stealth (co-founded by Kabir Shahani, former CEO of Amperity)
Harvard MBA candidate and former AI specialist at Waymo/Google is building in stealth mode
A digital therapeutics platform utilizing AI to manage the progression of myopia (nearsightedness) is currently operating in stealth mode
Ex-VP of Product at Criteo and former product lead for Google Search Ads, is co-founding a startup 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
Chris Yang - CEO & Co-Founder at Glober
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#74
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Technical Program Manager at Google, ex-Engineer at Oracle
Connect on: LinkedIn
Glober customizes content for various languages, cultures, genders, and age groups across different forms of media.
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Media | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
James Cross - Co-Founder at Speaksage
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President, Product Strategy at Workday, ex-Founding Team at MediaCore Technologies (acquired by Workday)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Speaksage builds leadership and communication skills by roleplaying with realistic voice AI characters.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Priyanka Mathikshara - CEO at Voltai
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Researcher at Stanford University, ex-Researcher at University of Chicago, ex-Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Voltai is building foundation models for semiconductors.
HQ: Stanford, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 28 months
Marco Matos - CEO & Co-Founder at Adora
FounderDNA: Top 10 University, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Site Lead at Pinterest, ex-Head of Product at Thunder Industries, ex-Product Lead at Facebook, ex-Product Manager at Google, ex-Senior Program Manager at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Adora is a platform dedicated to transform the process of digital advertising.
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 4
Key Investors: Village Global
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 7 months
Rex Guo - Co-Founder & CEO at Culminate
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Software Engineer at Lacework, ex-Head Of Research at XM Cyber, ex-Software Engineer/Manager at Cisco, ex-Senior Security Researcher at Intel
Connect on: LinkedIn
Culminate builds AI-based virtual security analysts to supercharge SOC teams.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 5
Key Investors: Conviction VC
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
Elizabeth Yan - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Waymo, ex-Software Engineer at Google, ex-Undergraduate Researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, Harvard MBA Candidate
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Rahul Lahiri - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer at PebblePost, ex-Co-founder at Mesh Dynamics (acquired by Google), ex-VP of Product at Criteo, ex-Sr. Product Manager, Search ads at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Building in the AI driven identity and fraud detection space
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Tyler Rice - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal Scientist at Medtronic, Cofounder and ex-CTO at Laser Associated Sciences (acquired by Medtronic), ex-Research Scientist at Modulated Imaging
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Diego, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 10 months
Sina Fateh - Founder & CEO at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree, Prior Exit
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President at Twenty/Twenty Therapeutics, Founder and ex-CEO at Kali Care (acquired by Twenty/Twenty Therapeutics), Founder and ex-CEO at Vega Vista (acquired by Meta)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area & Tokyo
Buiding myopia.ai, an AI-enabled, digital therapeutics for controlling myopia progression.
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Calvin Hung - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Director of Product at BCG Digital Ventures, ex-Lead Product Manager at Beepi, ex-Lead Product Manager at The Walt Disney Company, ex-Senior Product Manager at Zynga
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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