Stealth Startup Spy #127
Former VP at Spot by NetApp starts stealth venture, Amazon alum debuts third party AI risk management platform, & Immuta co-founder unveils tools to help lawyers reduce AI liabilities
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 Vice President and General Manager at Spot by NetApp is starting something new in stealth mode
Vendor risk management platform founded by Amazon alum goes live
Co-Founder of Immuta ($258M raised) unveils a platform providing lawyers and other relevant teams with tools to mitigate AI-related risks.
Airtable’s Head of Data Platform leaves to co-found an AI stealth startup
Stanford alum wants to simplify the process of sourcing parts by leveraging AI (raised a a pre-seed round of $2.4M)
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
Steve Francolla - Co-Founder & CEO at Fabrik
FounderDNA: Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Principal, Tech Business Development, Amazon Ads at Amazon, ex-Head of Partnerships at Permutive, ex-Head of Global Publisher Strategy at LiveRamp
Connect on: LinkedIn
Fabrik is building interoperability into the b2b trust ecosystem.
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: IT Services and IT Consulting | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Arjun Tambe - Founder at Kipo AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Robotics Engineer at Ripcord, ex-Research Engineer at Stanford University, ex-Researcher at Microsoft Research India at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Kipo streamlines the sourcing workflow by matching parts to the technical requirements.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Latest Funding: $2.4M Pre-Seed from Undiscloed Investors
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 16 months
Marco Mascolo - Co-Founder & CEO at Hanomi
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Data Analyst at HyperJar, ex-Aerodynamicist at Williams Racing, ex-Visiting Research Student at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Connect on: LinkedIn
Hanomi is building AI agents who analyze, fix, and autocomplete 3D hardware designs based on user-defined constraints and production optimization.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Engineering Services | Team Size: 4
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Nate Becker - Co-Founder at TopRep
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: ex-Co-Founder at VoiceOps (raised $11M from YC, Accel, and Bain), ex-Data Scientist at LinkedIn, ex-PM Analytics at Crowdstar
Connect on: LinkedIn
TopRep is building customizable AI phone sales agents that augment sales teams.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 21 months
Mike Schiller - CEO & Co-Founder at Luminos
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#99
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Co-Founder of Immuta ($258M raised), ex-Technical Director at 42six Solutions, ex-Electronics Engineer at United States Department of Defense
Connect on: LinkedIn
Luminos gives lawyers the tools they need to reduce AI liabilities and sign off on AI risks.
HQ: Washington, D.C., United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 7
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
Kevin McGrath - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP & GM at Spot by NetApp, ex-Senior CTO Architect at Sungard Availability Services, ex-Senior Technical Architect at AT&T
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Sandeep Kachru - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Data Platform at Airtable, ex-Data Engineering Manager, Product Analytics at Facebook, ex-Manager, Data Engineering at Google, ex-Senior Data Engineer at Amazon
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Adam Rian - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO and Founding Team Member at Flowcode, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York, ex-Product Lead - Data/ML at Twitter, ex-Director of Data Science at Wonderkind Co
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Christian V. Jordan - CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: EIR at 8VC, ex-Advisor at 8VC, ex-Partner at Lodestone, ex-SVP, Product & Data Science at project44, ex-GVP, Trade & Financial Services at Flexport, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Seattle Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Maheswaran Sathiamoorthy - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Software Engineer at Google DeepMind, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Google, PhD grad at University of Southern California
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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