Stealth Startup Spy #134
Duolingo's Chief Product Officer is now building in stealth mode, Ex-Zoomcar exec enters India's booming ride-hailing market, & Former GoogleX Head of Engineering unveils fintech startup
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:
Ex-Duolingo Chief Product Officer is building in stealth mode
A platform that makes searching through videos as easy as searching through text goes live (the startup is part of the YC S24 cohort)
Ex-Zoomcar exec (India's Uber) is now building a competitive ride hailing service in India
Founding team member of Google Glass is co-founding a stealth startup
Ex-Head of Engineering at Google X unveils software company focused on financial data processing
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
Trevor Chow - Co-Founder & CEO at Moonglow
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Researcher at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL), ex-Trader at Optiver, ex-Strategy Fellow at Open Philanthropy
Connect on: LinkedIn
Moonglow lets users explore videos with their semantic search engine. (YC S24)
HQ: United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Peter Shin - Co-Founder & Chief Scientist at Claythis
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Doctorate Degree, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-CTO at a Stealth Startup in ML / Computer Vision, ex-Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California, San Francisco, ex-Software Engineer at Hansol Telecom
Connect on: LinkedIn
Claythis is a 3D character design platform powered by Generative AI
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 17 months
Naveen Gupta - Founder at Trev Mobility
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President & Country Head - India at Zoomcar, ex-National Sales Head at CARS24, ex-Director Business - UP, HP & UK at Swiggy, ex-Associate Director - Singapore and Malaysia at redBus
Connect on: LinkedIn
Trev is a hospitality-focused, all-electric, premium ride-hailing service.
HQ: Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Industry: Taxi and Limousine Services
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Jim Yuan - Founder at Segmental AI
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#61
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Technology Officer at Mineral.ai, ex-Head of Engineering at Google X, ex-Director of Engineering, Principal Software Engineer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Segmental AI is building a dedicated Data Taxonomy Engine for Financial Professionals.
HQ: San Jose, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 12 months
Andy Szybalski - Co-Founder at Cove
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartSpy#106
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Sr Director of Product Design, Uber Eats at Uber, ex-Entrepreneur in Residence at GV, ex-Staff User Experience Designer at Google
Connect on: LinkedIn
Cove is an AI-powered collaborative workspace designed to assist users.
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 7
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 8 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Quinn Fulk - Founder at Stealth Mode
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Sales Development at Webflow, ex-Sr. Director, Sales Development - Americas Enterprise at Snowflake, ex-Head of Sales Development at Leadspace, ex-Head of Global Sales Development at Keysight
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Denver Metropolitan Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Daniel Kelly - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder at Foxtrot Health, Founding Team Member of Amazon Explore, Founding Team Member of Google Glass
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Seattle, Washington, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Jorge Mazal - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Chief Product Officer at Duolingo, ex-Director of Product Management at Lucid Software, ex-Senior Product Manager at MyFitnessPal
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Uruguay
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Spencer Burleigh - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Serial Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder at Rent the Backyard (YC S19), ex-Machine Learning Intern at UnitedHealth Group, First Employee at ARIN Technologies
Connect on: LinkedIn
Exploring infrastructure for hard tech.
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Feng Yi - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Data Science - Info Apps & Creativity Apps at Apple, ex-Senior Data Scientist at Walmart Labs, ex-Data Scientist at Ancestry
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Jose, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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