Stealth Startup Spy #136 - Y Combinator S24
Harvard MBAs launch accounts receivable automation company, Ex-Presto (YCS10) employees build an AI reliability platform, & Former Waymo/Google engineer goes into stealth mode
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In this issue of the Stealth Startup Spy, we will give you an early look at some of the founders in the upcoming Y Combinator Summer 2024 batch:
Harvard MBAs and former co-founders of a crypto marketing automation startup team up again to launch a company automating accounts receivable
Former employees of Presto (a YCS10 restaurant-tech startup) join forces to build a platform that improves AI reliability
Ex-Waymo and Google engineer is building something new in stealth
Stanford CS students co-found a stealth eldertech startup backed by Y Combinator and ZFellows
Former Google engineer unveils AI home buying real estate agent
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
Caitlin Leksana - Co-Founder & CEO at Fazeshift
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Carma, ex-Investment Intern at DCVC, ex-BCG, ex-Graduate Teaching Assistant and Lecturer at Georgia Institute of Technology, ex-Engineering Intern at Booz Allen Hamilton, Harvard MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Fazeshift works with businesses’ existing tools to automate invoicing, cash application, and collections.
Co-Founders: Timmy Galvin
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Financial Services | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 9 months
Christian DalSanto - Co-Founder & CEO at Maitai
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO, Co-Founder at Yew, ex-Director of Engineering at Presto, ex-Co-Founder at Anvil, ex-Engineering Manager at Earnin
Connect on: LinkedIn
Maitai detects faults in AI output in real-time, takes corrective action, then uses that information to build more reliable, higher performance AI models.
Co-Founders: Ian Hoegen
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Rachid Flih - Co-Founder & CEO at Panora
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Entrepreneur in Residence at Fabric Ventures, ex-Founder at Seren
Connect on: LinkedIn
Panora is building a unified API to ship customer facing integrations.
Co-Founders: Nael Ould Belkacem
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Mark Rachapoom - Co-Founder & CEO at Merse
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Founding Engineer at Serendipity, ex-Founding Engineer at Monument Labs
Connect on: LinkedIn
Merse is a tool that transforms everyday moments, stories, and experiences into lasting legacies in various forms — including comics, books, films, voice recordings, autobiographies, and beyond.
Co-Founders: Kumar Abhirup
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Raymond Xu - Founder at Modern Realtor
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Founder at Entori.io, ex-Machine Learning Engineer at Vana, ex-Machine Learning Software Engineer at Google, ex-Machine Learning Engineer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Connect on: LinkedIn
Modern Realtor is an AI home buying real estate agent.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Real Estate | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Carl Peterson - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, ex-Data Analyst Intern at HealthOne Alliance, ex-Undergraduate Research Assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology, ex-Transportation Analyst Intern at UPS
Connect on: LinkedIn
Shaping the future of cloud computing.
HQ: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Allan Guo - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Neuro/ML Research, James Lab at Stanford University
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building a start-up in Eldertech.
Co-Founders: Ian Ye
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Edward Harris - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Venture Fellow at Creator Fund, ex-Team Lead at iGEM, ex-Researcher at the University of Oxford
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building something in Biomolecular Design
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Brooke Hopkins - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Founding Engineer at Alpha Grid, ex-Senior Software Engineer at Waymo, ex-Software Engineer at Google, ex-Software Engineer at ART+COM
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Daniel Portela - Co-Founder & CTO at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Founding Engineer at Maura, ex-Undergraduate Researcher at MIT.nano Immersion Lab
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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