Stealth Startup Spy #138
Tech CEO with 4 exits starts a new stealth venture, Ex-DocuSign Director unveils contract portfolio management platform, & Former ML Lead at Google’s Gemini co-founds a stealth AI 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:
Tech CEO with 4 exits (Circonus, Cloudamize, Artisan Mobile, Boomi) embarks on new stealth venture
A company changing the way materials are designed, developed, and discovered emerges from stealth mode
Ex-Director Of Engineering at DocuSign unveils a contract portfolio performance management platform leveraging AI technologies
The co-founder and ex-CTO of Chartboost (acquired by Zynga for $250M) is building in stealth mode
Former ML Lead at Google’s Gemini is co-founding a stealth AI startup
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
Alex Salazar - Co-Founder at Arcade AI
🔎Featured Founder under stealth mode in StealthStartupSpy#110
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Prior Exit, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Partner at Neotribe Ventures, ex-GM/VP, New Products at Okta, ex-Co-Founder & CEO at Stormpath (Acquired by Okta), ex-IBM, Stanford MBA
Connect on: LinkedIn
Arcade AI is an AI startup in stealth mode.
Co-Founders: Sam Partee
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Ferid Sabanovic - CEO & Co-Founder at Floada
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Director Of Engineering at DocuSign, ex-Founding Engineer at Seal Software (acquired by DocuSign)
Connect on: LinkedIn
Floada uses AI to improve contract management through Autonomous Agents that perform tasks using deep insights.
HQ: Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 1
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Isha Sharma - Co-Founder & CEO at Temple
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Manager at Microsoft, ex-Associate Software Engineer at Fidelity Investments
Connect on: LinkedIn
Temple offers zero-shot video comprehension API that allows users to interact with their video library in natural language without the need for a computer vision team.
Co-Founders: Tej Lunani
HQ: United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 15 months
Rakshit Agrawal - Co-Founder & CEO at Ryddle AI
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Vice President of Research & Development at Camio, ex-Deep Learning Architecture Intern at NVIDIA, ex-Research Intern at Microsoft
Connect on: LinkedIn
Ryddle helps businesses seamlessly create advanced, data-driven applications by leveraging Generative AI and Graph Neural Networks technology.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 5 months
Joseph F. Krause - Co-Founder & CEO at Radical AI
FounderDNA: Doctorate Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Specialist at Army National Guard, ex-ORAU Journeyman Fellow at U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
Connect on: LinkedIn
Radical AI is accelerating materials research and development with AI.
Co-Founders: Jorge Colindres, Gerbrand Ceder
HQ: New York, New York, United States
Industry: Research Services | Team Size: 3
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Bob Moul - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Mode
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-CEO at Circonus (acquired by Apica AB February 2024), ex-CEO at Cloudamize (acquired by Blackstone/Cloudreach July 2017), ex-CEO at Artisan Mobile, Inc. (acquired by TUNE July 2015), ex-CEO at Boomi (acquired by Dell November 2010)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Greater Philadelphia, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Maya Watson - Co-Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Head of Global Marketing at Clubhouse, ex-Director of Marketing, Editorial & Publishing at Netflix, ex-Vice President, Marketing & Social Media at OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 18 months
Sean Fannan - Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder
Prior Experience: Ex-Co-founder and CTO at Chartboost (acquired by Zynga for $250M), ex-Head of the Tapulous Labs Studio at Disney Mobile
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Rahul Goel - Co-Founder at Stealth AI Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG
Prior Experience: Ex-Staff Software Engineer/Manager (Leading Modeling for Gemini (previously Bard) Extensions) at Google, ex-Machine Learning Scientist at Amazon Lab126, ex-Research Assistant - NLP at Georgia Institute of Technology, ex-Software Engineer Intern at Meta
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: Palo Alto, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Megan Cooper - Founder & CEO at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Group Chief Product Officer at ClearBank, ex-Chief Product Officer at Barclays, ex-Board Member at UK Finance, ex-Chief Platform Officer at Starling Bank, ex-Global Product Manager at Xero, ex-Product Manager at Intuit
Connect on: LinkedIn
Building a fintech startup.
HQ: London Area, United Kingdom
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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