Stealth Startup Spy #142 - Y Combinator S24
Yale grads from Figma, Snap, DeepMind launch a no-code test automation platform, Ex-Razor Group VPs join YC’s Summer 2024 batch, & Ex-Meta/Apple engineer goes into stealth mode
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:
Three students from the Georgetown University Physics Department are building UAV detection for military use
An ex-Meta/Apple engineer is building something new in stealth mode
Two Yale graduates with prior experience at Figma, Snap, Meta, and DeepMind unveil a new platform for test automation
An ex-Palantir and NYU CS Faculty member co-founds a stealth startup
Former VPs at Razor Group leave their roles to join Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch
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
Lukas Raskin - Chief Executive Officer at Guardian RF
Prior Experience: Ex-President at Georgetown Disruptive Tech, ex-Chief Training Officer at Georgetown Collegiate Investors, ex-Congressional Intern at the U.S. House of Representatives
Connect on: LinkedIn
Guardian RF is building a handheld detection system and dynamic signal library to track and disrupt antagonist military drones.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Defense and Space Manufacturing | Team Size: 3
Co-Founders: John Andrzejewski , Eli Kerstein
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Peter Moot - Co-Founder at Promi
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Lead Product Manager at Uber, ex-Product Manager at Jet, ex-Senior Associate, Strategy at KPMG, Harvard alumnus
Connect on: LinkedIn
Promi is a tool for ecommerce merchants to send smarter discounts.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Embedded Software Products
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 4 months
Sneha Sivakumar - Founder at Spur
FounderDNA: Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-NLP Research Scientist at Yale University, ex-Growth Engineer at Figma, ex-Kleiner Perkins Engineering Fellow, ex-Backend Engineer at Snap
Connect on: LinkedIn
Spur is a no code test automation platform powered by AI.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Technology, Information and Media | Team Size: 2
Co-Founders: Anushka Nijhawan (Ex-DeepMind, Ex-Meta)
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Nitish Sahni - Co-Founder & CEO at Paasa
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at SoFi, ex-Research Assistant at University of California, Berkeley, ex-Software Engineering Intern at Red Hat
Connect on: LinkedIn
Paasa is building a platform for India's wealth managers to 10x their workflows and client experience.
HQ: India
Industry: Technology, Information and Internet | Team Size: 2
Co-Founders: Sparsh Sharma
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
Fernando San Martin - Co-Founder at Thyme
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Technical Co-founder at Campfire (YC S23), ex-Senior Director at Trovata, ex-Founding Team Member at Zippi, ex-Data Science Manager at Capital One
Connect on: LinkedIn
Thyme is building the next generation of tools for financial advisors.
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Industry: Software Development | Team Size: 2
Co-Founders: Daniel Lantz
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 2 months
🕵️♂️Key Talent Going Under Stealth
Illuminating clues left behind by world class talent and influential innovators who just went into stealth mode
Christian Kohrs - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Serial Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-VP Warehousing & Logistics at Razor Group
Connect on: LinkedIn
Co-Founder: Shayan Zakerzadeh
HQ: Berlin, Germany
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Anish Doshi - Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Senior ML Engineer at Meta, ex-ML Engineer at Apple, ex-Senior ML Engineer at Trifacta, UC Berkeley alumnus
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 3 months
Sid Manchkanti - Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: Ex-Product Management at NVIDIA, ex-Instructor at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 6 months
Ivan Chan - CTO & Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Masters Degree
Prior Experience: Ex-Software Engineer at Marshall Wace, ex-Tech Lead at Entext Economics & Strategy, ex-Aberdeen Standard Investments, ex-JPMorgan
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Mihir Patil - Co-Founder at Stealth
FounderDNA: Technical Founder, Former FAANG, Top 10 University
Prior Experience: NYU CS Faculty, Ex-Chief Product Architect, Privacy & Civil Liberties at Palantir, ex-Google Research Intern, ex-NASA
Connect on: LinkedIn
HQ: San Francisco, California, United States
Time Spent in Stealth Mode: 1 month
Stay Stealthy,
Drake
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